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Choose any of our dive centres in El Gouna, Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Nuweiba or Sharm El Sheikh.

The guarantee applies to the following PADI* courses: Scuba Diver, Open Water, eLearning, Fastrack and Discover Scuba Diving.

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Emperor's Great Summer Bonanza Extended
Available on dive packages and dive courses

22 Jul 10 - 31 Aug 2010

 

Hurghada, Marsa Alam & Sharm El Sheikh

Offer applies to:

    * Daily Dive Packages
    * PADI Open Water
    * PADI Scuba Diver
    * PADI Fastrack
    * PADI Referral Course
    * PADI Advanced Open Water
    * eLearning Open Water Dives
    * Scuba Reviews
    * Discover Scuba Diver Programmes
    * Selected other courses

How to book online:

    * Select the Diving Package or Course you require
    * Your 28% discount has already been automatically deducted

For more details contact reservations@emperordivers.com

Terms & Conditions:
Saving of 28% applies to Emperor Dive Centres in El Gouna, Hurghada, Nuweiba, Marsa Alam & Sharm el Sheikh
Offer is for diving services taken within dates shown and valid on bookings paid prior to arrival only.
Course materials and certification are additional, paid locally.
Diving includes 2 dives per day with tanks & weights.
Extras in resort (special trips, third dives, night dives etc), equipment, fees & taxes are additional, paid locally.
This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

By Elise Watling

The little citron coral goby or lemon coral goby has to be one of my favourite fish. Why? Check him out. He's cute, tiny, bright yellow with white Adam Ant stripes down his face. Yes, he is an eighties retro fish!

The little chap actually belongs to the Gobiodon genus of the Gobiidae family, which is THE largest family in the marine world and with over 200 genera of them you can see why! The citron coral goby is the smaller of the species and only grows to a length of 4cm in comparison with some of his other family members reaching over 50cm!

He has two dorsal fins and is often found lurking with others of his kind in the acropora table corals that are readily found here in Ras Mohammed. The rest of his clan tend to be found burrowing in the sand but not this one. He stands loud and retro-proud on the table corals! They give off a noxious body slime so not many other fish will play ball with them and they tend to stick to their own kind. Those that don't seem to mind, though are small damsels and juvenile hawkfish that will share the same acropora.

This goby feeds mainly on zooplankton, small crustaceans and algae. And if that fails they'll eat the Acropora coral or skeleton that he inhabits.

In small groups they readily form pairs and mate. The genus are hermaphrodites (meaning they have both male and female organs) with females turning into males. The female deposits circular bands around a branch of host coral that are immediately fertilized and subsequently guarded by the male. Alas, because of the goby's small size, they have a lot of problems fending off larger predators when rearing their young.

Terry Axam, Sharm El Sheikh's popular dive instructor, shares his anthia tales...

At first sight it may appear pretty nondescript, how you might describe your everyday pet goldfish! But take a closer look at this 7cm fish. It has the most amazing violet streak below the eye, which illuminates the surrounding water. On mass the orange/gold colour of their body lights up the entire reef making you think you are surrounded by thousands of stars.

Also known as the lyretail coralfish, the lyretail anthia or the scalefin anthia, anthias are members of the family Serranidae (basses, basslets, groupers) and make up the subfamily Anthiinae. They occur in all tropical oceans and seas of the world from the western Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean as far east as Japan and Southeast Australia. The first species recognized in this group was described in the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic and was given the name Anthias anthias by Carolus Linnaeus in 1758. Pretty remarkable stuff, huh!

Small, peaceful and beautiful they form complex social structures based on the number of males and females and also their position on the reef itself. They are mainly zooplankton feeders and shoal by the thousands. The male, 15 cm in length and a fuschia colour with a very distuinguishing banner, retains a harem of 5-10 females. When the male dies (no surprise there) one of the females will undergo sex reversal and take the place of the missing male!      

In our local waters they surround coral outcrops, the fringing reef and steep slopes to a depth of 35m. They always point directly into current apart from when they are playing 'tricks' on the dive guide when you will hear that age old phrase, 'well they were pointing the right way when I jumped in and checked.' The Anthia, a dive guide's best friend or his/her Achilles heel...

» Book your diving holiday to Sharm El Sheikh today and enjoy some of Terry's experiences!

Want to dive AND watch the World Cup? Then join Emperor Divers for some football-friendly fun. Your day's diving, where possible, will be worked out around the match you want to watch so you don't miss out on the excitement.

Dive any Emperor Divers' centre in El Gouna, Hurghada, Marsa Alam, Nuweiba or Sharm during the World Cup, nominate the team you think will win and if it does you enter the draw to win one of five dive packages with FIVE days' diving FREE at any Emperor dive centre of your choice.

Emperor will also be running World Cup Specials in their dive centres - check them out when you're there!

Email info.reservations@emperordivers.com for more information or visit www.emperordivers.com

SAVE 28% on day diving & dive courses - NOW until 31 August

Emperor's Great Summer Bonanza Extended

Available on dive packages and dive courses in Hurghada, Marsa Alam & Sharm El Sheikh

22 Jul 10 - 31 Aug 2010

Offer applies to:

    * Daily Dive Packages
    * PADI Open Water
    * PADI Scuba Diver
    * PADI Fastrack
    * PADI Referral Course
    * PADI Advanced Open Water
    * eLearning Open Water Dives
    * Scuba Reviews
    * Discover Scuba Diver Programmes
    * Selected other courses

How to book online:

    * Select the Diving Package or Course you require
    * Your 28% discount has already been automatically deducted

For more details contact reservations@emperordivers.com

Terms & Conditions:
Saving of 28% applies to Emperor Dive Centres in Hurghada, Marsa Alam & Sharm el Sheikh
Offer is for diving services taken within dates shown and valid on bookings paid prior to arrival only.
Course materials and certification are additional, paid locally.
Diving includes 2 dives per day with tanks & weights.
Extras in resort (special trips, third dives, night dives etc), equipment, fees & taxes are additional, paid locally.
This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

Come and work for one of the best dive centres in the Red Sea and enjoy year-round sunshine!

The Reservations Team in Sharm El Sheikh is looking for a full time Administrator to handle all safari reservations. Experience of working in a similar role within the diving industry would be good but the team really needs someone who has strong administration skills and who is able to multi-task. Emperor Divers is renowned for its excellent customer service/interpersonal skills so you will also need those in abundance plus plenty of initiative and drive.

You will be involved in all aspects of the reservations process from answering emails to boat planning, therefore you must be confident in dealing with direct guests and tour operators alike.  

The position would be best suited to a certified diver already living in Egypt and you must speak English as your first language.                 

If this sounds like you, please send your full CV including salary expectations to Sarah Harvey, Human Resources, Emperor Group human.resources@emperordivers.com and quote reference number ED079. We look forward to hearing from you.

Report by Laura Kennedy-Smith, Dive Instructor, Emperor Sharm

April is a month to celebrate at Emperor Divers Sharm as summer finally arrives. Each year from April to September we are sometimes lucky enough to have the company of manta rays on our dives (or Manta birostris, as Emperor instructor Pete Walsh would say!) All this month there have been numerous manta ray sightings by Emperor guests up and down the coastline. No longer is 'Ras Mohammed' or 'Tiran' the most popular choice, the 'local' dive sites are the place to be!

If you've visited Emperor Sharm in recent times, you will no doubt recall the 'Charity Wall'. Here guests were invited to buy a brick for charity and leave their name imprinted there for all to see. Well, your efforts and support have been fantastic and with your help Emperor has been able to donate £1700 to the Children's Cancer Hospital in Cairo.

Duncan McAllister, Sharm's Dive Centre Manager, would like to thank everyone who purchased a brick in the last two years. Due to its success, the team will soon be whitewashing another wall and starting all over again. Here's to another Brick in the Wall!

Sir,

Emperor Divers [Sharm] was extremely professional.  By far the best dive organization USMA SCUBA has ever worked with and you can quote me on that if you'd like.  I greatly appreciate all your company's help, professionalism, and patience to make our week in Egypt the best it could be.

Respectfully,
CDT Eric Bernau

Note from ED -
West Point is a NAUI Platinum Dive Center which is an elite status as a NAUI Organization.
In addition to training team members to become SCUBA instructors, the USMA Scuba Team also certifies members of the United States Corps of Cadets, as well as other military personnel and their families in NAUI SCUBA diving.
www.usma.edu/uscc/dca/clubs/scub/home.html