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There has been much excitement in the Emperor team as we open our latest dive centre in Hamata. Here, some of the best Red Sea diving is right on your door step, including the legendary Fury Shoals.

This part of the southern Red Sea is pristine and delivers diving days that echo those early times of ‘pioneering’ diving, far away from the crowds. The dive sites around Hamata offer big fish, bigger corals, small critters, wrecks, shallow caverns and steep drop-offs with typically stunning visibility.
 
The deep south of the Egyptian Red Sea is an unspoilt paradise on land and beneath the waves. Hamata has some of the best Red Sea diving right on your door step, including the legendary Fury Shoals. Emperor Divers is ideally located right on the beach of the Zabargad Resort and is a PADI Dive Resort/BSAC Travel Partner.

 
House reef, RIB/Zodiac and Day boat diving
Come and enjoy the fabulous house reef, RIB and day boat diving from the small marina in Hamata. This area truly is the divers' choice when you're looking for some of the most spectacular reefs the Red Sea has to offer. Our day diving boat is just three minutes away at the marina, whilst the house reef is within walking distance and a great choice for those with non-diving partners and for underwater photographers.

Emperor Divers General Manager, Mike Braun, explains, "We have been keen to open a dive centre here for some time and the opportunity arose when invited by Zabargad Resort to manage the superb house reef and daily diving. This part of the southern Red Sea is pristine and delivers diving days that echo those early times of ‘pioneering’ diving, far away from the crowds.  The dive sites around Hamata offer big fish, bigger corals, small critters, wrecks, shallow caverns and steep drop-offs with typically stunning visibility."
 
Dive sites galore!
Daily diving from Hamata offers much more flexibility and variety, which means guests can often have stunning sites like Sha’ab Hamham Said, Gota Bohar and Gota Sataya Soraya all to themselves, whilst, of course, being able to visit the famous liveaboard sites Sha’ab Claudio, Sha’ab Maksour and Malahi . There are also a few wrecks in the area such as the sailing yacht on Abu Galawa Sorayer and Tien Hsing on Abu Galawa Kebir.

New liveaboard location cuts sailing time
By mid-2013, Emperor will introduce week-long liveaboards and mini safari trips saving travelling time to St Johns, Zabargad and Rocky and allowing a full week’s diving in this divers’ paradise.
 
Direct flights to Marsa Alam
With direct flights to Marsa Alam, it's only a 2.5 hour transfer to Hamata.

Find out more on Hamata, the diving, the trips and the team here...

Dive Nuweiba with us before 25 November as this is the last chance to enjoy the quiet, backwater diving offered by this resort.

It is with sadness that we have taken the decision to leave Nuweiba after many years of running a highly regarded centre with a truly professional team of management and dive guides.

Explains General Manager, Mike Braun, "It's been a hard choice. We have responded to divers' requests to expand our Marsa Alam dive offerings with unlimited housereef/shore diving, closer transfers to the popular dive sites and fast RIB diving. Nuweiba, meanwhile, has seen a decline in the number of people despite it offering such first class facilities for photographers. Our sincere thanks go to the many loyal guests we have welcomed over the years."

To mark the occasion we are offering all our day diving and courses at low season rates from now until 25 November.

We look forward to welcoming guests to one of our other dive centres in El Gouna, Hurghada, Marsa Alam and Sharm El Sheikh as well as on board our luxury liveaboard fleet of boats where the usual Emperor welcome and service awaits you.

Diving can be taken at Emperor Nuweiba until 25 November.

Email info.reservations@emperordivers.com for more details.

Share your photos and you could be the winner of 2 dive packs worth up to £320 to enjoy at an Emperor Dive Centre of your choice.

You'll get 4 days of fabulous boat or shore diving (depending on resort) at any one of our five Emperor Diver Centres in the warm, clear waters of the Red Sea - probably the best diving in the world.

• Entries can be uploaded from 7 November, until 2 December. 
• Vote for your favourite photo between 3 and 8 December. The entry with the most votes wins! Get your friends involved and ask them to support your entry.
• The winner will be announced on 9 December.

Are you an amateur photographer? Then escape the winter blues this January and join Emperor Divers Nuweiba for the first ever amateur photography competition with some great prizes up for grabs.

Starting the week of the 21st January, Chris Le Plongeon, dive centre manager, and his team have some great packages to offer including All-inclusive accommodation in the Hilton Coral Resort and transfers from and to Sharm.

Packages include the choice of a Photo Workshop, Self-Reliant Diver Courses, 3 days diving and 2 day competition.

Prizes include:

    TWO 4-day dive packs, 2 dives per day, dive guide and your choice of Emperor resort
    Aqua Lung Kronos regulator INT I+II stage, specifically designed for photographers
    Magazine subscriptions to Diver and Dive

The Workshop and the Self-Reliant diver course will run over the 22nd, 23rd, 24th with the competition on the 25th & 26th.

Come join the team in January for the first ever Photo Competition to be held in Nuweiba with Emperor Divers.

Contact us today on info.reservations@emperordivers.com

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Twelve divers from Dive Wimbledon were recently given the usual warm welcome from Emperor Divers Nuweiba.  Some came for guided dives with the Emperor staff whilst others were here for PADI courses with Dive Wimbledon's first-rate instructors, Sophie Platteuw and Karen Curtis-Vincent.  By the end of the week there lots of new Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue and Nitrox divers all sporting happy faces!

And it was a bit of a coup for Julie Tsui from Dive Wimbledon who not only completed her PADI Open Water course but also became Emperor Nuweiba's 7,000th new guest! 

Another highlight of the week for a few lucky divers was the first appearance of the season for Jayakar's Seahorse in the seagrass at our Magana dive site (pic right).

All the team of Emperor Divers in Nuweiba has been proud to show this excellent group from Dive Wimbledon the calm, stress free and peaceful Nuweiba experience!

And you can see the full 'picture' at Dive Wimbleon's Facebook page. Search on 'Dive Wimbledon do Nuweiba! March 2010'

Maria Munn, Ocean Visions, gives a report on her last underwater photo workshops held in Nuweiba and showcases some of her students' work...

"The two week photo workshops in Nuweiba gave even more spectacular results than last years.  This time the groups explored the outside sites of Pipelines and Sinkers, which provided some stunning photographic opportunities with the gorgeous pink soft coral overhangs that these sites are so famous for. My wish for a frogfish worked and a gorgeous large one arrived on Day One on the House Reef and by the end of the first week was sitting right on top of the pinnacle, posing for everyone!   

As ever, the house reef was teaming with life and everyone during the two weeks couldn't believe how many different subjects they saw including Pgymy Pipe Horses at just three metres in the sea grass.  A huge well done to everyone who took part with a special well done to Ambrose Stickney for completing his Deep Dive and passing his Advanced Course and to Alex Cook for passing his Advanced too and seeing a huge green turtle on his Underwater Photography Dive with Noeleen.   

These sites are absolutely perfect for learning about different underwater photography techniques using natural light, wide angle and macro techniques as well as video.  All future courses will come with an accompanied CD to help course guests get an idea of the wonderful underwater scenery that awaits them."

The next course with Maria is 6 - 13 October at Emperor Nuweiba.

Email reservations@emperordivers.com for more details and don't delay as these are seriously sought-after courses.

Guest divers' showcase...

  Overall Week 1 winner, Vicki Wusche

   Best overall Week 2 winner, Gill Gibson

   Fish in a rope by Bob Parsons

 Fish shoal by Russell Dunn

 Hermit crab by Bibi

  Lionfish at Sinkers by Dave Cook

 Lionfish at Sinkers by Sue Wadman

 Pipeline by Ambrose Stickney

 Puffer fish by Dale Turland Ord

 Sinkers by Mark Glynn

 Sinkers by Zara New

 Turtle by Emperor Nuweiba dive guide, Noeleen

Whilst at Marsa Alam's famous Dolphin House site, guest Jon Thorne took this amazing
picture!

Gary Ball, Marsa's Dive Centre Manager reminds everyone, "Do pass in your good pictures to us for our 'just for fun' pic of the week competition (this one won hands down!). All the winners go into our end of year draw to find Picture of the Year and the chance to win a brilliant prize.

For your chance to not only take fantastic photos but to dive with a great team, contact Emperor Divers today.