Join the team as they head out from Marsa Alam to dive on the wreck of Hamada as well as dive sites Marsa Mubarak, Ras el Torfa and Shouni Kebir. Great diving in the Red Sea...
Join the team as they head out from Marsa Alam to dive on the wreck of Hamada as well as dive sites Marsa Mubarak, Ras el Torfa and Shouni Kebir. Great diving in the Red Sea...
Recently, 13 year old Joran Buwalda from the Netherlands qualified as Junior Master Scuba Diver with Emperor Divers Hurghada.
Two years ago Joran, with his father Mattijn as buddy, did his Open Water Course in Cairns Australia and got hooked on diving. Joran was then lucky enough to receive Advanced Open Water training from Mohammed Hashem at Emperor Hurghada who has a gift for teaching junior divers.
Read the full story and watch the videos here
Sometimes it really helps to get the feel of a place before you visit. Which is why this video of our new Hurghada dive centre at the Hilton Plaza Hotel is really rather useful.
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Join Diving Team Finland on their liveaboard holiday on Emperor Elite (pic below) as they go south to the Sudan border!
As the team explains, "This 8-minutes teaser includes marvellous views from reefs of Elba, Abu Fendera, St. Johns, Fury Shoals, Elphinstone, and so on. Have a look at silky shark, crocodile fish, scorpionfish, octopus, 'popcorn crab', nudibranch and even underwater treasures (captain's bell!)."
Our thanks to Kai Kaasalainen for this superb video. Watch it here.
Check out the next Elite sailings and book your adventure today!
You can also read a first hand report from Sonia Goggel, the much-respected dive guide who was on the trip above, about a fascinating 10-day trip to 'the deep south'. Read it here.
Email info.safaris@emperordivers.com or book online.
Dive our 'Simply the Best' itinerary right now with this new video.
Producers from Endemol UK have filmed a new online travel series, The Gap Year
www.bebo.com/thegapyear, and chose Emperor Divers to put two gap travellers through their PADI Open Water course in Sharm El Sheikh.
Amy O'Connor (Australian) and Cara Cioni (American) had their experience of diving the warm Red Sea waters filmed on two videos; one filmed by Director Liz Madeley, the other by Director Saffron Jackson.
Join the girls at these direct links to the two diving videos on The Gap Year site: http://www.bebo.com/watch/7644743690
http://www.bebo.com/watch/7664208873
Amy also wrote a 'from the heart' blog, which you can see here http://www.bebo.com/BlogView.jsp?MemberId=6256191109&BlogId=7685198175 - or read it right below...
An underwater PADIdise by Amy O'Connor
It's easy to see why we know more about the moon's surface than we do about the ocean bed... the sea is a wondrous underwater paradise.
Completing my PADI open water diving certification has been one of the most rewarding achievements of the Gap Year yet...
Breathing under water for the first time was magical - and achieving neutral buoyancy felt like flying. Diving gives you permission to defy the rules of nature - it is the closest a human being can come to having superhuman
powers.
Being underwater is the most relaxing place to be. You breathing slows down, your senses are amplified and you notice detail that, in today's hectic life, generally passes you by.
On ascent from our final open water dive, I took one last breath from the regulator before surfacing and felt a real sense of accomplishment. I gained not only a certification to add to my name, but an experience that will stay with me for a lifetime.
And the best part of all - I got to share this incredible experience with my friends, Cara and Matty.
Thank you so much to Emperor Divers, in particular Duncan and Terry, for looking after us so well - your energy and fun spirit made the experience all the better!