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October 18, 2005

Thanks! You voted Emperor Best Dive Centre Worldwide!

Divers have voted Emperor Divers one of the best Dive Centres Worldwide 2005 by Divers Click online voting.

The award recognises 222 dive centres on a worldwide scale, with Emperor coming in as one of the Top Quality Dive Businesses of 2005.

Divers Click is an online award that received over 8000 reviews of Dive Centres in under 12 months. The winners were judged not on the quantity, but the quality of the reviews received from all levels of divers from all over the world.

The Award focuses on the quality of customer service and the overall diving experience that the divers receive in each resort and dive centre and aims to be a clear reflection of divers’ votes worldwide.

Look out for the announcements in diving publications both online and offline.

A hearty thanks to everyone who voted – your time and effort is very much appreciated!

October 17, 2005

Tekstreme meets Thresher Shark in Hurghada

Paul Vinten, Tekstreme Hurghada, reports on an inspiring dive…

I was diving with Johan Duits from Holland, a visiting diver, who brought his Megalodon rebreather. We did 2 deep trimix dives on the beautiful deeper reefs, at which the huge fan corals & soft corals extend down beyond 100m deep.

Anyway, we dived Small Giftun Island, doing the famous drift dive down the east wall. Our dive plan was 15 minutes at 100m. 10 minutes into the dive I heard Johan shouting into his rebreather mouthpiece. With the high percentage of helium in his breathing mix he sounded like Minnie Mouse, so I couldn't understand a word he was saying, but he was gesticulating madly back up the wall.

I looked up to see a big shark cruising about 15 metres above us. As it came closer and became silhouetted against the ambient light, a huge unmistakable tail became apparent - it was a Thresher Shark! On a Hurghada day site!

It gently cruised over the top of us along the wall, completely ignoring us two divers in its territory and continued on its journey towards the north end of the island.

We both looked at each other with beaming grins. For the duration of our 70 minutes of ascent and decompression we certainly had something to occupy our minds! No photos I'm afraid, but what an experience!

STOP PRESS!
Shortly after Paul sent this report, a Leopard shark was seen on Goto Ramada West - Hurghada appears to be the place for sharks right now!

October 04, 2005

Sharm sharks-a-plenty

Emperor Sharm dive centre has sent some exciting photos of shark sightings in the area recently.

Divers on the Sharm El Sheikh Sinai Classic cruise were rewarded with three sightings of sharks approx 3-3.5metres long at Shark and Jolanda Reef/Ras Mohamed Park. And in the same week, divers on Jackson Reef/Tiran enjoyed encounters with hammerheads.

And then, on a fun diving day in Ras Mohamed, Black Tips and Tiger Sharks have been sighted, with divers making the most of the moment to get up close!

Photo: Adrian Stacey, Emperor Divers Instructor

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