Depth
14.2 m
Dive profile
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Comments
Dive 01/18 of the 2017 Red Sea liveaboard on Blue Melody.
location: 25°20.682'N 34°46.693'E
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=25.3447%2C34.77823
First dive of the trip and the day. It was done quite lates as we got out of harbour at 9, and it took over an hour of sailing to the site.
The weather was very rough, hard wind and big waves.
This was the check dive.
We agreed to be buddies with Tomi and dove as buddies for most of the trip, except for the night dive on which Tomi did not come.
My plan was to use twin 2x12L tanks but did not get them. There was some confusion in the order, somebody had thought that I wanted two 12L stages for sidemount.
Instead I got a steel 18 liter single, a rental BCD, and had to change my regualators from twin to single configuration.
Water a bit cold so needed to dress both short and long 3mm wet suits.
It was cloudy and hard wind sailing out from harbour, very big waves and rough weather, so the dive site was chosen such that it was in shelter of the waves. I have been at this site before.
On checking it seemed that 3 kg of weight was good.
Took only Gopro with me on this chek dive, Tomi did not take any camera.
Dropped from the dive deck down to sandy bottom, then to see some pinnackles at south, then heading west along the reef wall on right side.
After 25 min turned back, reef on left side.
Came to the boat and circled near it then up to 5 meters, deployed the SMBs and climbed back to boat.
It was quite grey due to clouds, and visibity 10 meters, quite poor for Red Sea. Did not se much, not that much fish.
Saw a small blue spotted Ray, a turtle.
Mostly hard coral in poor condition.
During the dive there were bubbles leaking from the regulator.
After the dive I got O-ring changed to the first stage.
Felt quite cold after the dive.
Lunch right after the dive and then the second dive at the same place as the weather was quite rough and this was somewhat sheltered.
Wind was coming from Norht, so all the dives during the entire week were done on reefs where the boat could be moored south side of a reef breaking the waves.
I had been on this site many times before:
- 2007 trip "SImply the best", returning from Elphinstone, we did both #2 and #3
- 2014 trip as first check dive
Updated 2025-11-23 Place was Abu Dabab #3
location: 25°20.682'N 34°46.693'E
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=25.3447%2C34.77823
First dive of the trip and the day. It was done quite lates as we got out of harbour at 9, and it took over an hour of sailing to the site.
The weather was very rough, hard wind and big waves.
This was the check dive.
We agreed to be buddies with Tomi and dove as buddies for most of the trip, except for the night dive on which Tomi did not come.
My plan was to use twin 2x12L tanks but did not get them. There was some confusion in the order, somebody had thought that I wanted two 12L stages for sidemount.
Instead I got a steel 18 liter single, a rental BCD, and had to change my regualators from twin to single configuration.
Water a bit cold so needed to dress both short and long 3mm wet suits.
It was cloudy and hard wind sailing out from harbour, very big waves and rough weather, so the dive site was chosen such that it was in shelter of the waves. I have been at this site before.
On checking it seemed that 3 kg of weight was good.
Took only Gopro with me on this chek dive, Tomi did not take any camera.
Dropped from the dive deck down to sandy bottom, then to see some pinnackles at south, then heading west along the reef wall on right side.
After 25 min turned back, reef on left side.
Came to the boat and circled near it then up to 5 meters, deployed the SMBs and climbed back to boat.
It was quite grey due to clouds, and visibity 10 meters, quite poor for Red Sea. Did not se much, not that much fish.
Saw a small blue spotted Ray, a turtle.
Mostly hard coral in poor condition.
During the dive there were bubbles leaking from the regulator.
After the dive I got O-ring changed to the first stage.
Felt quite cold after the dive.
Lunch right after the dive and then the second dive at the same place as the weather was quite rough and this was somewhat sheltered.
Wind was coming from Norht, so all the dives during the entire week were done on reefs where the boat could be moored south side of a reef breaking the waves.
I had been on this site many times before:
- 2007 trip "SImply the best", returning from Elphinstone, we did both #2 and #3
- 2014 trip as first check dive
Updated 2025-11-23 Place was Abu Dabab #3
Tanks
Main tank
- Volume
- 18,0 l
- Press. Start
- 195 bar
- Press. End
- 111 bar
- O2%
- 21,0%