Following the cancellation of the NCRD (Northern California Rainbow Divers) Galapagos trip, Brian is organising a trip to the southern Red Sea aboard the Blue Seas in it’s place. The week long trip runs from either the 16th or 17th September 2009 (TBC).

The trip is currently not an official GLUG trip however it has the potential to become an official club trip provided there is sufficient interest. If there is insufficient interest from club members then the trip will be opened to other dive clubs in order to fill the boat.

The trip weighs in at approximately £1200 and detailed information on the trip is contained in this document.

Please contact Brian if you wish to reserve a place on the trip or have any questions.

Cheers

Mark.

http://www.glug.co.uk/archives/1135

Had a crap summer? Winter on it’s way! Join us on this exciting dive trip to some of The Red Sea’s most amazing reefs. Although the boat is over half full with GLUGies, there are still places left on this beautiful boat.

Check the link for all details.

Charlie

Martin J. and I came back from a very enjoyable trip to Egypt almost a month ago. We were diving with the Pharaoh Dive Club located on the premises of the Fanadir Hotel just outside El Quseir.  We were joined by two ladies from Norwich (Pat & Ruth), who did their PADI OWD there and still managed to join us a half way through the trip. They loved the experience and they are going to join Glug soon.

We did four days of shore diving at various locations along the coast and two days of a hard boat diving. Martin is writing a trip report, so you can find more about that trip soon. I just want to add that on the second day I did my first night dive which was also my 50th dive in total. It was a fantastic experience but as a novice to night diving I did not use my camera, concentrating on the dive.

Nevertheless, I took plenty of pictures under and above water. A large selection of them you can see in the Gallery under El Quseir June 2008. For the identification of fish I have used Red Sea Reef Guide by Helmut Debelius but I had to make a few guesses as I could not find some of them.

Anna

21ST MAY-28TH MAY

Daedalus, Zabargad & Rocky

6 day live-aboard on Blue Seas diving the above reefs. First night staying at the Coral Beach in Port Ghaleb, with a days boat diving and then boarding Blue Seas that evening for a 6 day safari to these reefs, which I love.

£800 pp for all transport and the above itinerary.

http://www.oonasdivers.com/dive-tours-red-sea-liveaboards-blue-planet-liveaboards.shtml

I am going on this trip which leaves 12 places.

Any questions, feel free to get back to me or check the Oonasdivers link above.

Charlie Stewart

Oonasdivers have emailed me details of some last-minute bargains for May, if anyone’s interested…

3 - 10 May - Sharks Bay

£399 Twin View Hut & 5 days diving

£429 Twin Beach Cabin & 5 days diving

£485 Twin Bedouin Village Room & 5 days diving

Prices include flights, transfers, 7 nights B&B with 5 days diving/10 dives.

(Single Supplement applies)

7 - 14 May - Marsa Shagra

£509 - Tent & 5 days shore diving

£542 - Mandarah Lodge & 5 days diving

£607 - Madyafa Guest House & 5 days diving £640 - Madyafa with Air-con & 5 days diving

Or upgrade your diving pacakge to 6 days diving for approx £60.

Prices include flights, transfer, 7 nights full board with 5/6 days diving (Single Supplement applies, except in tents)

http://www.glug.co.uk/archives/1135#comment-3853

LAST CALL FOR RED SEA SEPTEMBER

Hi Everyone

To date, we only have 7 GLUG members on this trip, with 13 places still available. As off, the beginning of May, I need to open this trip up to Joe Public. I appreciate this is a busy year for GLUG with many trips planned, including The Cocos trip but if there is anyone remotely interested in this trip, diving these amazing Southern Red Sea reefs, please reserve your place as soon as possible. If you have any mates in your various other diving clubs, who may be interested, please feel free to pass this information on.

Feel free to get back to me with any questions.

Cheers

Charlie

http://www.glug.co.uk/archives/1135

Hi everyone. There are 13 places left on the above trip. I have had an inquiry from a US diving club who want to join this trip and I want to keep it as fair as possible by offering it exclusively to GLUG until the end of the month (Feb).

Some of you, who had expressed keen interest, still haven’t paid your deposits and, as ever, the payment of the deposit is essential to securing a place. Once you have paid, could you kindly let me know. Thanks and I look forward to having you on board this fabulous trip.

Deposit of £200 payable to Oonasdivers on 01323 648924

Best wishes

Charlie

17th September 2008

ONE WEEKS LIVEABOARD ON BLUE SEAS
SAFARI: THE BROTHERS, DAEDALUS AND ELPHINESTONE
TO INCLUDE: RETURN FLIGHTS, TRANSFERS, FULLY CATERED, 6 DAYS WITH 4 DIVES A DAY.
£1025.00
(PLEASE CLICK ON LINK FOR FURTHER DETAILS incl additional costs such as beer, nitrox and marine park fees)
http://www.oonasdivers.com/dive-tours-red-sea-liveaboards-blue-planet-liveaboards.shtml

Hi Everyone.

Following on from GLUG’s last two fabulous Southern Red Sea trips on the magnificent Blue Seas, I have booked her once again and, this time, we will be doing The Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinestone. These are mostly drop off dives with wonderful coral covered walls on one shoulder and, on the other, the blue with great chances of seeing Hammerheads, Grey Reefers, White Tips, Blue Fin Tuna, Baracuda and, the killer turtle on Daedalus!! You will need to have at least 50 dives under your belt for this trip.
Feel free to read the trip reports on previous trips to these reefs to get a feel for a day on board Blue Seas. Also, for those of you who went on last year’s trip (2006) Berga and Tobias ( 2 burgers and a beer) are back on Blue Seas and we are keeping our fingers crossed that they will be our dive guides for next year!

To book please call Oonasdivers on 01323 648924 with a deposit of £200 (only refundable by replacing your canceled place with someone new) and then please email me so as I can keep my paperwork up to date. This a first come first served trip with booking only accepted once you have paid your deposit. Presently there are 18 places left. Thanks.

Finally, just to sound bite this idea-if anyone is interested in me organising what I can only describe as a ‘pretty’ trip, doing The Fury Shoals/St Johns including Dolphin House safari liveaboard, with less challenging diving, but equally very beautiful, especially for photographers, let me know and I can then price it up and arrange. For now, it would be on Blue Waves which holds 15 people and I would be looking at a May trip for around £895. Looking forward to hearing from anyone interested and then, I will ‘event’ it.

Best wishes to everyone and please feel free to get back to me with any questions.
Charlie Stewart

Please choose a destination from the following list:
Djibouti
Egypt
Sudan

Hi
If anybody is interested My Local Dive Center has a number of places it needs to fill for a Northern Red Sea Safari, in August.
The live aboard is with Blue 02 aboard Blue Horizon, one of their newer boats. All cabins are en-suite, A/C etc.
If you are intersted the cost is £950 pp and includes flights from Gatwick.
The package includes: London Gatwick flights Egyptian entry visa and internal transfers from/to airport,
7 nights full board onboard vessel, marine park fees, all soft drinks, tea & coffee, single 12ltr (DIN/INT) cylinder and lead weights.
NITROX AVAILIABLE but is chargeable
If you are interested please email scott.roberts AT virgin.net (just change the AT for the @ )

Charlie Stewart has been kind enough to write-up a report from his most recent trip to the Red Sea. Covering the Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone, with threshers, hammerheads and cross-dressing Germans thrown in for good measure, it’s enough to make any diver green with envy. You can read it for yourself here.

And, now that diving season has begun in earnest, if anyone else feels similarly inspired to contribute pictures or trip reports then please email them to me so I can add them to the site. Your fifteen minutes of fame starts now…

Please choose a destination from the following list:
Mozambique
South Africa
Red Sea diving trips are listed on a separate page

Hi All

The Red Sea Trip, on 27th July, is now full but I will be creating a reserve list should there be any cancellations. As you can see there has been no interest in the June trip on Coral Queen but I will keep this one open for a little while, as I think it still offers a good discount on the normal price.

Lydia from Oonasdivers will be joining the informal part of January’s club meeting ( 10th Jan ) for a Q&A ( no sales). Please pop along if you have any questions.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE

The lovely Lydia at Oonasdivers has now agreed to give me 19 places on The Southern Red Sea trip ( dep 27th July ), a 7 day liveaboard on the fabulous, brand spanking new Panorama Explorer. This means that GLUG now has the boat to itself with the 20th place hopefully being taken by a diving journalist. Already 10 people have registered interest and one has paid, in full! At £649, incl flights, I think this is a great price. Let’s fill this boat and make this a great trip.

For those already registered, I will be sending out a group email shortly, regarding deposit amounts.

Another offer from Oonasdivers (Please check out their web site for full details)

The aptly named Coral Queen holds 12 divers and covers some of the most spectacular reefs of the Southern Red Sea.
Leaving on June 22nd for one week, Oonas have offered us this trip at £877 instead of £950. ( part discount, part apportioning of the free place.)

Coral Queen is being presently held for GLUG, but I would need some firm interest shown as soon as possible, to secure the booking.

Yet another good deal; let’s not miss it!