Blue Hole, Egypt

Random diver in the Blue Hole

I paired up with Kristoffer the Norwegian rescue scuba diver I met on the bus to do scuba diving. One of the annoying regulations for diving in Egypt is that when you rent gear you need a guide. The first day we did our refresh course right in the bay of Dahab. The second day we took a 15 minute drive north and did the Bells to Blue Hole drift dive and then Rick's Reef. For the non scuba divers they just drifted while snorkeling above us. The water was crystal clear and had amazing amounts of life.

Rick's Reef

Going head first down a three sided chimney for 25 meters opened up to sheer cliff. We drifted over to the Blue Hole which is infamious for being one of the most dangerous dives because it's about 200 meters deep. It has a tomb stone of all the divers that died trying to reach the bottom and do the arch at the entrance to it. Supposedly a woman last week just died trying to dive it.

Ricks Reef.

Our second dive at Ricks reef was a simple 15 meters deep dive which lasted for about an hour. Technically it was a drift dive from Rick's Reef to the Canyon, but since I was concentrating on photos, I didn't go into the Canyon.