Planet
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By:
Anders Jälmsjö |
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Underwater
photography serves different purposes
for different divers. Some wish
to document the marine life that
they have encountered to show family
and friends, others want to give
their memories eternal life by keeping
photos in an album.
And
for some, underwater photography
is a form of art. Whatever the reason
might be, most divers at one time
or another bring an underwater camera
on a dive or two. The object and
results vary of course with dive
as well as photo experience.
During my five years in Hurghada
I have seen most of the different
kinds.
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One thing that most rolls of film
have in common though, is that many
of the photos show a diver underwater,
an underwater model.
Depending
on training, experience and reason,
you can divide the underwater models
into two groups. “Happy snapped
buddy picture” and “Arranged
rehearsed model picture”.
The first category is suitable for
family albums while the other ends
up in dive magazines and art calendars.
The
happy buddy in a picture often shows
a diver in action. Wether swimming
through a wreck or over a coral
reef the buddy is not an integral
part of the picture and the photo
would still be complete without
their presence.
The model in a photograph is often
used to highlight or accentuate
the main feature of the picture
meaning the picture would loose
its full effect if the model were
not present.
To get someone to model for you
may prove as difficult as to get
a good shot. Most people prefer
to explore the wreck or the reef
rather than hang motionless in mid-water
waiting for you to get the settings
right.
One
value of using a model in an under
water photo can be to increase the
interest of the object.
By having the model look at a Scorpion
fish and point a torch at it, makes
the Scorpion fish more interesting.
Another way is to let a beautiful
diver with a colourful wetsuit that
the photographer purposely places
as a part of the picture, become
an object itself.
To
use a model when photographing under
water is not as easy as it might
seem. First of all the model has
to be a very good diver who can
move into position quickly and then
stay in one place for the time the
photographer needs to shoot the
frame.
The photographer and the model also
must be able to communicate almost
on a telepathic level. A moving
object does not hang around forever
so it is important that the model
knows what the photographer wants
through small and quick signals.
Buoyancy control is very important.
At the same time as the model is
trying to avoid touching the bottom
or the ceiling in a cave, the model
must look relaxed and interested
whilst concentrating on leaving
no exhalation bubbles.
You
can’t ask the model to hold
her breath so the photographer has
to learn and feel the rhythm of
the models breathing to either get
no bubbles at all or place them
where he wants them in the frame.
There
are a few rules as to where to put
the model in the picture. The rule
of thirds is one. It means that
you divide the frame into three
equally sized parts horizontally
and three equally sized parts vertically.
In the opposite diagonal crossing
points you would find the model
and the object creating a balance.
When using a model most photographers
operate with a wide-angle lens.
This
means that there is a lot of area
to fill in the frame and a model
is often placed to fill an empty
space. This helps to give the picture
balance. The model can either be
close enough for all the details,
like the face and equipment to show,
or in the distance.
In this case you would let the strobe
light up only the object in the
front of the picture and leave the
model as a silhouette, maybe with
the sun in the background and sunbeams
spreading out over the frame.
For
years I’ve been trying to
improve my under water photography
and I have been fortunate enough
to gain a lot of knowledge from
my friend and colleague, the professional
underwater photographer Kimmo Hagman
whom I’ve worked with for
the last five years.
Wide-angle photography with models
is one of his many specialties and
I have learned most of what I know
from him.
Two
of the most valuable tips Kimmo
has given me are “Of course
rules are there to be broken”,
and “Step away from the stereotype
composition and create your own
style, this makes your pictures
different and interesting.”
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| Freediving
Team Event 2004: |
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By:
Yehia M. Safwat |
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Egypt
came very close to winning the bid
to host the "4th AIDA Freediving
Team World Championships 2004"
but in the final vote Canada won
by the closest of margins. Freediving
is perhaps the oldest sport known
to man kind, yet it is one of the
least understood or followed sports
in today's sport media. When we
compare what a professional footballer
earns and what it is that he has
to do and what a freediver earns
and is capable of doing, it makes
no sense. In order for all our readers
to appreciate this wonderful sport
and events of the World Championship
in Vancouver I have to explain a
tiny bit about this sport that is
at the top of the extreme sports
and Egypt is where it all started.
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Man,
some believe, came from the sea.
Regardless of this, we know that
we had to live by water in order
to survive and it's no wonder that
the ancient Egyptian civilization
had not only two seas (the Mediterranean
as well as the Red Sea), but the
most famous of fresh water bodies,
the glorious Nile. There are Pharonic
tombs that have ancient drawings
of many of the aquatic creatures
found in the Red Sea, as well as
breath - hold swimmers.
Now
that we have established that freediving
is an old sport, lets look at this
sport in detail. Freediving in its
simplest form is breath holding,
yet it has many different and equally
challenging disciplines and the
main three that are included in
official competitions are Constant
Ballast, Static Apnea and finally,
(although not included in the over
all scoring), Dynamic Apnea. Constant
Ballast is the most respected form
of freediving and is regarded by
the athletes as the pure form of
freediving. Constant Ballast is
when a freediver (wearing a wetsuit,
mask, fins and weights - if any)
descends on one breath and the deepest
diver wins. By the way, each athlete
must declare his performance prior
to the dive and for each meter of
depth achieved a point is awarded.
Dropping the weight, passing out
(called blackout) or pulling on
the rope are all some of the ways
of getting a disqualification in
Constant Ballast.
The
previous World Record for Constant
Ballast, set in competition in Cyprus
this past June, belonged to Carlos
Coste of Venezuela, the first man
in history to break the 100 meter
mark in the Constant Ballast category,
a depth thought impossible at the
turn of the millennium. Carlos descended
to a depth of 102 m with ease and
in fact he was whistling within
seconds of his ascent! Carlos's
dive time was roughly four minutes
total.
This
past September in Greece, Martin
Stepanek from the Czech Republic
descended to a depth of 103 m, setting
a new World Record in Constant Ballast.
Officially in all AIDA (Association
for International Development of
Apnea) World Championships, Static
Apnea is the discipline that shocks
the crowd and as I mentioned is
one of the two disciplines to be
included in Championships. When
we were children and even as adults
we have all at one point or another
held our breath, whether in a swimming
pool or a bathtub it doesn’t
really matter. In official AIDA
competitions on one breath the athlete
must have his whole airway submersed
in the water to begin timing the
Static Breath hold. Each five seconds
of breathhold equals one point.
Herbert
Nitsch from Austria was renowned
as the king of Static until Martin
Stepanek from the Czech Republic
and Tom Sietas from Germany came
along! Martin holds the current
World Record in Static Apnea with
a breath hold of 8'06" and
Tom has broken that record with
an impressive 8'47", however
ratification of his new world record
is still pending.
The last category of freediving,
which along with Static Apnea is
likely to be an Olympic Sport, is
Dynamic Apnea, Peter Pedersen from
Denmark holds the current World
Record (with fins) with a distance
of 200 m! This discipline is usually
conducted in a swimming pool and
what is required of the athlete
is to see how far they can fin horizontally
on one breath. Now don’t tell
me that you have never tried that
before, with or without fins! This
year at the Summer Olympics in Athens,
when the underwater cameras were
filming the swimmers from below,
just imagine what the athletes would
have looked like with their power
carbon fiber stereo fins or mono
fins - just wait until Beijing!
Although this discipline was not
included in the overall point tally
in Vancouver, if all works out as
planned it looks like the next host
for the 2006 AIDA Freediving Team
World Championship will be obliged
to include it due to a vote of interest
held during a meeting about the
"Future of AIDA" in Vancouver.
Unfortunately
this championship was very poorly
attended and instead of the 30 Nations
that were expected only a fraction
showed up - actually about one third.
Not to mention that the top three
ranked men's teams in the world
were not there. Cold waters and
expensive, long flights were some
of the reasons to blame for the
poor attendance. Although the list
of the participating countries would
be classified as "B Category"
if you will, this doesn’t
mean that there weren’t world
record holders participating. It
just means that there were some
top athletes not there and that
victory would be marred by "what
if's" amongst other points
of negative discussions.
In
the Constant Ballast there were
some National Records set but the
deepest man was far off the mark
of the 102 m of Carlos Coste or
the 103 m of Martin Stepanek for
that matter. In fact the deepest
male athlete was almost 30 m off
the world record!
In
the Static Apnea, the "pending"
world record holder Tom Sietas was
there and he performed in a very
professional way to ensure his team
the victory, obviously it was no
where near his personal best of
8'47", but remember this is
a team event and the emphasis is
on the total team tally which is
made up of three athletes, not just
one individual.
So
needless to say there was some strategy
war going on between the men's teams
from Germany, Great Britain and
Canada. The Greek and Japanese teams
lost any chance of winning a medal
when both teams suffered a disqualification.
The Canadian Men's team came in
a respectable third considering
that it was fielding their "B
Team" representing the host
nation. Great Britain had their
best ever performance and took advantage
of what seemed a weak field by placing
second in the men's teams, leaving
the Germans sitting pretty on the
throne of Freediving in first place.
I have to point out that the German
team had the best ever team score
in any World Championship and nothing
can be taken away from them for
that!
The
ladies event was missing three of
the top five teams in the world
ranking list. With France and Italy
not there, the fight was on between
the USA and Canada. American Tanya
Streeter the Double World Record
Holder in the No Limits Category
with an astonishing depth of 160
m and Variable Weight to a depth
of 122 m was not competing this
time, but present as a judge on
the jury of the competition.
The
women's constant ballast saw Mandy-Rae
Cruickshank the Constant Weight
World Record Holder with a depth
of 78 m and captain of the Canadian
team, descend to 68 m, making her
the deepest woman ever in competition!
There where a few national records
in this competition but it was the
Canadian Ladies team that stole
the lime light by winning the overall
title for the second time in succession,
with the USA following in second
position, while the German's took
third place. Can the Canadian Ladies
make it a third time in a row in
2006? We'll just have to wait and
see!
As
the bid to hold the "5th AIDA
Freediving Team World Championship
2006" is still in process,
we look to the many reasons that
it would be in the best interests
of the sport to host it in Egypt.
The geographical position of Egypt
and the wonderful waters of the
Red Sea with its friendly conditions,
warmth, clarity and rich marine
life, are but a few. The bid for
2006 is between Egypt and Japan.
The vote to decide the winner will
take place in early 2005 and until
then we are working hard to win
those votes! We look forward to
a positive outcome and to Hurghada
being the next host of the "5th
AIDA Freediving Team World Championship
2006"!
Note:
I would like to remind the readers
that freediving is a potentially
dangerous sport and advise you not
to attempt freediving or any breath
holding activities alone. Team-Egypt,
AIDA-Egypt and Bubbles Diving College
are willing to assist you in learning
about freediving in a professional
and safe atmosphere. Please contact
the editor of H2O Magazine for more
information.
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| Russian Roulette
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By:
Karim Helal
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In
our last issue we published an article
called Russian roulette and deep
air diving after the double tragic
death of two Russian divers diving
deep on air.
Unfortunately,
in this issue we are revisiting
the Russian Roulette scenario in
the wake of yet another deep air
fatality. This happened on the 19th
of September when two Russian divers,
(an IDC staff instructor and an
assistant instructor), who were
on a southern safari decided, despite
their supposed knowledge and experience,
to practice deep air diving on air
with a single tank each.
The
result, after a dive to 91 meters
(where the PPO2 is more than 2 ATA),was
that one of the two divers did not
survive and was later found dead
on the surface.
What more can we say about deep
air diving?
Please
revisit our article in the previous
issue and if you are still intent
on killing yourself on deep air,
all we can say is ‘PLEASE
DO IT SOMEWHERE ELSE’.
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| A Pearl of
a week on the M/V Oyster: |
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Daniel Lion, Diving Product
Manager Longwood Holidays UK |
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Although
I have been working in the dive
travel industry and been a qualified
diver for the last 10 years, until
recently I had yet to fulfil an
ambition that I have had since the
start. As bizarre as it may seem,
I had never taken a Red Sea Liveaboard
and never dived the Brothers Islands.
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So
on September 3rd I embarked on a trip
that I will remember for a long while
to come.
The trip with my fiancé Beth
had been planned for some months,
so, following the incident of the
8th August, when 12 divers that included
4 of our (Longwood Holidays) clients
had been swept away from Little Brother,
and were lost at sea for nearly 14
hours, timing could not have been
better. It gave me a chance to not
only experience world class diving
but also reassure myself that Longwood
Holidays should continue sending divers
on liveaboards to remote and challenging
areas.
Beth
learned to dive in september last
year and completed her PADI AOW soon
after. She had 25 logged dives and
was a little apprehensive as to what
lay ahead. As she has great confidence
in the water and the minimum requirements
for a trip of this nature (50 logged
dives or Advanced Open Water), I was
sure that the trip to the Brothers
would only further her competence
and enhance her appetite for the underwater
realm.
We
arrived at Hurghada Airport to be
courteously greeted by a representative
of M/V Oyster who efficiently had
our visa stamps ready to be stuck
inside our passports before whisking
us through passport control.
From
here we proceeded to the bus waiting
to take us to the Tourist Port where
M/V Oyster waited.
After being helped aboard followed
by our luggage, we were introduced
to the crew and fellow passengers
before being shown to our cabin and
familiarising ourselves with the layout
of the boat. Our spacious, air-conditioned
cabin with panoramic window, en suite
bathroom facilities that included
shower and WC was just as expected
and provided a comfortable home for
the week. There are another 3 cabins
on the Lido deck, all considered deluxe,
with panoramic windows; 3 with twin
beds and 1 with a double bed. The
remaining 6 cabins with portholes
had bunks in the standard cabins and
twin beds in the remaining 2 deluxe
cabins which are found below deck.
The sun deck is spacious, with a huge
cushioned areas and 2 chaise longues,
ideal for sun worshippers, and a shaded
area for the more cautious with a
fridge to keep drinks cool.
Once
familiar with our new home we heard
something a little unfamiliar that
was soon to become our new timepiece.
The ship’s bell was used to
signal dive briefings and mealtimes,
the only events apart from sleeping
that mattered this week.
Seeing
as we had just arrived and were still
in port we assumed it was time for
dinner, so made our way to the lounge
area.
Here
we were treated to a three course,
sit down meal served by our attentive
crew. Breakfast and lunch is buffet
style and dinner is served every evening
by the dive guides doubling as waiters.
Do not go on a liveaboard expecting
to lose weight.
Each
day follows a similar schedule. Dive,
eat, sleep, dive, eat, sleep, dive,
eat, sleep, dive, eat, sleep, is about
as complicated as it gets. So, on
day two after a half decent night’s
sleep, leaving port at about 7.30
a.m and heading towards Safaga we
were woken at about 8.30 a.m by a
knock on the door. Just enough time
to get ourselves out of bed and ready
for breakfast followed by a slide
show boat briefing and comprehensive
dive briefing. On all occasions this
briefing included the name and description
of the dive site, including topography,
points of interest, hazards to avoid,
problem avoidance, water conditions,
depth range, maximum dive time, entry
and exit techniques, suggested course
to follow etc.
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We
were to dive Tobia Arbaa as
a first dive. Having opted for
a Nitrox course whilst onboard,
which is the one of many courses
available to divers fortunate
enough to dive from the M/V
Oyster, we analysed our air
and kitted up. We were now anxious
to hit the water, which we did
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As
usual the first dive is used to re-acquaint
those who haven’t been in the
water for a while. So, after a giant
stride into the seductive crystal
clear waters and a quick weight check
we were once again in this fascinating
underwater world.
Also
named the ‘Seven Pillars’,
Tobia Arbaa is comprised of several
tall and narrow ergs adorned with
soft coral that rise from a sandy
bottom and display a fascinating landscape
of soft corals, Anthias, Glass fish,
Gorgonians, Giant Puffer fish, Blue
Spotted rays, Lionfish, Scorpionfish,
Moray eels and octopii.
To our surprise, as we rounded one
of the Erg’s, a giant moray
eel venturing from his crevice came
swimming by providing some of the
photographers amongst us a chance
to shoot a few test shots before we
reached the Brothers. We surfaced
after just under an hour having spent
much of a relaxing dive admiring the
diversity of life to be found on this
site local to Safaga and envisaged
what lay ahead.
The crew need to be satisfied that
all divers are comfortable with their
kit and dive procedures before moving
further offshore, so the next dive
was at Tobia Island, a short ride
away by zodiac. The briefing followed
the same format but this time we were
informed of the drill for diving from
the zodiac. M/V Oyster has two zodiacs
in the water simultaneously to ferry
divers to the dive sites and back
if necessary. Divers board the zodiac
from the dive platform with all their
kit in place minus their fins, which
are handed to the zodiac driver and
donned once aboard. Once at the dive
site a dive guide will do a backward
roll from the zodiac and check the
current before signalling to the other
divers that it is safe to follow him/her
into the water or not.
Most entries from the zodiac are negative
entries (negatively buoyant), allowing
divers to quickly descend below the
surface to avoid any surface currents
that may take them off course from
the reef or dive site below.
At least one zodiac will then track
the planned course of the dive and
follow bubbles if visible, so when
the first divers surface, transport
back to the M/V Oyster is never far
away. During this time a deck watch
also looks out from the sundeck of
the Oyster with binoculars to notify
the zodiac driver of any divers surfacing
out of his sight. As an extra measure
the zodiac driver also has communication
with the Oyster via 2-way radio.
During our stay it was mentioned that
Oyster were soon to be investing in
Personal Locator Beacons (PLB’s)
or Emergency Position Indicating Radio
Beacons (EPIRB’s), that would
be attached to dive guides and work
within a 16 kilometre radius, to track
their whereabouts above the waterline.
At
the end of the dive we surface to
see the zodiac close by, give the
OK signal and wait until the driver
moves in close enough to grab hold
of the side, take off our weight belt,
and slip out of our scuba units which
are hauled into the zodiac. The deep
water exit, with one big fin kick
and a bit of muscle power, doesn’t
prove too much of a problem for most
but looking at some, “beached
whale” springs to mind. Once
safely collected we are whizzed back
on board Oyster whilst the zodiac
goes back out for a second sortie
to collect the remaining divers.
The majority of dives at the Brothers
are performed from the zodiac so this
is a taster of what we had to look
forward to.
After
conducting two local dives on the
first day we were all raring to get
motoring down to the Brothers. Before
long we were on our way, soon after
which the bell rang. Briefing? No,
it couldn’t be, we were six
hours from the Brothers, so if it
wasn’t diving, it was food,
time for lunch, even if it did seem
like we’d only just had breakfast.
One thing you certainly won’t
get on a trip on the M/V Oyster is
hungry.
Most
of us moved upstairs to the sundeck
to catch a few rays after our buffet
lunch where the choice varied daily
from soup to start, followed by salads,
rice, spaghetti bolognaise, vegetables,
kofta, chicken, fish, meat and more,
cooked on each occasion in a different
style and flavour. Just as I was drifting
off a strange wailing noise soon had
me back on my toes. Startled, I jumped
up to see other passengers scrambling
for their cameras as a pod of Spinner
dolphins were energetically bow jumping
and entertaining us with their acrobatic
show. This is for sure one of the
beauties of liveaboard diving, you
never know what is going to appear
from beneath the waves.
The
second night on board was an early
one. Dinner was followed by a a chat
on the lido deck and then bed. I was
not adverse to getting up early but
I thought Beth was going to throw
me overboard when she heard that wake
up was at 6 a.m. After clarifying
that she didn’t have to get
up at the crack of dawn if she didn’t
want to, I explained that dawn was
the best time for action underwater,
so she decided that she was not going
to miss out.
Day
three saw us woken at 6 a.m, quickly
followed by a 7 a.m dive on Big Brother.
After dive three we embarked on the
800 metre voyage to Little Brother
for dive four and to stay for the
next two days. Although we had a fantastic
days diving and Beth made her first
wreck dives on the Aida followed by
the Numidia, both blanketed with stunning
hard and soft corals and home to many
reef species, we hadn’t encountered
a great deal of pelagic activity.
Just to make Beth feel even better
about getting up at 6 a.m the rest
of the group saw a Manta ray on the
third dive of the day on the Numidia.
So not only did they not have to get
up early to see it, but they saw it
and we didn’t.
The
next day on Little Brother proved
to be the turning point. Again we
got up for the early morning dive
to hang out in the blue and see not
much more than a few jacks and some
barracuda. On returning to the boat
we were to hear stories of Hammerheads
and Grey Reef sharks. Poor Beth’s
face, to think she had got up at an
hour that she didn’t even know
existed to miss all the action, again!
I convinced her that it would all
happen when she was least expecting
it. “OK, but no more early morning
dives” she pleaded.
With few expectations we entered the
water for the second dive of the day.
Five minutes after sinking below the
surface I spotted a shark’s
silhouette in the blue. As it came
closer I signalled to Beth pointing
so that she could follow my finger
so as not to miss the Grey Reef shark
as it glided past. Her face lit up,
it was her first ever sighting of
a shark and one she had longed for
since booking this trip back in June.
Before we had a chance to exchange
glances, another familiar shape appeared,
this time much closer to the surface.
This time a Dolphin. This time Beth
smiled so hard her mask flooded due
to a huge grin on her face which allowed
water to come gushing in. After clearing
her mask we were graced by the presence
of yet another Grey Reef shark. Not
bad going for someone who was just
about to give up on diving and hit
the sun bed.
Getting low on air we decided it was
time to head back to the boat. We
were close enough not to need the
zodiac’s assistance so swam
slightly against the current at 5
metres. Under the boat yet another
surprise was waiting. During a briefing
we had been informed that Silky sharks
often made appearances under the boat
at Little Brother. This was our lucky
day as we had at least five minutes
in the water with the inquisitive
Silky shark coming very close to check
us out. Soon we were joined by many
of the other divers who also spent
some time with the Silky.
We
celebrated the end of a great day
with a few beers and some DIY party
games with some of the other guests
and crew. Life on a liveaboard is
pretty dependant on making your own
entertainment and that is what we
did.
Our last day on Little Brother had
even more unexpected encounters in
store. After we returned to the boat
after a pretty uneventful first dive,
I spotted a shark and signalled to
Beth. It appeared to be somewhat larger
with a huge rounded dorsal fin and
large pectoral fins. After realising
that we were the only divers around
and the shark was an Oceanic White
Tip, I approached with caution but
the shark disappeared into the blue.
Excitedly, we clambered back on board
and reported our sighting. The sceptical
response was soon dispelled as our
Oceanic showed on the surface a short
while after lunch. Without hesitation,
guests and crew donned masks, fins
and snorkels, grabbed cameras and
jumped in. The shark spent some time
checking them out and a few encounters
were a little too close for comfort.
For a long while after, the shark
stayed around the boat so a few of
us opted to descend and hang around
under the hull for the next dive.
Anticipating some close encounters,
with camera in hand and the Oceanic
visible from the surface we made giant
stride entries, got into position
and waited. In the distance about
20 metres below us a Hammerhead passed
by. We realised that the last couple
of days really were going to be remembered
forever.
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What
a treat to have seen: Grey Reef,
Silky, Oceanic White Tip sharks
and Dolphins in their natural
habitat in the space of 24 hours.
It wasn’t long before
the Oceanic was back, passing
frequently overhead and at eye
level. For the next forty minutes
we were treated to a spectacle
that I had only dreamed of.
She made pass after pass almost
posing for the camera on the
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Back
on board we relayed our stories
only to find out that there were
now two Oceanics and a Silky below
the boat. Hoping that they would
still be around, three of us opted
to hang on a line under the boat
for a while for our last dive of
the day. Again we waited in anticipation
for around 20 minutes. Nothing,
except a Barracuda and hundreds
of Fusiliers. In a flash the fusiliers
disappeared and into sight came
the Oceanic accompanied by a large
Silky.
This time a little more inquisitive
and nervous looking, she came very
close, brushing and nosing the hang
tank directly in front of us at
5 metres. Her movement seemed different
and more deliberate as she came
closer to examine us, brushing us
as she passed. It appeared as though
we were not particularly welcome
in her kingdom.
The
Silky hung back seeming to be an
observer but still remained close
as we kept an eye on the two of
them as they circled us. After thirty
minutes or so of very close interaction,
I grabbed the ladder and hauled
myself out of the water with great
urgency. To my surprise everybody
else on board was watching the spectacle
of these two inquisitive sharks
from above and fell about laughing
at the sight of me exiting the water
without my feet even touching the
ladder.
It
took me a while to calm down, for
my heart rate to return to normal
and the adrenalin to stop pumping
around my body. That evening I went
to sleep with magical memories of
a truly fantastic day.
The next day was spent at Big Brother
diving the Aida and the Numidia
before heading back to Safaga for
the last day of diving on Middle
reef and the Salem Express.
Having
dived many Red Sea resorts and renowned
world-class diving destinations
around the world, I have to say
the boat, the crew, the other guests
and of course the diving all contributed
to one of the greatest diving trips
I have ever taken. Both of us very
much look forward to returning to
the southern Red Sea very soon.
Perhaps next time we will venture
a little further south to check
out the Hammerheads and anything
else that Daedelus, Zabargad, Rocky
and St Johns has to throw at us.
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