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MV Hurricane: Day 1

Just back from the Red Sea, where we spent a week aboard the MV Hurricane. I’ve taken a slightly different approach to collating the video on this trip – rather than compiling a best of or themed highlights by animal type, as in the past, I’ve put together sequences of the diving day by day.

If you’re interested in doing this intinerary or something similar, then you should be able to get a decent idea of the sort of things you might see.

Day 1 takes us to the sites Um Ras and Marsa Abu Dabab. Um Ras was the site of our check-out dive – i.e. somewhere easy with no currents. Marsa Abu Dabab is a bay to the south of Marsa Alam. There’s a newly built hotel there which no doubt will result in increased levels of pollution in the bay. However, it remains a nice site for now.

Marsa Abu Dabab is also home to ‘Dennis the Dugong’ who I spectacularly failed to catch on video – rather disappointing. We spent the third dive of the day hunting for him (others had seen him on the second dive) but without success. However, there were some other good things to be seen in the sea grass beds: a guitar shark (too jumpy to catch on camera) and a striped snake eel (who disappeared quickly into its burrow).

We did see a number of large green turtles, accompanied by rather fat looking remora, who were happy to be approached.

Days 2-6 to follow…

Stephen · Saturday, September 23, 2006, 12:11 · Permalink

2 comments on this post

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Very nice videos. I’ll be going on the same boat on the same itinerary in the middle of May 07. These videos really got me stoked for the trip. I was wondering how the food was on the boat (and coffee!!!!). Thanks again.

Paul · Jan 31, 08:08 PM · #

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Hi Paul – it should be a great trip. I think places like the Brothers and Daedalus are where you can get those once-in-a-lifetime unpredictable encounters.

Food on the Hurricane was very good – nice variety, served buffet style (as normal on the liveaboards I’ve done), and no upset stomachs! Coffee – I can’t say as i didn’t try it (being a Starbucks addict…).

Let me know how the trip goes!

Stephen · Feb 1, 10:38 AM · #

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