Shark Safari Red Sea June 2018
After our Shark Safari exploits of the last two summers, we have been asked to put on another Shark Safari by a group of our divers, where we will dive Brothers, Elphinstone and Daedalus with the objective of again diving with sharks.

The three trips we ran in Summer 2016 and 2017, produced so many sharks and some very close encounters.

There are still places available if anyone else wanted to join the trip.

We hope to emulate the shark sightings again in June 2018 on board 'Diamond Explorer'

We have a few places still available.

This safari will be commencing from Hurghada and finishing in Marsa Alam on the Egyptian Red Sea.

We board the boat on 23rd June 2018 and have our first dive on Sunday 24th June. The trip includes, full board, soft drinks mineral water tea coffee and snacks, 12lt tanks, weights with free nitrox for those qualified. The price for this trip is £900. Also there will be a free Shark Awareness Course for those who want to take part. There is a PADI certificate for this course available if you purchase the manual and PADI certification inclusive for £50

How to get there
Participant's will either need to be at Hurghada Airport late on Saturday Afternoon/Evening on 23rd June 2018 or picked up from a hotel in Hurghada of arrived in Hurghada previous to the 23rd June, to get on the transfer to the safari boat.

For people flying from UK, Easy Jet are flying from Gatwick direct to Hurghada on 23rd June and returns 30th June 2018, also Thomas Cooke are flying from Manchester on the same dates.

There maybe alternative days that there are flights in and out of Hurghada and Marsa Alam, It will depend on which country you are flying from. 

Please contact info@elite-diving.com with any queries.

​Over the last seven years or so, we've regularly seen a small female Green Turtle at Ras Mohamed. Some dive guides call her Millie. We are seeing it now increase in size (if it's the same one).

We'd like to find a bit more about her, and getting photos of turtles around Sharm over the years will help.

​Firstly, we'd like to identify if there is more than one Green Turtle of this size here in the Sharm area. We've seen bigger ones, which we think could be Millies parents, and we have some photo's of Millie when she was younger. More photo's will help tremendously. 

When born, green sea turtles are only 5 cm (2 in) long. But they grow up to 1.5 meters (5 ft) in length and can weigh over 300 kg (700 lbs), making them the largest of the hard shell sea turtles. The dorsal shell of the green turtle, or carapace, is wide, smooth, and brownish-olive in color.

The underside of the shell, or plastron, is yellow. Green sea turtles are so named for the greenish hue of their skin. They have heads that cannot retract into their bodies, a trait commonly associated with turtles so our research tells us but we thought that was tortoise's. Reaching speeds of up to 56 km/h (35 mph), their streamlined shell and paddle-like flippers aid in their ability to swim quickly and with grace.

THURSDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 2017
Help us Identify The Green Turtles
Over the last seven years or so, we've regularly seen a small female Green Turtle at Ras Mohamed. Some dive guides call her Millie. We are seeing it now increase in size (if it's the same one).