‘Simply the best’  This itinerary, Elphinstone reef, Daedalus reef , and the Brothers Islands (big brother and little brother) are referred to as ‘simply the best’ in this part of the Red Sea. I first dived this itinerary in 2005 and this is my third trip now diving ‘simply the best’.  A mixture of reef , wall , and wreck diving this is some of the best diving the Red Sea has to offer. This time I sailed from Hurghada on board the Ghazala Explorer , a two year old liveaboard

This was a long awaited trip and one that I have made before in December 2016 seven years ago exactly . I travelled solo again with Blackbeards Allstar Liveaboards spending two weeks on board their boats, 'Sea Explorer' and 'Morning Star'. We sailed the Exuma Cays diving the spectacular reefs there , and got to see some of the amazing marine life they have to offer. For added drama, the Exumas are just within the Bermuda Triangle, a string of 365 islands ripe for exploring, a

I started diving in 1990 after a try dive with a Spanish friend of mine whilst I was living in Spain at the time. It was a memorable event to say the least! but it gave me the dive bug none the less. I returned to the UK not long after that and had my mind set on becoming a Commercial Diver!, thoughts of earning my living doing something I loved was a wonderful thought so I looked into the training involved to reach that goal. I trained as a B.S.A.C Sport diver to begin with