Dive Review of Reef Diving Centre/(stayed in a AirBnb) in
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Reef Diving Centre/(stayed in a AirBnb): "Once in a lifetime experience", Jun, 2018, by DAVID SHEM-TOV, LONDON, GB ( Sr. Contributor 21 reports with 4 Helpful votes). Report 10324 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	While the English language website only refers to their dive center in Eilat, the Reef Diving Group have an affiliate in Tel Aviv, situated at the Tel Aviv Marina. This operation mainly services students and local divers who cannot make it to Eilat, although I was buddied up with an English tourist on the day I went. All staff spoke good English. They were strict about reviewing diver credentials and insurance and required clients to have dived in the previous 6 months to avoid a checkout. Shore dives are offered daily and boat dives on most weekends (Friday and Saturday.) For ILS360 ($100, Nitrox tank and all gear included), I joined a two tank excursion on their hard bottomed covered skiff accommodating 6 divers and two guides. First dive was at Sea Wolf, a purpose-sank 30m former navy boat standing upright in the sand at about 30m. It was a fairly unremarkable wreck with moderate amount of fish life. After 30 minutes we were ushered to the surface. We had been on the surface for less than 15 minutes before the next dive at Gordon rocks. It was shallow, at less than 7m. I was surprised to find a couple of rays and three nudibranchs. We were back at the dive center less than two hours after we left. All in all, it was OK. Most staff were friendly, though I found the impatience of the skipper and guides a little grating. I would rate it as a once in a lifetime experience. (I.e., once in a lifetime is enough!) A recent article in UK's DIVER magazine ([divernet.com link]) spoke about diving off the beach in Hadera, 40km north of Tel Aviv, where warm effluent from a power station on the shore attracts 3m+ requiem sharks in winter. Dives are conducted from the shore in shallow waters with low visibility. (The operator is located 60km away in Modi'in and drives a pickup to the shore.) This intrigued me. Alas, I was in Israel during the wrong season to try this.
Websites	Reef Diving Centre
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Cocos, Socorro, French Polynesia, Galapagos, Truk, Palau, Maldives, India, Thailand, Red Sea, Mediterranean
Closest Airport	Tel Aviv [TLV]	Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	26-28°C / 79-82°F	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	8-10 M / 26-33 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	We were buddied up, and given a briefing.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	I suppose you could ask for a rinse bucket with fresh water for your camera if you wanted, but this is not a destination for UW photographers.

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Dive Review of Reef Diving Centre/(stayed in a AirBnb) in Mediterranean/Tel Aviv

Reef Diving Centre/(stayed in a AirBnb): "Once in a lifetime experience", Jun, 2018,

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Dive Review of Reef Diving Centre/(stayed in a AirBnb) in
Mediterranean/Tel Aviv