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Dive Review of Dive center, Coral Hills/Coral Hills resort, Marsa Alam in
Red Sea/South Red Sea

Dive center, Coral Hills/Coral Hills resort, Marsa Alam: "South Red Sea", Sep, 2015,

by Eldon Okazaki, CA, US (Top Contributor Top Contributor 54 reports with 6 Helpful votes). Report 8367.

No photos available at this time

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Accommodations 4 stars Food 3 stars
Service and Attitude 4 stars Environmental Sensitivity 4 stars
Dive Operation 3 stars Shore Diving 3 stars
Snorkeling N/A
Value for $$ 3 stars
Beginners 3 stars
Advanced 3 stars
Comments The good: only a few days of high winds; water temp. was 29 deg. C;
nice resort; nice people; most resort people and dive staff spoke English; divers were friendly and polite; lots of dolphins to sort of play with at the jetty; the house reef had a good reef.

the bad: that resort was next door to Dreams; other than that , there was no choice for food except the meals at the resort; the jetty diving was 10 min. away which my DM did not charge for; they charge for DM of 5 euro per dive and zodiac of 4 euro per dive; the local house reef was ok for 1 dive then the winds came up; so, we went to a protected but murky bay 2 min. away; the resort has a sly guy who wanted to make extra money.

The deal was $174 for interval int'l for a week; but, so limited diving.

Reporter and Travel

Dive Experience Over 1000 dives
Where else diving Caribbean, Philippines, Hawaii, Palau, Yap,
etc.
Closest Airport Marsa Alam Getting There JFK to Cairo to Hurgada to Marsa Alam

Dive Conditions

Weather sunny, windy, dry Seas calm, choppy
Water Temp 28-29°C / 82-84°F Wetsuit Thickness 3
Water Visibility 20-60 Ft/ 6-18 M

Dive Policy

Dive own profile no
Enforced diving restrictions follow the dive master was recommended
Liveaboard? no Nitrox Available? N/A

What I Saw

Sharks None Mantas None
Dolphins 1 or 2 Whale Sharks None
Turtles 1 or 2 Whales None
Corals 3 stars Tropical Fish 2 stars
Small Critters 1 stars Large Fish 1 stars
Large Pelagics N/A

Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

Subject Matter 2 stars Boat Facilities 1 stars
Overall rating for UWP's 1 stars Shore Facilities 2 stars
UW Photo Comments no bucket of water; too short time before getting to vat
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