Dive Review of Grand Sea Explorer in
Red Sea/Hurghada

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Grand Sea Explorer: "Happy to dive in the Red Sea, not going back", Jul, 2023, by Alice Ribbens, MN, US ( Contributor 19 reports with 21 Helpful votes). Report 12809 has 2 Helpful votes.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We were part of a REEF trip on the Explorer Ventures' Grand Sea Serpent. We traveled around Egypt for about a week before meeting up with the boat in Hurghada. We had some lost luggage issues when we first arrived in Egypt and had to have some luggage delivered to the boat. The office at the marina was extremely helpful in sorting that out via WhatsApp and even sent me a photo of the luggage once it had arrived. (At least half of the people in the REEF group had some sort of luggage issue--and one person never received one of his bags at all.) The boat generally is very comfortable and the diving was really good. There were some sites that they let us dive on our own if we wanted or we could go with the guide. We ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Grand Sea Explorer
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Komodo, Raja Ampat, Banda Sea, Philippines, Maldives, Palau, GBR, Fiji, British Columbia, Monterey, Puget Sound, Hawaii, Bonaire, Turks & Caicos, Caymans, Honduras, Belize, Cozumel, Akumal, Sea of Cortez, Lake Superior, Solomon Islands, St. Croix, St. Vincent, Socorro, Cuba, Lembeh, Ningaloo, etc.
Closest Airport	Hurghada	Getting There	International flights into Hurghada or short flight from Cairo
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy
Water Temp	79-84°F / 26-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-75 Ft/ 8-23 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Keep dives to ~1 hour, no deco
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	One rinse bin for electronics/cameras. If there were a lot of people with big camera rigs, that would have been problematic. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Grand Sea Explorer in Red Sea/Hurghada

Grand Sea Explorer: "Happy to dive in the Red Sea, not going back", Jul, 2023,

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

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Grand Sea Explorer in
Red Sea/Hurghada