Dive Review of Red Sea Aggressor II in
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Red Sea Aggressor II: "Wrecks and Reefs in the Red Sea", Nov, 2019, by Kevin Tan, CA, US ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 11263 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	This was our first time diving in the Red Sea. We elected to go on the Northern route to see the famous wrecks that we heard about. We felt very safe travelling throughout Egypt, although security was very strict. We brought advanced underwater camera gear and were constantly questioned as to what everything was despite the airports knowing well that many of us were divers. Thankfully, by the time we got home, none of our gear got confiscated. We had an issue with late arriving baggage (all our scuba gear!) but thankfully it arrived just in time before the boat left Sunday morning. The RSA II was great, as per the reviews that we had read online. Despite the baggage snafu, the staff were more than willing to give us rental gear for free in case our stuff didn't arrive. Thankfully it did. Diving was good, especially the many wrecks that were a part of the itinerary. We did our SSI Wreck diving course over the course of the week. One other guest on board was doing their Open Water Diving Certification, much to the surprise of the dive instructors on board! I wouldn't recommend doing your open water diving certification at all. Red Sea diving isn't really for beginners, although it's not the most challenging diving either. We stayed in the only Suite on the liveaboard, so we had lots of room in our cabin. Only complaint was that the smell in our cabin often bothered us being near the diesel engine area. If you're sensitive to that, I would recommend going with one of the two Master Staterooms. Otherwise the room was comfortable. The boat itself was spacious and well equipped with many sitting areas to rest and relax. Loved the showers right after getting back from a dive and the warm towel and cold drinks from the staff. Staff helped us get into our gear and remove gear. First dive was a check dive and we had to practice deploying an SMB, which we had no done before even in our AOW training. They will require you to have a reel and safety sausage with you at all times for safety, so if you don't have one, you have to pay for one on board. We deployed it a handful of times especially during more difficult or drift dives where we got picked up in a zodiac. The dive briefings were thorough and excellent, and we were allowed to either dive unguided or guided. The SS Thistlegorm tours were amazing. We got 3 opportunities to dive there, including a night dive. The cruise director Adel was great in suggesting to do the dives earlier in the morning (5am start) because we essentially had the whole wreck to ourselves. All in all, we enjoyed the week and met nice fellow guests on board. Many on board were from Europe, but there were a few Americans on the trip as well. Compared to diving in Indonesia previously, I would say that we were spoiled in that we didn't see as many small/interesting critters or large pelagic life in Egypt as we've seen in the past. That said, we got to dive some incredible wrecks and reefs which were really world renowned and interesting.
Websites	Red Sea Aggressor II
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Northern California, Greece, Indonesia (Raja Ampat), Mexico
Closest Airport	HRG	Getting There	SFO-DXB-CAI-HRG
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, choppy, surge
Water Temp	25-27°C / 77-81°F	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	10-30 M / 33-98 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	Dive according to certification (advanced open water to 30m/100ft)
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
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	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Decent area for cameras with dedicated outlets to charge. However, the area given to each guestroom was a bit small for my fairly large rig. For small cameras, it was probably adequate. They had separate rinse tanks for cameras.

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Dive Review of Red Sea Aggressor II in Red Sea/Northern Red Sea

Red Sea Aggressor II: "Wrecks and Reefs in the Red Sea", Nov, 2019,

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Dive Review of Red Sea Aggressor II in
Red Sea/Northern Red Sea