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| Originally Posted by Paul Oliver OK a mate of mine at work asked me a question about diving in Egypt, and as i have never dived there i could not answer very well  nothing new there then 
He is going on a family Holiday to Sharm and up to 4 adults may want to do a days diving to see what its like
None of them have dived before, although i am looking at putting on a pool try-dive for them before they go, i think PADI centres run a Scuba Experience thingy that would cover this, so questions:-
1. Is it possible to do a 1 day dive in the sea, beginners package?
2. Whats it called?
3. What kind of price per person?
4. Would a discount for 4 doing it be a reasonable expectation?
5. Any recommended centres in Sharm for him to go see?
6. Any centres he needs to avoid?
Thanks in advance for the help
I'm going to send him a link to this thread as no doubt there will be lots of quality answers |
1. Yes
2. Discover Scuba Diving / DSD - allows for a supervised splash at shallow depths for about 2 hours, and you'll get the chance to do a few skills to see how you react and if you want to go on to do Open Water
3. It's around the £40 mark here in London, so over there expect to pay about €60
4. Would depend entirely on the centre and how good your relationship is with them. Because DSDs are quite cheap and relatively low-profit for dive centres, they might be reticent to offer a discount, but some places might have a special offer. Check out
explorers.com for any offers on
5. Definitely check out Ocean College, and the dive centre at the Cleopatra Tsokkos Hotel in Om El Sid will definitely offer you a discount if you mention me because one of my friends manages the centre! Otherwise Oonas, Camel and Emperor are all excellent, but slightly pricier
6. Beware of some of the smaller ones housed within cheap hotels (ironic, considering what I've put above I know!), and any that run just by locals or those run just for Italians, Germans or Russians - not because the standard is poor, but because they have different standards than British instructors, and might not be able to translate things properly
Get him to PM me if he has any questions
Nat