It’s been quite a year here at H2O Divers. Most of Dahab thought we were out of the woods tourism-wise at the beginning of the year; then in February there was the unfortunate incident in Taba. Now, as minimal the casualties were, that didn’t stop the media from blowing everything out of proportion. As per,

When I first learnt to dive I was taught to turn the tank valve on all the way, then a quarter turn back. I didn’t ask why at the time and yet many years later I found myself telling my students the same thing. Never once did anyone ask me why and I proceeded as

Even though the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm lies closer to Sharm el Shiekh than Dahab, it’s cheaper to do the trip through us than from most dive centres in Sharm. Go figure. The SS Thistlegorm is a British ship built in 1940. In her short life she carried out three successful voyages before being