BlueFlipper Diving

As a dive centre we were recently very touched by the plight of 4 dolphins being kept in a swimming pool outside a Hurghada villa. These poor creatures had been bought to Egypt from Japan and until their new dolphinarium was built, they had been placed in appalling conditions. The Youtube video posted on Facebook [...]

According to the laws of physics they say the bumble bee can not fly…yet it does. When I look at the puffer fish it always reminds me of these strange buzzing bugs. They are cumbersome and move with an endearing awkward wiggle. It is due to this lack of maneuverability that the puffer has developed its [...]

Stonefish (Synanceia Verrucosa) are one of the deadliest marine creatures in existence. Often brown or green in colour they blend in almost perfectly with their reef surroundings and are extremely difficult for divers and fish to spot. This ‘chance’ picture was taken at Maxwell’s dive site located at Taba Heights in Egypt. It’s very unusual to [...]

You are looking to end the dive, your buddy decides to deploy an SMB, suddenly you realize your buddy is gone, panic sets in; where has he gone? Ahhh… there he is dangling from 5 inches of string, just below the surface! As a key piece of dive kit the SMB is an extremely useful tool [...]

You are in Sharm to dive, but you are also on holiday? When diving the balance between those heavy nights out and your daily dive activities can be a fine one. This month we ask our medical experts in Sharm’s Hyperbaric Medical Centre what the effects of alcohol can be and more importantly how they [...]