Last dives: The Bells/Blue Hole and Abu Helal
Joel and I decided to go to diving The Bells/Blue Hole and Abu Helal. The Bells entry point is always interesting. It is basically a small crack in the ground and divers have to go through some kind of naturally carved vertical tube to go down. There are 2 main exits at around -14m and -28m. The Bells is named after the sound produced by aluminium tanks when scuba divers hit the reef. We went down up to -42m to admire the magnificent soft corals (Dendronephthya specie) of bright colors that grow under ledges. We took our time to drift to the Blue Hole and had plenty of air left to do a full 540 degrees. As for Abu Helal, it was a bit boring, too much hard corals and not much variety to look at. Still a very good dive.
I’m basically happy to finish diving with these conditions. I had fantastic dives with Joel, certainly the best I ever had in Dahab. I could show him lots of things around, including unusual stuff and things that unfortunately few people in Dahab care to look for. For me, it was an opportunity to go diving with someone who really wanted to dive and see things. I was only paying tanks and taxi on this one, basically a 2-day dive cost me 25$/155 EGP (4 tanks at 3$ + 80EGP taxi) which is far more than OK.
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