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Dive #35 · Friday, 27 July 2007
Brayka Bay
Marsa Alam, Red Sea Marsa Alam and the deep south
- Day 1 of 6 · Egypt Jul–Aug 2007 →
- deeper than 61 % of all dives
- Max depth
- 16.5 m
- Avg depth
- 8.5 m
- Bottom time
- 52 min
- Surface
- 31 °C
- Air
- 36 °C
- Visibility
- 10 m
Kit
- Gas
- Air
- Cylinder
- Alu80
- Pressure
- 210 → 40 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Weights
- 8 kg
- Suit
- Shorty / 7 mm, booties, open-heel fins
- Safety stop
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- 1 (easy)
- Course / purpose
- Checkdive
- Conditions
- Surge: n/a; weather: clear; current: n/a; tide: n/a
Where
Brayka Bay
The house reef of a resort bay north of Marsa Alam — five dives over one week in 2007, which makes it the base camp of the first Red Sea trip south of Hurghada.
Dive 1 of 5 here · first 2007 · last Jul 2007
With
On the map
Brayka Bay house reef
No route marked
- Entry / exit
- Buoy
- Point of interest
- Pinnacle / rock
- Shoreline
- Dive path
- Wall / drop-off
- Coral / reef
- Sand
- Depth
Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf
The check dive was nothing much; I only had to flood and clear my mask. Lots of lionfish, barracuda, and the highlight was a stonefish. It looked just like a boulder slowly moving itself along.