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Dive #38 · Saturday, 28 July 2007 · 20:05–20:48
Brayka Bay
Marsa Alam, Red Sea Marsa Alam and the deep south
- Day 2 of 6 · Egypt Jul–Aug 2007 →
- 3rd dive of the day(also #36 Marsa Abu Dabab 10:06, #37 Gabal el Rosa 14:16)
- Max depth
- 14.3 m
- Avg depth
- 8 m
- Bottom time
- 43 min
- Surface
- 30 °C
- Air
- 28 °C
- Visibility
- 5 m
Kit
- Gas
- Air
- Cylinder
- Alu80
- Pressure
- 200 → 50 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Weights
- 8 kg
- Suit
- 7 mm / shorty, booties, open-heel fins
- Surface interval
- 4:43
- Safety stop
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- 2
- Conditions
- Surge: weak; weather: clear; surf: calm; 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 2 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
Although I had expected to see more, it was a nice dive. Saw a lot of lionfish, also a couple of very yellow-red lionfish and a pufferfish that had just gone to sleep. We did lose our way for a moment and had to surface to see where we were. After that saw a very big crab.