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Dive #39 · Sunday, 29 July 2007 · 11:15–12:02
Habili Neilson (Nelson Reef)
Abu Dabab, Marsa Alam, Red Sea Marsa Alam and the deep south
- Day 3 of 6 · Egypt Jul–Aug 2007 →
- First of 2 dives that day(also #40 Abu Dabab II 14:47)
- deeper than 66 % of all dives
- Max depth
- 19.1 m
- Avg depth
- 13.7 m
- Bottom time
- 47 min
- Surface
- 30 °C
- Air
- 36 °C
- Visibility
- 25 m
Kit
- Gas
- Air
- Cylinder
- Alu80
- Pressure
- 210 → 40 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Weights
- 8 kg
- Suit
- 7 mm / shorty, booties, open-heel fins
- Safety stop
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- 1 (easy)
- Conditions
- Surge: n/a; weather: clear; current: n/a; tide: n/a
Where
Habili Neilson (Nelson Reef)
A reef whose top never breaks the surface — a habili — nicknamed Little Elphinstone, usually dived as a relaxed drift.
The only dive here
With
On the map
Nelson Reef
No route marked
- Entry / exit
- Point of interest
- Pinnacle / rock
- Dive path
- Wall / drop-off
- Shallows
- Coral / reef
- Depth
Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf
Very beautiful reef where it was wonderfully quiet. Lots of nice coral and saw a very big parrotfish. Also many large schools of glassfish above us, which made a great panorama.