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Dive #95 · Thursday, 3 December 2009 · 07:03–07:46
Abu el Kefan
Safaga, Red Sea Safaga and Soma Bay
- Day 5 of 6 · Egypt Nov–Dec 2009 →
- First of 4 dives that day(also #96 Tobia Arbaa 10:33, #97 Tobia Arbaa 14:50, #98 Tobia Arbaa)
- deepest dive of 2009
- Max depth
- 41.7 m
- Avg depth
- 18.2 m
- Bottom time
- 43 min
- Surface
- 20 °C
Kit
- Gas
- Air
- Cylinder
- Alu80
- Pressure
- 203 → 53 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Weights
- 12 kg
- Suit
- 7 mm
- Surface interval
- 15:39
- Safety stop
- 3 min
- Difficulty
- 2
- Course / purpose
- Deep diver
Where
Abu el Kefan
A 650-metre blade of reef standing alone in open water with walls falling hundreds of metres, an hour and a half out of Safaga and almost always in current.
The only dive here
With
- Nielsfirst dive together
On the map
Abu Kafan
No route marked
- Hazard
- Pinnacle / rock
- Dive path
- Wall / drop-off
- Shallows
- Coral / reef
- Depth
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Reasonably intact reef with lots of life. My buddy unfortunately got stuck during the training at 15 metres. A turtle also nibbled at my regulator. Nice dive!