Sometime around midday we geared up eagerly even though the first dive would only be a check dive to see if everybody had the correct amount of weights. The salty water of Egypt surprised quite a few when descending with the regular amount of additional weights (4-6kg) was virtually impossible!
After a few tryouts I found myself carrying 12-14 kilos depending on whether I used my extra hooded 5mm short on top of my long 7mm suit. Even though we were in Egypt, the water really wasn't that warm!
After the check dive and a brief exploration of the surroundings we headed back to the boat for dinner and right after that we made our first genuine fun dive on a site called Eldesha. It was a 13-meter dive on a shallow reef full of small life. The weather conditions were great, even though the spawning jellyfish took care of the poor visibility. Some of the divers freaked out about the jellyfish at first, but these ones, even though big and beautiful, weren't harmful. After the sunset we did the third and the last of the day's dives: a night dive. Unfortunately everybody was excited to jump in for the night and at worst the night dive felt more like a traffic jam compared to a slow paced relaxing gliding in the dark ocean. The depht of the dive was approximately 15 metres. And despite of the hassle it was still great to see a Lionfish eat up a poor small fish trapped in our flashlight beams...
