Night Dives Are Awesome!

Night dives are awesome!

The highlight of my week was that I got to assist on a night dive as part of Ryan's PADI Advanced Open Water course - I love night dives!

Why would you want to dive in the dark? Is something I've been asked lots of times. The first time I did a night dive I was asking myself the same thing as I stood on the dive platform of Emperor Asmaa in the Red Sea. I was kitted up and ready to go, all the others were in the water as I stood, terrified, looking down into the darkness - the beautiful turquoise sea of earlier now look scary and uninviting. Everyone was encouraging me in and, as I took a giant stride, cheered. Slightly embarrassing. Anyway, under the watchful eye of the divemaster I had a fantastic time. It was so peaceful and relaxing. Compared to the fish soup that is the Red Sea during daylight this was calmer. There wasn't anywhere near as much going and it was different. Parrot fish were tucked up inside their protective bubble sleeping, moray eels had come out of their holes and were swimming freely, and lionfish, attracted to our flashlights, were boldly heading straight towards us. The site looked very different to how it had looked earlier with the sunlight streaming through the water, but, surprisingly, I loved it! When our time was up and it was time to get out, I actually felt sad it was over. Until the next evening!

Tempted yet? Come and join us for a night dive! You could even take the PADI Night Diving specialty where you learn specific night diving skills such as how to navigate in the dark and the different signals we use and ... you get to do three night dives! Why not take a tour of your favourite dive site and see how different it looks in the dark. You will discover nocturnal creatures, those that you wouldn't see in the day, organisms that look different during the night and those that behave