First dive of the holiday off of the hotel's house reef. Slightly overweighted and familiarising with my new dive computer.Absolutely gutted as brand new wetsuit ripped on the arm before my dive which sent my head west.Saw2 small Masked Puffer fish,2 Trumpet Fish,several Clown Fish as well as Lion fish.

Changed into a smaller BC which made for a more relaxing dive with better buoyancy and air consumption.Saw a Large Trumpet fish,two Lionfish,large Napoleon Wrasse,Spotted Coral Trout and an Octopus.

First dive as an Enriched Air qualified diver.Only my second night dive too.Tried new wireless transmitter which didn't work and had no indication of air which was concerning.Tried out my new torch which was superb.Saw a huge Sea Snail,large Puffer Fish,an Octopus,2 sleeping Masked Puffer fish and a large Sea Cucumber.

After leaving the hotel at 04:00 in the morning we took the 4 hour voyage to the site before descending onto the famous SS Thistlegorm which is one of the best wreck dives in the world.Swimming towards it head on,as the front of the wreck came into view I was unprepared for the sheer size and height of it.Breath taking! First dive plan was to swim around the wreck noticing the huge gun and various machinery on the decks.We finished around the rear of the wreck near the entry point for our second dive.Saw a Blue Tailed Ribbon Ray and an enormous Trigger Fish.

Descended down onto the hull of the mighty SS Thistlegorm before entering the hold.Inside there was old Bedford trucks,Motorcycles all in a rack side by side, aeroplane wings and some old wellington boots from the crew that went down.Swam from room to room with quite a low ceiling so buoyancy had to be good. This was the first sustained overhead environment that I had swam in.Amazing dive.Used torch for inside the wreck as well as using a camera.Inside I also came across the largest Lionfish I've ever seen. Unforgettable dive.

Returning back to Sharm from SS Thistlegorm we had time to do a third dive on Yolanda Reef.For abundance of marine life,this was one of the best dive's I've done.Descended onto the reef before semi drifting through a bank of about 50 Unicorn Fish.Also noticed a large group of Barracuda circling above us.Saw 2 separate huge Crocidile fish,Blue Ribbontailed Ray and a massive sleeping Triggerfish.Also swam past a huge Moray Eel in a reef crevice.Compuet in Error mode as I ascended too quickly at Thistlegorm so stayed above 20 metres using an SPG.Also used a 15 LTR tank.

Amazing dive!! Descended through a school of huge Batfish,followed by a massive bank of Unicorn Fish a several large Snapper.Out in the blue I saw 5 Tuna(Blue finned I think).Drifted over Yolanda and saw two Moray eels as well as Lizard fish,Spotted Coral Trout and thousands of electric Blue Glass Fish.The whole dive was amongst large schools of various species of fish like a scene out of a Costeau film.Used a 15 ltd tank and still on the SPG as computer was still in Error mode.

Second and final dive of the day.Fairly shallow but quite a strong current.Naturally swam into current to start.Saw dozens of Red Toothed,Blue Trigger fish,Stone Fish,Lizard fish and Sand Perch.Drift dive back to reference point where I saw probably the largest Titan Trigger fish I'll ever see.Must have been 80-100cm in length! Also my first sighting of Pink Finger Coral.Nice dive.

Took a private early morning speed boat to the far side of Jackson reef with Aamer to look for Hammerhead and White Tipped Reef sharks. Probably a 2 metre swell while using a backward entry into the water.No reference point and over a mile deep!Saw 2 large Green Turtles with one swimming level with me for about 30 seconds which was cool.Swam for a while over the reef before hanging in the blue for ten minutes shark spotting although we weren't lucky enough to see any sharks.

Second dive in search of the elusive Hammerhead sharks although it is the season for them. Very strong current at the start of the dive over the back end of Jackson Reef.Did see 4 Tuna and was surrounded by banner fish during the middle part of the dive.Dived with Nitrox for only the second time.Saw a large dolphin on the boat back to Sharm. No sharks!!

Entered into 5 metres of water on a shallow sand plateau and swam out to the edge of the drop off.Surrounded by dozens of Red Toothed Trigger Fish.Nice relaxing dive with good air consumption.

Back to Jackson Reef which was good vis and full of life.Sightings included a huge Grouper,a Napoleon Wrasse,Two large sleeping Puffer fish,Lionfish,a Moray Eel,4 Travally's,orange Anthias,Fire Coral and Brain Coral.Primarily a wall dive but moved up onto a shallow sand bar for the safety stop.

Great optional third dive of the day on a shallow reef.Saw three large Stonefish,2 massive Moray Eels,Blue Spotted Ribbontail ray,Gigantic Titan Trigger fish,Clown Fish,Lizard Fish and a Tuna.Also a good variety of hard and soft corals.Alos swam adjacent to a school of Batfish.Really enjoyable dive.Buoyancy was perfect.

Last dive of the holiday which is a Night Dive off of the hotel reef.Buoyancy was good.Saw a Calamari for the first time which are quite impressive.Saw several Lion fish as expected in the Red Sea.Also saw a Green Parrot Fish laying on its side asleep in a piece of coral which I haven't ever seen before.Nice dive.