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Check out the latest May liveaboard dive holiday deals from the Scuba Travel team

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UK-based tour operator Scuba Travel has some great deals coming up on liveaboard dive holidays this May. Save £500 on the Best of the Maldives, combine diving with freediving and yoga in the Red Sea, or take advantage of the last spot on Hurricane’s southern Red Sea trip at a bargain price.

Here are the details:

Last female share space – just £825 – Hurricane – 3rd May

Last space available for this 7 night package with 18-20 fully guided dives and return direct flights to Marsa Alam. Climb aboard Hurricane and find out why she has won the prestigious ‘Liveaboard of the Year Award’ and is so popular with guests.

This trip includes an optional photo workshop with Mario Vitalini: small group of only six people with guaranteed 1:1 sessions for only £75 per person. Join him for sublime reef diving in the southern Red Sea stretching south from Marsa Alam to within a breath of the Sudanese border. Come face to face with the remarkable diversity that makes the deep south so rich and rewarding for divers. Walls, shallow caves, softly draped pinnacles are all on the menu alongside pelagic encounters. Marvel at the beauty and splendour on one of the most special southern Red Sea liveaboard holidays. Click here for more information.

Find out more about this trip here.

Relax and explore the wonders of the Red Sea with Emma Farrell aboard Cyclone – 13th May – only £1250

Package includes return flights with Easyjet to Hurghada, 7 nights full board and fully guided dives. Combine diving, snorkelling, yoga and freediving in a relaxing week aboard Cyclone. Spend a week on a luxury boat exploring the reefs and wrecks of the northern Red Sea at your own pace… and in your own way.

Freediving and yoga guru Emma Farrell will be on board, so there will be yoga in the morning which is suitable for all levels including complete beginners, yoga nidra (sleeping yoga) at night under the stars, and as much freediving and scuba as you like the rest of the time. Divers can also dip their toes into the world of freediving with a FREE Try Freediving Course worth £75. Existing freedivers can freedive recreationally or take a course. There will also be talks and presentations every evening on everything from dolphins to sinus massage.

Cyclone is a true Red Sea classic liveaboard that meets the high standards of Scuba Travel’s modern Red Sea liveaboards. She is a spacious 32m long, all cabins are ensuite with individual aircon and plenty of space to stow your belongings for the week.

Find out more about this trip here.

Save £500 on the Best of the Maldives – 26th May – Carpe Diem – only £1695

Save £500 on this package to the Maldives, which includes return flights, 7 nights full board and an average of 3 fully guided dhoni dives per day.

The Best of the Maldives itinerary is always popular and allows you to dive the classic sites that make the Maldives so famous. The itinerary varies depending on the season, so that you can focus on the hottest sites around Male and Ari Atolls. Dive the many channels, drifts and pinnacles, encountering the manta, whalesharks and reef residents as you go.

Experience all this from the exceptional Carpe Diem liveaboard which combines superb service and on board comfort at affordable prices. All cabins are ensuite and have a TV & DVD and the communal areas are spacious and luxurious.

Find out more about this trip here.

To find out more about Scuba Travel and the dive holidays they offer, call 0800 0728221, email dive@scubatravel.com or visit www.scubatravel.com.

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TRAVEL BLOG: Jeff Goodman Dives SOMABAY, Part 1

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For a week at the end of February I was invited to sample the diving with Orca Dive Club based at the Breakers Diving and Surfing Lodge by courtesy of SOMABAY.

Somabay covers an entire peninsula and is home to several resorts as well as residential  compounds. Somabay caters for scuba diving as well as many other sports, including windsurfing, golf, sailing, go-carting, horse riding and many other activities.

All the activities are of a world-class standard and any or all of these can be booked directly from The Breakers.

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I took Easyjet from Bristol (UK) to Hurghada. Easyjet are not by any means my favourite airline but the flight was cheap and direct (except for the surprise extra £48 I was charged at the gate for my carry-on bag).

I was met at Hurghada airport by a driver and car and taken to the Breakers 28 miles (45Kilomaters) south along the coast. Once at the hotel I was too late for an evening meal and so a basic meal was delivered to my room. That and a beer from the fridge and I was fast asleep.

Early the next morning after breakfast I arrived for my rep meeting at the Orca Dive Center for 8.00am. I was immediately made to feel welcome, and after brief introductions I got some dive gear from the store, had a chat with my dive guide Mohamed and got ready to try the house reef situated at the end of a very long wooded pier where all diving gear and divers are taken out by buggies.

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Once at the end of the pier, a helping hand from staff makes sure your gear is set and then it’s a short walk to the very end where you can either climb down a ladder of simply jump in the water  next to the reef. The house reef extends both north and south giving a very easy and safe dive with plenty to see. At this time of the year the water temperature was a constant 22 degrees Centigrade and there was little or no current, so there were no issues in swimming back to the pier.

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Quite a few divers were in dry or semi-dry suits, but being from the UK and used to the cold I found a 3mm wetsuit with a 3mm neoprene vest quite comfortable. Even after 50 years of diving I still find that first dive of a trip slightly nerving until I am actually underwater and then all becomes relaxed and I ease into auto diving mode. There was plenty to see with many of the Red Sea favourites along the way.

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After the dive and a buggy ride back to the hotel for a very good buffet lunch I was back in the water, once again on the house reef for an afternoon dive.

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Check in for part 2 tomorrow when Jeff gets on a day boat and dives a few of the off-shore reefs.

Book your next Red Sea dive adventure with SOMABAY! For more information, visit www.somabay.com.

Stay at the Breakers Diving & Surfing Lodge when you visit! For more information, visit  www.thebreakers-somabay.com.

Find out more about ORCA Dive Clubs at SOMABAY at www.orca-diveclubs.com/en/soma-bay-en.

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Jeremy Higson from Sea to Sky talks to Jeff Goodman about diving in Oman (Watch Video)

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In an interview recorded exclusively for Scubaverse.com, Jeff Goodman interviews Jeremy Higson from Sea to Sky about the itineraries the tour operator offers in Oman.

For more information about diving in Oman, contact Sea to Sky now:

Email: hello@mysetaosky.co.uk

WhatsApp: + 39 379 236 7138

Website: www.myseatosky.co.uk

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