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Latest special offers from Oonasdivers
UK based tour operator Oonasdivers have sent over an updated list of their special dive holiday offers for the remainder of 2014 and what they can offer so far for 2015.
Here are the details:
Oonasdivers | Red Sea | Sharm from £475
Sharks Bay Umbi Village
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights B&B and 10 boat dives.
20-27 Dec only £795 per person
8-15 Jan only £560 per person
25 Jan -1 Feb only £525 per person
1-8 Feb only £580 per person
8-15 Feb only £565 per person
22 Feb -1 Mar only £595 per person
8-15 March only £590 per person
18-25 Apr only £695 per person
9-16 May only £665 per person
13-20 Jun only £675 per person
4-11 Jul only £715 per person
12-19 Sep only £660 per person
17-24 Oct only £720 per person
Oonasdivers | Red Sea | Marsa Alam from £760
Marsa Shagra
Prices include flights, transfers, 7 nights full board and 5 days unlimited diving.
7-14 Jan only £760 per person
14-21 Jan only £760 per person
21-28 Jan only £760 per person
28 Jan – 4 Feb only £760 per person
24 Jun – 1 Jul only £865 per person
Marsa Nakari
(Enter Scubaverse.com’s competition to win a dive holiday with Oonasdivers to Marsa Nakari here!)
Prices include flights, transfers, 7 nights full board and 5 days unlimited diving.
15-22 Apr only £865 per person
22-29 Apr only £865 per person
29 Apr – 6 May only £865 per person
24 Jun – 1 Jul only £835 per person
Oonasdivers | Red Sea | Hamata from £920
Wadi Lahami
Prices include flights, transfers, 7 nights full board and 5 days offshore RIB diving (up to 4 dives per day).
10-17 Jun only £920 per person
24 Jun – 1 Jul only £920 per person
15-22 July only £920 per person
Oonasdivers | Red Sea | Liveaboards from £795
Juliet | Freedom III | Blue Planet 1| Emperor Asmaa | Emperor Elite | Blue Seas | Blue Pearl
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights full board and 6 days liveaboard diving.
Emperor Asmaa – North & Wrecks (from Hurghada) | Fury & St Johns
9-16 Jan only £795 per person (North & Wrecks)
23-30 Jan only £695 per person (North & Wrecks)
30 Jan – 6 Feb only £710 per person (North & Wrecks)
1-8 Apr only £1050 per person (Fury & St Johns)
8-15 Apr only £1075 per person (Fury & St Johns)
Emperor Elite – South & St Johns
20-27 Feb only £990 per person
27 Feb – 6 Mar only £995 per person
13-20 Mar only £1080 per person
Freedom III – North & Wrecks (from Sharm) | Deep North Dahab
7-14 Mar only £795 per person (North & Wrecks)
2-9 May only £895 per person (Deep North Dahab)
13-20 June only £895 per person (Deep North Dahab)
26 Sep – 3 Oct only £895 per person (Deep North Dahab)
10-17 Oct only £915 per person (Deep North Dahab)
MY Blue Pearl – North & Brothers | St Johns
13-20 Mar only £995 per person (North & Brothers)
24 Jun – 1 July only £1045 per person (St Johns)
26 Aug – 1 Sep only £1045 per person (St Johns)
16-23 Sep only £1045 per person (St Johns)
MY Blue Seas – Brothers | BDE | St Johns
29 Apr – 6 May only £1075 per person (Brothers)
12-19 Aug only £1175 per person (BDE)
23-30 Sep only £1095 per peson (St Johns)
MY Blue Planet 1 – North & Wrecks (from Hurghada)
8-15 May only £925 per person
MY Juliet – North & Wrecks (from Sharm)
9-16 May only £965 per person
20-27 Jun only £995 per person
11-18 Jul only £1025 per person
12-19 Sep only £995 per person
10-17 Oct only £995 per person
Oonasdivers | Red Sea | Sea & Shore from £675
Price includes flights, transfers, a 2 or 3 night mini liveaboard safari with 3 days liveaboard diving, 4 or 5 nights B&B at Sharks Bay Umbi Diving and 4 boat dives. FREE Nitrox.
Freedom V (3 nt mini safari) & Sharks Bay Umbi Village
Ras Mohammed & Wrecks | Ras Mohammed & Tiran
14-21 Mar only £675 (Ras Mo & Wrecks)
16–23 May only £750 (Ras Mo & Tiran)
20-27 Jun only £785 (Ras Mo & Wrecks)
19-26 Sep only £780 (Ras Mo & Tiran)
10-17 Oct only £770 (Ras Mo & Wrecks)
Freedom VIII (2 nt mini safari) & Sharks Bay Umbi Village
Mini Wreck | Mini Ras Mohammed & Tiran | Mini Tiran
21-28 Mar only £815 per person (Mini Ras Mo & Tiran)
18-25 Apr only £825 per person (Mini Wreck)
6-13 Jun only £805 per person (Mini Tiran)
4-11 July only £815 per person (Mini Ras Mo & Tiran)
5-12 Sep only £825 per person (Mini Ras Mo & Tiran)
17-24 Oct only £840 per person (Mini Ras Mo & Tiran)
Oonasdivers | South Africa from £1395
Shark Diving South Africa – Scuba Addicts Lodge
Price includes flights, transfers, 6 nights B&B and 10 Shark Dives.
24-31 Jan only £1395 per person
7-14 Feb only £1395 per person
7-14 Mar only £1395 per person
25 Apr – 2 May only £1395 per person
30 May – 6 Jun only £1395 per person
5-12 Sep only £1395 per person
10-17 Oct only £1395 per person
ScubaAddicts Sardine Run
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights B&B, 5 days Sardine Run Diving and 2 dives Aliwal Shoal.
21-29 Jun only £2430 per person
2-10 Jul only £2320 per person
Oonasdivers | Caribbean | Tobago from £960
Toucan Inn, Pigeon Point
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights B&B and 10 dives with weights and cylinders.
6-13 Jan only £960 per person
13-20 Jan only £960 per person
3-10 Feb only £960 per person
17-24 Mar only £990 per person
21-28 Apr only £965 per person
Blue Waters Inn, Speyside
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights B&B and 10 dives inclusive of equipment.
3-10 Feb only £1375 per person
10-17 Mar only £1395 per person
21-28 Apr only £1395 per person
Oonasdivers | Sudan from £2625
Royal Evolution
Price includes 14 nights full board (13 nights onboard and 1 night hotel either before or after your trip), 12 days liveaboard diving with weights and cylinders and the Egyptian Visa. Sudanese visas and taxes are payable locally in Euro.
25 Feb – 11 Mar only £2625 per person
11-25 Mar only £2625 per person
25 Mar – 8 Apr only £2965 per person
8-22 Apr only £3145 per person
20 May – 3 Jun only £2995 per person
Oonasdivers | Malta & Gozo from £625
Dive Malta with Maltaqua
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights self catering at the Sands Apartments and 10 dives.
2-9 May only £660 per person
6-13 Jun only £695 per person
5-12 Sep only £720 per person
3-10 Oct only £625 per person
Discover Gozo with Calypso Divers
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights B&B at the Calypso Hotel and 10 dives.
18-25 Apr only £675 per person
9-16 May only £675 per person
6-13 Jun only £695 per person
19-26 Sep only £720 per person
10-17 Oct only £650 per person
Oonasdivers | Canary Islands | El Hierro from £670
Dive El Hierro with Shane Gray
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights self catering and 10 dives.
9-16 Mar only £670 per person
23-30 Mar only £670 per person
Oonasdivers | Cyprus from £750
Dive Cyprus with Latchi Watersports
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights B&B at the Souli Beach Hotel and 10 dives.
3-10 May only £750 per person
7-14 Jun only £795 per person
Oonasdivers | Maldives | Liveaboards from £1575
Emperor Atoll
Price includes flights, transfers, 7 nights full board and 17 dives.
30 Jan – 7 Feb – Sharktastic only £1575 per person
22-30 May – Pelagic Magic only £1695 per person
29 May – 6 Jun – Pelagic Magic only £1620 per person
5-13 Jun – Pelagic Magic only £1620 per person
12-20 Jun – Pelagic Magic only £1620 per person
19-27 Jun – Pelagic Magic only £1620 per person
For more information or to book, contact the Oonasdivers team now by calling +44 (0)1323 648924, email info@oonasdivers.com or visit www.oonasdivers.com.
Fire on Monroe Bravo is the latest book in the Jack Collier series by Fred Lockwood. Our story begins with our lead characters, Jack and Sandro, owners of Marine Salvage & Investigation Company, arriving on the Monroe Bravo Oil & Gas Platform in the North Sea. Having secured a contract for their vessel the MV Stavanger to act as support ship to the platform for TransGlobal Oil, our protagonists are on a celebratory visit.
However almost as soon as they arrive a series of explosions rock the platform, causing huge damage, loss of life and the very real danger of a massive human, ecological and financial disaster.
As the danger mounts for both our heroes and the surviving workers, Jack and Sandro will have to escape the inferno, all while trying to save the platform and the men still trapped unable to help themselves.
The disaster sets the scene for the unfolding story lines following the fate of the platform and our main characters, the police investigation into a suspected terrorist act and the actions of TransGlobal Oil as they attempt to navigate the pubic outcry and financial repercussions.
In his eighth book, Fire on Monroe Bravo, Fred Lockwood delivers an explosive thriller, with plenty of above and in-water drama, and our heroes fighting for survival, what more can you ask for?
We thoroughly recommend this read and look forward to the next in the series. For more information about his book series, you can check out the reviews of his previous books here on Scubaverse.
- Title: Fire On Monroe Bravo
- Author: Fred Lockwood
- ISBN: 979-8325324536
Available in a paperback version and for Kindle from Amazon and book stores.
In June we were incredibly fortunate to be invited to dive in Alonissos, a small Greek Island in the Sporades island chain located in the North Aegean Sea. While I have long been a big fan of the Greek Islands as a great holiday destination, I had not had the opportunity to do any diving on previous visits and Mike and I were extremely excited to see what Alonissos had to offer both above and below the surface!
The Sporades are easily accessible via the airport in Skiathos (the first island in the chain), which is served by Jet2 flights from all major UK airports from May through October. Numerous ferries and charter boats make island hopping from Skiathos Town a breeze. After an hour boat ride, the picturesque port of Patitiri was a wonderful introduction to Alonissos, where we were met by our gracious hosts Kostas of Albedo Travel and Dias of Alonissos Triton Dive Center. Mike and I were delighted to be staying at the Paradise Hotel, aptly named for its stunning views over the sea and great location for walking to the waterfront.
Alonissos is beautifully situated in the National Marine Park of Alonissos and the Northern Sporades, the largest marine protected area in Europe. The surrounding seas offer fabulous marine life, including incredibly rare species such as the Mediterranean monk seal. They boast deep walls covered in gorgonians and sponges, stunning topography with caverns, swimthroughs and pinnacles, and the first accessible ancient shipwreck from 500BC!
In locations where historical sites have been reported, the waters are largely restricted, but with collaboration between government, underwater archeologists and dive centres, incredible underwater museums are being created for a truly unique diving experience. Alonissos is home to the first of these, the Ancient Shipwreck of Peristera Accessible Underwater Archeological Site. The chance to dive into history (along with reports of healthy reef life and amazing underwater topography) meant Mike and I were keen to get in the water.
Our introduction to the diving around Alonissos was at the Agios Georgios Pinnacles, in the channel between Alonissos and Skopelos. This fantastic site was named “The Chimney,’ and proved to have a huge amount to see. We got to a decent depth here (over 25m), and marvelled at a colourful reef wall with a wonderful swim through whose rocky walls were absolutely covered with life. As well as brilliant topography there was no shortage of macro life here. We saw numerous nudibranchs, five different species in total. The second dive at Mourtias reef nearby was a shallower dive along a nice wall with lots of crevices. Several moray eels and grouper called this site home. We enjoyed looking in the crevices for lobster and smaller benthic life, such as cup corals and tunicates.
Our itinerary allowed us two dives a day with afternoons left to explore the island with our hire car and evenings to enjoy the famous Greek hospitality. This proved to be a lovely mix of in-water and land based diversions.
The next days diving to the Gorgonian Gardens and Triton’s Cave was to be even better! These two stunning sites are nothing short of fabulous. The Gorgonian Gardens was a deep wall near to the Agios Georgios islands. The ever-present currents in this deep channel meant that the sea life was amazing … the namesake Gorgonian sea fans dotted the wall at a depth of 30 to 50 meters, getting ever larger the deeper we went. Above 30m was by no means less beautiful, with sponges, corals, scorpionfish, moray eels and some rare and colourful nudibranchs.
The second shallower dive of the day was to Triton’s Cave or the Cavern of Skopelos, on the east side of that island. The spectacular rock formations had wild striations both above and below the water making a truly epic topography. The cavern entrance was at 14m, and big enough for a buddy pair, winding up to 6m and passing two beautiful windows out into the blue. Emerging from the cavern, the light at the shallower depths and the incredible rock formations made for a fantastic gentle swimming safety stop and we all surfaced by the boat with massive grins.
Check out our next blog :Alonissos: The complete diving destination (Part 2)” to hear about our amazing dive on the 2500 year old Peristera Wreck!
Thanks to:
Alonissos Triton Dive Center https://bestdivingingreece.com/
Albedo Travel https://alonissosholidays.com/activities/
Paradise Hotel https://paradise-hotel.gr/
Alonissos Municipality https://alonissos.gr/en/
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