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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.
Gear News
Jeff chats to… Sean Webb, Director of O’Three, about diving in the UK and the O’Three brand
In this exclusive Zoom interview, Jeff Goodman, Scubaverse Editor-at-Large, chats to Sean Webb, Director of O’Three, the well-known UK-based manufacturer of custom drysuits and wetsuits.
After a bath time quarrel with his sister, Sean’s Mum taught him a lesson.
She held his head underwater for what she thought was long enough for that lesson to sink in (We are talking the mid 60’s here), but the lesson learned wasn’t the one that was intended. It was then that Sean realized he was comfortable, in or under the water. He was six.
The coasts of Devon and Dorset became his playground. 17 years later, with a trip around the world and some incredible diving under his belt, Sean Webb founded O’Three.
Now in its 32nd year, O’Three has evolved from a business with roots that are unashamedly rooted in UK diving, to a niche brand being enjoyed all over the world by discerning recreational, technical and commercial divers alike.
Find out more at www.othree.co.uk
Rather listen to a podcast? Listen to the audio HERE on the new Scubaverse podcast channel at Anchor FM.
In the mood for a snowy holiday when you can get back into the water? Why not get back to your favourite underwater sport instead of hitting the slopes like everyone else? Check these incredible dive sites and explore a new underwater world in your drysuit!
The quirkiest and spookiest ice diving site in Europe is only 45 minutes driving from the capital of Estonia, Tallinn. Rummu Quarry used to be a limestone mining site and a prison. When the excavation labour ceased in the 1990s, pumps that kept the quarry dry were shut down. Soon water started flooding the entire site. After the prison closed in 2012, Rummu became an adventure centre where you can practice different outdoor sports including diving in the crystal-clear waters of the quarry and explore the sunken ruins of the prison. Diving in Rummu Quarry is also available in the winter, making it a one-of-a-kind ice diving spot. Will you dare to do it?
Who to Dive With:
PADI 5 Star Center
Sireli Tanav 11, Harju Maakond, Rummu Quarry, Estonia 76102
+372 588 733 78
If diving in frozen lakes, which have almost no aquatic life, is not exciting enough for you, Russia is the place to go to practice marine ice diving. At the level of the Arctic Circle, the White Sea is the only sea that freezes in winter as all other places are warmed up by the Gulf Stream. Leaving from the shores of the region of Karelia, between St Petersburg and the border of Finland, you can go ice diving from December to April. In addition to impressive ice formations, you can also enjoy on the rocky sea-bed a surprise abundant marine fauna with soft coral, starfish, crabs, shrimps, sea urchins and sea anemones. An important point to remember, salt-water freezes at -1.8°C!
Who to Dive With:
PADI Dive Center
Nilmaguba, Loukhski Region, Republic of Karelia, Russia
(7) 495 105 7799
You won’t find salty seas in Switzerland, but alpine lakes and rivers make for unique and mystical scuba diving.
Lake Geneva has a variety of dives to discover. Wall dives and freshwater scenery can be perused beneath the surface. There is even a wreck dive – a stellar spot for more advanced divers to take the plunge.
Another is Lake Zurich, where you can head to excellent scuba spots right from the shore. The lake is serene, with lofty mountains cascading upward from the lakeshore. Glacially fed, the lake has sublime visibility.
River divers will be blown away by the Verzasca, an impossibly clear river found just south of the Alps near the border of Italy.
Who to Dive with at Lake Geneva:
PADI 5 Star Center and Instructor Development Center
Route D’Arvel 106, Villeneuve, Switzerland 1844
+41 21 9601535
Landlocked Austria wouldn’t seem a good place for diving, but you can’t judge a book by its cover.
The Salzkammergut region of Austria has almost 170 lakes. A favourite is lake Attersee, where there are dive sites galore to check out, in this, the largest of the area’s lakes. Nazi treasures were once held in Wolfgangsee, and though you can’t take them with you, you can still see them on a dive.
During a trip here you can swim in the cold, gin clear water, checking out park benches, trees, and trails, all on a carpet of green grass. It’s unreal!
Who to Dive with at Salzburg Lakes:
PADI 5 Star Center
Innsbrucker Bundesstrasse 53, Salzburg, Austria 5020
+43 662 890259
Inspired to start your own ice diving adventure? Find out more about the PADI Ice Diver specialty and head to PADI Travel to look for amazing destinations.
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Explore the amazing triangle of Red Sea Reefs - The Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone on board the brand new liveaboard Big Blue. With an option to add on a week at Roots Red Sea before or after.
Strong currents and deep blue water are the catalysts that bring the pelagic species flocking to these reefs. The reefs themselves provide exquisite homes for a multitude of marine life. The wafting soft corals are adorned with thousands of colourful fish. The gorgonian fans and hard corals provide magnificent back drops, all being patrolled by the reef’s predatory species.
£1475 per person based on double occupancy. Soft all inclusive board basis, buffet meals with snacks, tea and coffee always available. Add a week on at Roots Red Sea Resort before or after the liveaboard for just £725pp. Flights and transfers are included. See our brochure linked above for the full itinerary.
This trip will be hosted by The Scuba Place. Come Dive with Us!
Call 020 3515 9955 or email john@thescubaplace.co.uk
www.thescubaplace.co.uk
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