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Regaldive offers half price Maldives liveaboard trips this summer
UK-based diving holiday specialists Regaldive are offering an amazing 50% discount (boat only) on selected Maldives liveaboard trips aboard MY Sheena in July and August 2017.
MY Sheena is a small, comfortable liveaboard, which has an authentic Maldivian character. With less passengers than on most other more modern liveaboards, divers are offered an excellent service. Under the award winning management of Werner Lau, MY Sheena allows divers the opportunity to visit more rarely dived southern atolls of the Maldives.
MY Sheena’s 7-night ‘Southern Itinerary’ usually includes routes through the Meemu Atoll and she sometimes even travels up to Felidhoo Atoll. Meemu is one of the five most southerly atolls in the Maldives, with very little tourism development. Regaldive’s itineraries follow a combination of established dive sites, alongside exploratory dive sites that have rarely or never been dived until now.
This area will appeal to divers looking to travel well beyond the tourist map and experience some truly original diving. This is challenging and pioneering diving, characterised by waters that are abundant in the marine life one expects from the Maldives.
Half Price MY Sheena Trips in July and August 2017 –
Was £1,374, now £687pp (boat only) – Save Up To £687pp!
The 50% discount, with savings up to £687pp is available for the following 7-night ‘Southern Itinerary’ trips:
- 9, 16, 23 and 30 July 2017 (from/to Filitheyo)
- 6 and 13 August 2017 (from/to Filitheyo)
- 20 August 2017 (transfer tour from Filitheyo to Male)
A 30% discount, with savings of up to £451pp, is available for the following trips:
- 7 and 14 May 2017 (from/to Medhufushi)
This offer is valid for new bookings only. Places are limited, so guests are advised to book promptly to take advantage of this offer.
With its in-house team of diving enthusiasts, Regaldive is well placed to help divers plan their scuba diving adventures to the Maldives and over 25 exciting worldwide destinations. For further information, or to book, visit www.regaldive.co.uk or call 01353 659999.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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