South West Ramblings 12 Red Sea wrecks

Mark Webster · Issue 83, Mar/Apr 2015 · pp. 74–82

Products mentioned: Nikon D7100, Subal ND7100, 10-17mm Fisheye Zoom, Inon Z240 flash guns

As winter has arrived in the south west of the UK the opportunities for the addicted underwater photographer to dive have been severely compromised. So when December kicked off as wet and windy it was definitely time to submerge myself and the camera in some warmer clearer waters and the Red Sea is an obvious choice being relatively close to home, offering dependable diving conditions, good visibility and great variety. Our group was rather keen on wrecks and so the plan was to dive as many as possible of the best on offer within the six days of diving available. Our total was a quite respectable 13 but that is quite a whistle stop tour with lots of vessel transits between sites. Although many non divers might imagine that coral seas are always clear and calm this is not always the case and the winter months in the Red Sea can be very windy. However, our trip coincided with some very cal…