Oundle School’s Red Sea Diving Experience

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Oundle School Red Sea Diving ExperienceOver Easter, the Oundle School Dive Club made its annual pilgrimage to the Red Sea.

After leaving the new marina in Hurghada and completing a check dive, the rest of the week was spent diving a mixture of northern reefs and wrecks.  Particular highlights included the three dives on the wreck of the Thistlegorm, a wreck School divers have dived before but never in such good visibility and with the opportunity to spend so much time on the site.

With two day and one night dives (when the wreck comes alive with colour as the encrusting corals start to feed) the pupils explored almost every area possible.  Although sharks were absent from this trip, most of the group had a dive with a turtle and some good views of spinner dolphins from the Zodiac.

Trip organiser, Adam Langsdale, commented, “Despite the unusually windy conditions the group approached all their dives with enthusiasm and a great deal of interest. Our dive guides (Sonia and Zizou) were outstanding and offered unending help and advice during the trip.”

Pupil, Harry Godwin-Austin (17), commented, “As a keen diver, the trip was an amazing experience. I was one of five pupils taking the PADI Advanced open water course with the boat’s leading instructor Sonia Goggel (a rather fitting name for a dive instructor!). The highlight of the week for me was diving the Dunraven wreck where we saw many rays, crocodile fish and an octopus in amazing visibility and comparatively hot water.”

William Brettle (16) added, “Highlights for me included seeing an astonishing range of sea-life, including a turtle, lionfish, stingrays and Napoleon fish, as well as superb coral reefs; visiting remarkably well-preserved wrecks, including the SS Thistlegorm, and getting to know the crew on board the boat. The trip was enjoyed enormously by all, both in and out of the water.”

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