Dive Review of
AQUA SPORT/TABA HILTON (but not stayed there) in
Red Sea/TABA

COZUMEL, PALAU, TURKS & CAICOS, LOS ROQUES

Dive Conditions

Authoritarian dive leader expected strict proximity to buddy.  

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Overall Rating

Escorted by dive guide Evgeny accross from Aqua Sport's Eilat (Israel)
location to their Hilton Taba (Egypt) affiliate, where we boarded a
comfortable boat.  Dive guide knowledgeable and offered detailed briefings.
 Once in the water, however, he exhibited excessive authoritarianism which
irritated some divers.  Clients were expected to set up their own equipment
and change tanks.  Assistance was offered in climbing to boat.  Good lunch
and complimentary lunch offered by friendly boat crew.  A fair amount of
small fish, but none over 1 foot.  Abundance of healthy hard coral, but
little soft coral.  Very few divers reach north Egypt.  Many Israelis are
reluctant to cross border into Egypt right now.  Most foreign divers go
further south.  Rental equipment available was a little tatty.  Management
in Eilat was very distrustful of clients and demanded to hold on to C-cards
as well as a signed blank credit card voucher until invoice settled. 
(Ignore my default ratings for accomodation, as I was staying with friends.
 Good reports from divers staying at the Taba Hilton, which offers
substantially better deals that the Eilat hotels accross the border, and
where the Taba Aqua Sport office is located.) 

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