With all the water time we got, it’s a wonder that we didn’t grow gills. We spent most of our days in the labyrinth of pools or out playing in the Red Sea. One of the trips’ highlights was teaching the girls how to snorkel; they really took to it like fish to water (sorry, I couldn’t resist). For some of our dive buddies the water was about 30ft deep off the pier and the reef was about 5’ deep at most, so there was an awesome reef wall perfect for snorkeling & diving, the visibility was around 60-feet and temperature around 75F. Like in Nemo, at the edge of the reef (where we were) was the “big blue” so we were able to see a few larger species of fish (unfortunately no sharks). Rylie’s first open water adventure on the reef and the “Deep” waters of the Red Sea were something to be seen. She was no bigger than some of the fish we saw and somehow she figured out how to talk in her snorkel so we could all hear her. We heard odes to the fish and all of a sudden we hear a shrill of happiness and an ever so exuberant “look dad it’s Nemo”. Sure enough, there were three clown fish and one of them was a tiny little one (couldn't see the lucky fin). We saw many familiar fish from our Caribbean dives and many new fish that we haven’t seen before. Ellie, was hard to keep up with, she wanted to see what was next along the cliff, for a seven year old with no fins she was fast in the water (she’s part mermaid I think). The Red Sea must be a little more salty than other oceans we’ve been in, as we were able to float effortlessly for hours in the water swimming quite far from the pier. We were able to go on a snorkeling excursion where the girls were much more prepared for the deeper and more challenging waters of the open Sea. We had so much fun blowing bubbles as a family! The boat we were on was beautiful and quite relaxing. I suppose the advantage to being around a bunch of tourists who don't speak much English is that you don't have to sit and have small chat with them. We had a very relaxing day sailing on the boat, snorkeling in the sea, and swimming off a sandy beach. We might have had a few close calls with boats nearly colliding and what not, but no harm done.
With all the water time we got, it’s a wonder that we didn’t grow gills. We spent most of our days in the labyrinth of pools or out playing in the Red Sea. One of the trips’ highlights was teaching the girls how to snorkel; they really took to it like fish to water (sorry, I couldn’t resist). For some of our dive buddies the water was about 30ft deep off the pier and the reef was about 5’ deep at most, so there was an awesome reef wall perfect for snorkeling & diving, the visibility was around 60-feet and temperature around 75F. Like in Nemo, at the edge of the reef (where we were) was the “big blue” so we were able to see a few larger species of fish (unfortunately no sharks). Rylie’s first open water adventure on the reef and the “Deep” waters of the Red Sea were something to be seen. She was no bigger than some of the fish we saw and somehow she figured out how to talk in her snorkel so we could all hear her. We heard odes to the fish and all of a sudden we hear a shrill of happiness and an ever so exuberant “look dad it’s Nemo”. Sure enough, there were three clown fish and one of them was a tiny little one (couldn't see the lucky fin). We saw many familiar fish from our Caribbean dives and many new fish that we haven’t seen before. Ellie, was hard to keep up with, she wanted to see what was next along the cliff, for a seven year old with no fins she was fast in the water (she’s part mermaid I think). The Red Sea must be a little more salty than other oceans we’ve been in, as we were able to float effortlessly for hours in the water swimming quite far from the pier. We were able to go on a snorkeling excursion where the girls were much more prepared for the deeper and more challenging waters of the open Sea. We had so much fun blowing bubbles as a family! The boat we were on was beautiful and quite relaxing. I suppose the advantage to being around a bunch of tourists who don't speak much English is that you don't have to sit and have small chat with them. We had a very relaxing day sailing on the boat, snorkeling in the sea, and swimming off a sandy beach. We might have had a few close calls with boats nearly colliding and what not, but no harm done.
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