Scuba diving Abu Dabbab bay, Red Sea Egypt, Marsa Alam
Scuba diving in Abu Dabbab Bay in the Egyptian Red Sea is one of our great experiences and we remember it very fondly. One of those bays that will be forever in your memory and you will tremendously enjoy your stay under the water.
This is exactly the place where you'll find out how life-changing scuba diving can be.
Instead of a regular trip to the bay to the sea, where you would grilled yourself on the sun lounger and be bored on the beach, you go scuba diving and as a reward you will get much more better vacation experience.
The following photos were taken during 2 dives in the bay as part of a scuba trip with Duck Diving Superior Marsa Alam dive centre.
We went into the water without a guide and spent approximately 3 hours underwater there in total.
We shot with a pair of Canon Powershot G11 compacts, with Canon and Ikelite underwater housings.
Some of the images are photographed only in ambient light, some are taken with an external Ikelite DS160 underwater strobe.
Sandy bottom, beautifully clear water, easy access and wonderful scuba diving - this is Abu Dabbab.
Katka prepares the Canon Powershot G11 camera in the Canon WP-DC34 underwater housing near a big school of fish.
One of the resulting images, ambient light.
One of the turtles in the bay, unedited photo.
Bluespotted ribbontail ray tries to hide on the bottom.
Kate with a camera. We try a modified recreational scuba gear (a regulator on a longer hose in the mouth and a backup regulator under the neck) and a tank strap with a metal buckle.
After that we switched to the standard recreational scuba configuration - a primary regulator on a shortened hose in the mouth and with a neclace, a standard octopus, a shortened hose for the inflator and a common tank strap with a plastic buckle.
Bay shot, unedited photo.
Triggerfish, ambient light.
Kate enjoys scuba diving.
Kate in the bay and a shot of the damselfish (sergeant) in the blue water.
Sea turtle on the bottom, image with an external Ikelite DS160 strobe.
Kate photographs a large sea turtle. We met several turtles underwater and had a lot of fun scuba diving with them.
One of the resulting images.
Another of the sea turtles on the bottom.
Kate is taking photo, unedited pictures.
