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Well once again we have another windy day.

This time I was headed out to have my first day of fun diving in the last 10 months, typical. As we walked onto the jetty we could hear waves crashing against the little beach there, sloshing water up between the wooden slats to give us a nice soaking!

By the time the boat began lurching towards us, we were already beginning to have second thoughts. I had kind of come to the conclusion that this was not going to be a good day for my mum to chill out as a snorkler on the boat, and was beginning to think twice about the day’s diving for myself.
Then one of the larger boats lurched back pushed by the swell jolting the whole structure we were standing on. Suddenly the jetty itself began to feel more than a little vulnerable with heaving boats stacked either side, things were not looking too promising. Skippers were screaming at their crews and each other to let lines out or pull forward in attempts to prevent further collisions, but to no avail.

After a few more jolts from various boats, and Ali declaring that while he will go out for us, he was refusing to sign anything taking responsibility in these conditions.

The wind is coming in from the south bringing with it some weather, so on hearing this it was the guests themselves that made the call not to go out today. The thing is, when the wind is from the south here, there is no shelter for diving at all.

I can hear as I write the wind picking up once again having had sandstorms while we ate lunch (hmmm crunchy!) and… rare for Egypt it has just started to rain. That’s the second time this winter!

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