After a record 7 months of not diving out there, I was able to join a liveaboard to the Marine Parks (Brother Islands & Daedalus) from the 5.- 11. July.

We did not see a single boat out there, except for a speedboat in Elphinstone later in the week.

We had the typical shark species for this season, scalloped hammerheads everywhere (maximum number was 7), grey reef sharks, whitetip reef sharks, pelagic threshers, one oceanic whitetip (a new male at Small Brother), and a large silky shark in Daedalus... plus an amazing encounter with two marlins, and a small pod of bottlenose dolphins.

Great to go out there for some shark monitoring - and diving (!) - again, but it might be a while before the next one...

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there is no telling when the Project Shark weeks on the blue o two liveaboards will be able to restart... I am still hoping to save the main oceanic season, October & November this year!

Here is the link to the youtube-video of my oceanic whitetip webinar from a few days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfnbj77ZaqE&t=12s. Kindly organised and edited by Simon Lorenz from Insider Divers. Here is your chance to watch it, if you missed the live presentation...

... unfortunately, all diving activities - including liveboards - will be stopped in Egypt due to the global Coronavirus crisis. Without liveaboards operating, there will be no data collection for the Red Sea Sharks Trust for the foreseeable future... stay safe everyone!

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