The Carnatic is considered one of the oldest wrecks in the Red Sea having sunk in the 19th century. It's really rather beautiful. Though, as I discovered, it's a tight fit up at the bow. I kind of wished I'd lost a few Kgs before going in. While swimming round it towards the end of the dive The Dangerous Brothers had spotted a nice nudibranch - a wart slug.
The Marcus, also known as the Tile Boat, was without the doubt the surprise of the trip. I'd never heard of it before, but she turned out to be a fine wreck with some great life and swim throughs. As it's name suggests it was laden with tiles when it went down. The tiles are still there today and all stamped "Made in Italy".
We were all a bit sceptical about the Alternatives. All of us had dived it before and didn't have a lot of positive things to say about it. So when it emerged that the last two dives of the day were on this reef we were a bit disappointed. As punishment, we asked for the dive guide to join us on the first one. He actually, made the most of a very average Red Sea dive site spotting barracuda, a turtle, scorpion fish and a nice nudi.
The night dive saw me choose to forgo any photographic activity as I instead buddied a relatively novice diver. Having no idea how he was in the water I opted to keep an eye on him. As it is, Kung Fu Trist turned out to be a very competent diver - a credit to the BSAC club that trained him. He ended up joining myself, Royston and Hells Kells for the next few night dives.
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| Carnatic Propeller |
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| Inside Marcus |
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| Crocodile fish |
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| Lion fish |
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| Devil Red Scopionfish |
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| Blue spotted ray |
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| Midge's nudi |
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| Reef life |
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| Stonefish |
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