Welcome to Dodgy Divers...

Since discovering scuba diving in 2006 we have taken every available opportunity to get
below the surface both in the Red Sea as well as here in the UK.

Dodgydivers.com was formed so that we could show the rest of the world some of what we have seen. All the pictures on this site have been taken by us on compact digital cameras which is one speciality we continue to develop.

We have also continued our diver training to broaden our expertise and open up new possibilities as well as learning valuable life saving and safety skills.

Our favourite UK diving is to be found just off the south coast at Selsey in West Sussex though we have also dived in Portland as well as nearby inshore sites including Horsea Island (which is now closed to the general public) and Vobster Quay in Somerset.

There are many dive companies around, probably more than you would expect until you start looking for them. Anyway we have found a few. In the UK, whenever possible, we use Mulbery Divers in Selsey, West Sussex - that's local diving for us. When we are abroad, normally in the Red Sea, we use Colona Divers. Both of these companies have very good reputations and safety is always the number one priority.

We trust both of these companies with our children. The children haven't broken them yet!

We hope you enjoy the website and if you are visiting it as we met you whilst diving perhaps you will recognise some of the animals we photographed...

September 2009

Just completed a week in marsa Shagra, Egypt at the Red Sea Diving Safari centre.

We had unlimited shore diving from 06:00 to 20:30 and we certainly pushed it as far as our computers would let us on some days. We also dived Elphinstone reef as well as a local wreck and popular Dugong watching site - no Dugong though!

We had a close encounter with a Black Tipped Reef Shark as well as some fairly massive turtles. Other sightings included a Red Sea Walkman, Squid and quite a few Octopus.

Diving was either directly from the shore or via a short rib ride to either the North or South diving area, after which we were either picked up by rib again or we would dive all the way back to the shore.

We would start kitting up at around 05:30, jump in the Rib by 05:45 and in the water before 06:00. Jo had a very close encounter with a pod of around 15 Dolphins, whilst I wasn't there I believe the call to the skipper was 'Stop the engines, we're getting in, right here, right now'!

Night diving was plentiful and an impressive Giant Mowray was seen out hunting almost every night.

Pictures available soon.