Wheres best to dive?
Steve Bleach Best for families: El Gouna is a smart, self-contained Red Sea resort where the whole family can qualify for the Padi open-water certificate (ages 10 and up), and your first sea dive could be among turtles and dolphins. A week at Sultan Bey starts at £528pp, half-board, including flights, with Regaldive (01353 659999, regal-diving.co.uk). Best for improvers: Oman’s stable conditions and Muscat’s excellent dive-centre staff make it ideal for qualified divers wanting experience. Eight days at the Extra Divers Lodge, with 10 dives and flights, start at £1,130pp, half-board, with Dive Worldwide (0845 130 6980, www.diveworldwide.com). Best for old hands: Grenada has arguably the liveliest subaqua scenery in the Caribbean, with fine reef dives and 17 wrecks. Seven nights at LaSource start at £1,539pp, including all meals, flights and one free dive a day, with Tropical Sky (0845 543 2184, holidays4scubadiving.co.uk). Best for experts: the Truk Islands, in the western Pacific, are
