How safe is it to go on boat excursions whilst abroad?
Most people dont give it a second thought, I go on loads, and the worst thing I have encountered is huge waves washing people off their seats in the boats. Luckily, no one was really hurt.
Last yea a tourist boat capsized in the Red Sea, four dead and seven are still missing.
Today, six are dead, four in critical condition after a submarine sunk, again in the Red Sea
Would this put you off going on sea tourist expeditions abroad?
-- Edited by Syl on Thursday 27th of March 2025 12:23:14 PM
Vam said
Mar 27 1:02 PM, 2025
Another horrendous tragedy.
I’ll happily swim/snorkel in the Red Sea. But a big fat NOPE to boat trips there, let alone set foot in a ‘tourist submarine’!
Magica said
Mar 27 1:06 PM, 2025
Sharks around? Hope not!
Maddog said
Mar 27 1:54 PM, 2025
Yeah, I've gotten a little claustrophobic as I've gotten older. Not sure I want to get in a submarine anywhere. As for a boat, it wouldn't bother me. I'd want to make sure they had life preservers and such if I had my grandkids..
Maddog said
Mar 27 1:54 PM, 2025
Magica wrote:
Sharks around? Hope not!
There are sharks pretty much everywhere..
Vam said
Mar 27 2:28 PM, 2025
Magica wrote:
Sharks around? Hope not!
Yep, in certain areas of the Red Sea. But hopefully not near those poor victims.
But again, when swimming there and dolphins get curious enough to get close and then start to play, the rest of the world just fades away 😍
Syl said
Mar 27 5:03 PM, 2025
Vam wrote:
Magica wrote:
Sharks around? Hope not!
Yep, in certain areas of the Red Sea. But hopefully not near those poor victims.
But again, when swimming there and dolphins get curious enough to get close and then start to play, the rest of the world just fades away 😍
So true.
We have swum up close with dolphins several times in the Red Sea....there is a place called Dolphin Reef, the dolphins are free in the sea, but they come to play because they are fed and protected. I hopefully will go again, not just yet given the political climate in Israel at the minute,
Syl said
Mar 27 5:06 PM, 2025
Magica wrote:
Sharks around? Hope not!
Sharks all around the UK Mags.
Most sharks won't hurt you, I think we are far more a danger to them than them to us.
Maddog said
Mar 27 5:18 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
Sharks around? Hope not!
Sharks all around the UK Mags.
Most sharks won't hurt you, I think we are far more a danger to them than them to us.
Sting rays are a bigger threat here..They will mess up your leg. A dolphin could break your leg if he ran into you, but they aren't aggressive creatures..
But when you see one of their fins, your heart might skip a beat..
Syl said
Mar 27 5:30 PM, 2025
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
Sharks around? Hope not!
Sharks all around the UK Mags.
Most sharks won't hurt you, I think we are far more a danger to them than them to us.
Sting rays are a bigger threat here..They will mess up your leg. A dolphin could break your leg if he ran into you, but they aren't aggressive creatures..
But when you see one of their fins, your heart might skip a beat..
Yep, with joy.
I have swam with a dolphin either side of me...they slowed their pace stay alongside me, then jumped over me...one of the best moments of my life.
One of the worst, in Cyprus, where captive dolphins performed for the crowds...I complained, to no avail.
Maddog said
Mar 27 5:57 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
Maddog wrote:
Syl wrote:
Magica wrote:
Sharks around? Hope not!
Sharks all around the UK Mags.
Most sharks won't hurt you, I think we are far more a danger to them than them to us.
Sting rays are a bigger threat here..They will mess up your leg. A dolphin could break your leg if he ran into you, but they aren't aggressive creatures..
But when you see one of their fins, your heart might skip a beat..
Yep, with joy.
I have swam with a dolphin either side of me...they slowed their pace stay alongside me, then jumped over me...one of the best moments of my life.
One of the worst, in Cyprus, where captive dolphins performed for the crowds...I complained, to no avail.
Depends. If your standing in 3 or 4 feet of water, in water that has sharks, that fin is hard to distinguish at a few hundred feet..
Once you know it's a dolphin, then it's all fine..
Syl said
Mar 27 7:04 PM, 2025
I have never seen a shark in the sea. I have seen the fishing boats in Cornwall coming in with some pretty big specimens hanging up.
TBH, the last thing I think about when I am sea swimming is a shark attacking.
Vam said
Mar 27 7:36 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
I have never seen a shark in the sea. I have seen the fishing boats in Cornwall coming in with some pretty big specimens hanging up.
TBH, the last thing I think about when I am sea swimming is a shark attacking.
I have - fed them too I’d love to tell you where it was that I actually went out on an organised shark-feeding trip. It was an amazing experience. But the flash location might trigger some crappy Anon posts. So prob best not……
Often spotted Red Sea sharks when I was in Eilat though, but only from a sunbed!
Barksdale said
Mar 27 7:41 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
How safe is it to go on boat excursions whilst abroad?
I went on a submarine excursion with the family when we went on holiday to Gran Canaria last year.
Come to think of it I'm surprised we made it out alive
Maddog said
Mar 27 8:49 PM, 2025
Syl wrote:
I have never seen a shark in the sea. I have seen the fishing boats in Cornwall coming in with some pretty big specimens hanging up.
TBH, the last thing I think about when I am sea swimming is a shark attacking.
I don't think about sharks in Florida..
When I'm wade fishing in the bays of Texas, I'm alert for sharks, gators and I shuffle my feet to scare off rays..
How you handle wildlife sorta depends on where you are.
Digger said
Mar 28 10:40 AM, 2025
I hate boats, end of. A submersible? Never.
Syl said
Mar 28 11:16 AM, 2025
Digger wrote:
I hate boats, end of. A submersible? Never.
I wouldn't go down in a submarine, but I love boats. A perfect afternoon is being out on a boat, watching the dolphins, whales, turtles (if you are lucky) then having a swim in an isolated cove, and a picnic....heaven.
Syl said
Mar 28 12:52 PM, 2025
More info is coming out about yesterdays disaster.
"One traumatised survivor sensationally revealed that the doomed vessel dived with its hatches still open.
Dozens of holidaymakers were on board the sub, which sank about a kilometre off the Egyptian coast on Thursday.
The Red Sea area governor said six people had died in the disaster - all Russians.
Sadly, two of the victims are children, according to a Russian official.
Authorities said nine other people were injured in the disaster, including four said to have been critically hurt.
At least one child was reported to have been orphaned in the tragedy.
But 39 survived after frantically swimming for their lives as sea water rushed into the vessel half a mile from the coast."
I wouldn't go down in a submarine, but I love boats. A perfect afternoon is being out on a boat, watching the dolphins, whales, turtles (if you are lucky) then having a swim in an isolated cove, and a picnic....heaven.
I won't go in the ocean at all now. Sharks scare the hell.out of me.
How safe is it to go on boat excursions whilst abroad?
Most people dont give it a second thought, I go on loads, and the worst thing I have encountered is huge waves washing people off their seats in the boats. Luckily, no one was really hurt.
Last yea a tourist boat capsized in the Red Sea, four dead and seven are still missing.
Today, six are dead, four in critical condition after a submarine sunk, again in the Red Sea
Would this put you off going on sea tourist expeditions abroad?
'Six people dead and four others in critical condition' after tourist submarine sinks off Egyptian coast
-- Edited by Syl on Thursday 27th of March 2025 12:23:14 PM
Another horrendous tragedy.
I’ll happily swim/snorkel in the Red Sea. But a big fat NOPE to boat trips there, let alone set foot in a ‘tourist submarine’!
There are sharks pretty much everywhere..
Yep, in certain areas of the Red Sea. But hopefully not near those poor victims.
But again, when swimming there and dolphins get curious enough to get close and then start to play, the rest of the world just fades away 😍
So true.
We have swum up close with dolphins several times in the Red Sea....there is a place called Dolphin Reef, the dolphins are free in the sea, but they come to play because they are fed and protected. I hopefully will go again, not just yet given the political climate in Israel at the minute,
Sharks all around the UK Mags.
Most sharks won't hurt you, I think we are far more a danger to them than them to us.
Sting rays are a bigger threat here..They will mess up your leg. A dolphin could break your leg if he ran into you, but they aren't aggressive creatures..
But when you see one of their fins, your heart might skip a beat..
Yep, with joy.
I have swam with a dolphin either side of me...they slowed their pace stay alongside me, then jumped over me...one of the best moments of my life.
One of the worst, in Cyprus, where captive dolphins performed for the crowds...I complained, to no avail.
Depends. If your standing in 3 or 4 feet of water, in water that has sharks, that fin is hard to distinguish at a few hundred feet..
Once you know it's a dolphin, then it's all fine..
TBH, the last thing I think about when I am sea swimming is a shark attacking.
I have - fed them too
I’d love to tell you where it was that I actually went out on an organised shark-feeding trip. It was an amazing experience. But the flash location might trigger some crappy Anon posts. So prob best not…… 
Often spotted Red Sea sharks when I was in Eilat though, but only from a sunbed!
I went on a submarine excursion with the family when we went on holiday to Gran Canaria last year.
Come to think of it I'm surprised we made it out alive
I don't think about sharks in Florida..
When I'm wade fishing in the bays of Texas, I'm alert for sharks, gators and I shuffle my feet to scare off rays..
How you handle wildlife sorta depends on where you are.
I wouldn't go down in a submarine, but I love boats. A perfect afternoon is being out on a boat, watching the dolphins, whales, turtles (if you are lucky) then having a swim in an isolated cove, and a picnic....heaven.
More info is coming out about yesterdays disaster.
"One traumatised survivor sensationally revealed that the doomed vessel dived with its hatches still open.
Dozens of holidaymakers were on board the sub, which sank about a kilometre off the Egyptian coast on Thursday.
The Red Sea area governor said six people had died in the disaster - all Russians.
Sadly, two of the victims are children, according to a Russian official.
Authorities said nine other people were injured in the disaster, including four said to have been critically hurt.
At least one child was reported to have been orphaned in the tragedy.
But 39 survived after frantically swimming for their lives as sea water rushed into the vessel half a mile from the coast."
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/34085539/submarine-sink-egypt-resort-sea/
I won't go in the ocean at all now. Sharks scare the hell.out of me.
You're ancestors loved boats, lol..