Join the only qualified Wreck Hunter instructor on a liveaboard trip of a lifetime in this new PADI Distinctive Specialty.

Emperor Divers has been leading the way in discovering new Red Sea wrecks. Now you can learn how to use professional high-tech ‘hunting’ equipment from sonar to magnetometers with PADI instructor, Steve Carmichael-Timson, who is the only Wreck Hunter Instructor qualified to PADI standards.

Also learn how to use archive material and naval records to get information on wreck positions.

Steve Carmichael-Timson is an ex-Royal Navy ship’s diver.  He has found, dived and filmed many wrecks including the recent filming of HMS Myngs (launched in 1943 for the Royal Navy and sold to the Egyptian Navy as El Qaher in 1955 and sunk by Israeli Jets in 1970) in the Red Sea with Emperor Divers.

Called the Wreck Hunter Distinctive Specialty course, once completed you will receive a PADI distinctive specialty diver card and this counts towards your Master Scuba Diver qualification.

Wreck Hunter Special trips 2008

All Wreck Hunter trips are onboard Emperor Superior – a gold fleet liveaboard sailing from/to Hurghada starting in March 2008 and can bee booked through Sportif Dive.

Check here for full information WRECK HUNTER or email info.safaris@emperordivers.com

Hunting for shipwrecks can be a very hit and miss exercise unless you have help.  Many new wrecks have been found accidentally by either recreational divers or commercial divers on a job of work. 

The wreck hunting course is a distinctive specialilty that can be awarded by PADI and after the course you will be able to purchase the equipment and start wreck hunting.  The course involves the configuration and use of Twin Beam Side Scan Sonar and Magnetometer tow fish and all participants will have an opportunity to use both of these tools in order to find wrecks.