Olly Gaspar
We Seek Travel
Called Camel his favourite stay in Sharm and the dive shop he would send a reader to — rooftop, breakfast, and a lionfish evacuation he still mentions.
Source: We Seek Travel
House
Who wrote about the campus — and what the campus claims
No red-carpet roster. The public record is travel writers, a shop floor, Italian regulars, and a stack of environmental and training ranks. Each card cites a source.
Voices in the press
Steve, Mike’s Dive Store
London retailer
A March 2026 father-and-son week: safety, coffee at Pomodoro, and a Thistlegorm that felt less crowded than the stories.
Source: Mike’s Dive StoreMarco Daturi
ScubaPortal
An Italian visitor who had already tried other houses and came back for the jetty, the staff memory, and a hotel that is not a resort island.
Source: ScubaPortalFaye Wilde
Undercurrent
A 2018 subscriber report from a diver returning since 2010 — kit boxes, comfortable boats, and a list of animals that still reads like a logbook.
Source: UndercurrentRanks and the campus
SSI Diamond centre
Training
Oyster and Diveity both list Camel as an SSI Diamond / instructor career centre, with a training pool on site.
Source: Oyster DivingGreen Fins Gold
Reef-World / Egypt
Cited as Egypt’s first Gold member and among the highest global ranks — a scored assessment, not a purchased logo.
Source: Green FinsGreen Star Hotel
Hospitality
2022 certification against GSTC-style hotel criteria — the rooms and breakfast, not only the reef briefings.
Source: Camel awards pageHesham Gabr, 1986
Founder, public record
Directory copy still names the founder and the year. Forty years is the marketing line; 1986 is the date the profiles agree on.
Source: Diveity
