Reef
Standards, a wreck, and the park at the tip of Sinai
Green Fins is a scored code, not a slogan. The Thistlegorm is a cargo ship, not a reef. Ras Mohammed is a national park. These briefs stay with the sources.
What Green Fins actually measures
The UNEP-backed 15-point code for dive and snorkel boats — and why the programme exists at all.
6 min read
Gold, Silver, Bronze — a low score is the prize
Certified members are ranked on a 330-point impact scale. Gold is 50 or less.
5 min read
How Egypt runs the assessment
CDWS and the Ministry of Environment picked up the 2019 pilot. Camel cites Gold in that national list.
5 min read
A dawn run to the Thistlegorm on Camel Tribe
Nick and Caroline’s wreck day: three hours out, a private guide named Beth, and the trucks still sitting in the holds.
6 min read
The wreck as a Red Sea history object
Amy Oxtoby’s Thistlegorm brief — cargo, fauna, and why Sharm boats still make the long run.
6 min read
Diamond, Gold, Green Star — the award stack
A trip-desk timeline: 2019 Green Fins, 2022 Green Star, 2024 SSI Diamond.
5 min read
A directory card that still names the founder
Hesham Gabr, 1986, SSI Diamond, Green Fins Gold — the short public profile of the house.
4 min read