Swimming and snorkeling under supervision
The decree of December 28 is clear: if nautical activities have resumed all over the coast, snorkeling and swimming will now have to be practiced only in the supervised areas. Swimming is permitted in front of the hotels, provided that a line of buoys, in a depth not exceeding two meters, is installed. Snorkeling can be practiced near hotels provided that the coastal waters are protected by a fringing reef, and that one is accompanied by a CDWS guide. If in the first days following the attacks the CDWS had recommended making a distinction between experienced divers and beginners, there is no longer any reason to be.
Victims were not divers
The victims of December were also not divers. It is reassuring for our little people. What did they do ? They, apparently nothing, but others could have behaviors likely to modify the reactions of large sharks. Some tour operators in the region would suggest snorkeling with longiman sharks, in particular to a Russian clientele eager for sensations. Any normally brained diver perceives the anomaly. One imagines with horror tourists nothing less than aquatic waving their guiboles, strapped in orange vests, and probably peeping to comment between them the arrival of the sharks. At this point, we even wonder how the accident did not happen before, during one of these sessions.
The trail of dead sheep
Those who were chewed did not participate in this kind of outing it seems. They may have paid the price, however. To develop swimmers in the midst of pelagic sharks, beyond the stupidity of the thing, supposes in my opinion to bait them. And we can imagine that the animals who have ventured by the beach are trying to find some of this easy food that we sometimes provide. Even though there have been reports of dead sheep swung overboard from a livestock transport boat, this trail may not be the right one, or at least not the only one.
The CDWS investigation
After the panic of the first days, when two sharks were killed, probably above all to relieve the pressure and show the public that the authorities were acting, the CDWS experts wanted to remind the extreme rarity of this kind of attacks, "particularly in the Red Sea where more than 3 million people benefit from nautical activities each year without the slightest incident". Illegal practices near the scene of the accident, for fishing or feeding, seem to be the explanation for the carnage today.