Best Dive Sites
Abil Ali
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Great wall dives, from the N to the SW.
Huge black coral seafans, large shoals...
Abu Aklas
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Abu Aklas (has also other names, e.g. Shaab Claudio) is a very beautiful divespot in the Red Sea.
There is a nice cave between 6m-9m and a big, healthy stone coral garden around the main reef.
Today this spot is dived very often by liveaboard and daytour guests, so the site is sometimes a bit…
Abu Galauwa - Small Wreck
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
At Abu Galawa Small Wreck you can see a wreck of a sailboat on about 20m. The wreck has a nice coral cover and is a good starting point for the dive.
There is also a very beautiful hard coral garden with huge stone coral and in some area with a lot if giant clams.
Abu Galawa Soraya
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
a beautiful place of the famous fury shoals. you have some little swimthroughs a wide sandy bottom where you have the possibility to encounter sharks, rays and huge groupers.
this spot consits of three main coral blocks where dive round and round. at the end you find shipwreck of a sunk yacht.
Abu Hamra
Shore - Easy
This dive site is just to the north of El Hamrawen an old mining town ,north of El Quseir. It is great forthe macro photographer, but it can be a rough entry if strong winds and large waves come from thenorth. There is a rope entry that is located just to the north of the dive set up area, within…
Abu Hashish
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
One of the better dive sites with access from Makadi Bay.
Abu Hashish has a shallow erg field laying on the south side of the island. You will see lots of blue spotted stingrays, puffer fishes and morays, swimming through a pinnacle landscape. A wonderful drift dive can be made along the eastern…
Abu Helal
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
This is an excellent dive site for night dive.
Take care of the current at the entry point: It can be very strong, and waves does not help!
Abu Kefan
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Probably the most beautiful site in the area, for its coral formations and pelagic life. Great walls with large seafans, jacks, barracuda, reef sharks, green turtles.
Blacktail and hammerhead sharks are frequently sighted.
Abu Lou Lou
From shore - All divers
Abu Minkar
By boat - All divers
Abu Minkar is a very easy dive spot, which we only use for beginners and diving courses. Its sandy bottom whith a max. depth of 10m and a small wreck in the north/west makes it very easy to navigate. It is a nice spot for snorkelling as well.
Abu Nugar
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Abu Nugar means the father of the holes, or the pools and refers to the holes in the main reef here. It is a big reef system in north Hurghada: some larger blocks of coral, or gottas, in this shallow water area (one of the best for coral in Hurghada) but not so much fish. Shallow and quite easy,…
Abu Nuhas Paradise
By boat & from shore - All divers
In addition to the wrecks lying around Abu Nuhas, it is also possible to dive on the other side of the reef at a site known as Paradise, which has a plateau with a huge coral garden and a drop off into deeper water.
Abu Ramada
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Plateau with 3 pinacles covered in soft coral and small orange fish. Deeper small caves and moray eels. Black tipped reef sharks and barracudas can curuise by.
Less dived because it can have very strong current. Good drift dive along the steep eastern wall, with big fan corals, overhangs and swim…
Abu Ramada Cave
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
After the drop off from the boat you can go down to a cave about 10 meters in length that is open at both ends. The top to the cave it at about 38 meters, and goes down to about 48 meters. after you go through, it is a great swim back up along the reef to the surface.
Abu Ramada North and South
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Two small islands surrounded by a single reef. It is a beautiful drift dive along the eastern wall, with big fan corals, overhangs and amazing colours. A dive only for experienced divers, with a lot of big groupers to be seen. The plateau on the southern part has plenty of ergs and lot of marine…
Abu Sauatir
Shore - Easy - Easy
ABU SAUATIR is just north of El Quseir.
Pharaoh Dive Club have a beach base here,which provides a shaded changing and kitting up area. There are also resturant and toilet facilities as well as sunloungers and a bedouin tent.
The divesite is reached by an easy sandy beach entry which is…
Akassia Housereef
From shore - CMAS * / OW
Amphoras
By boat & from shore - All divers
A 16th-century Turkish galleon that was transporting amphoras of mercury lies on the bottom here.
Anemone city
By boat & from shore - All divers
Azra
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Banana Reef
By boat - All divers
Banana shaped reef in the middle of the Giftun Strait. It generally has an easy current that allows you to drift all along the coral wall.
Bannerfish Bay
From shore - All divers
Great dive site for macro photographers: seahorses etc.
Ben el Gebel
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Big Brother
by boat - AOWD/CMAS**
around 10 diffrent dives possibel
Wrack Aida and Wrack Numidia
Blue Beach House Reef
From shore - All divers
Blue Hole
From shore - All divers
Blue Hole is a diving location on east Sinai, a few kilometres north of Dahab, Egypt on the coast of the Red Sea.The Blue Hole is a submarine sinkhole (a kind of cave), around 130 m deep. There is a shallow opening around 6 m deep, known as 'the saddle', opening out to the sea, and a 26 m long…
Bluff Point Wreck
By boat - All divers
Brayka Bay Housereef North
By boat & from shore - All divers
Brayka Bay Housereef South
By boat & from shore - All divers
Carina Wreck
By boat - All divers
Carless Reef
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Carless Reef is the most famous coral shoal in the coastal area of Hurghada. This dive site is situated one hour of Hurghada, it is a mid sea reef plateau pushing up from the Abyss.
The reef itself centres on two peaks or pinnacles which brush the surface in an otherwise open sea. The valley…
Carnatic
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This is one of the best wreck dive of the Gubal Strait, very close to the Giannis D. Also known as the "wine ship", it hit the reef and sank in 1869 on her way from Suez to India with a cargo of port wine, gold and silver bullion. The wreck is broken in 2 pieces and lies on its side on the reef with…
Carraba
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Sandy bottom. Visibility may be affected by fines suspended in the water even in winter.
Coral reef with variety of small fish.
Cave Reef
By boat - CMAS * / OW
shallow reef system
Caves
From shore - All divers
Starts from the shore with dropoff on 5 meters. All site looks like a valley between upland with a light slope going down. At a start (20 meters max) - 2 overhangs from both sides of the walley. Next is cave at a right side - entrance at depth about 30 meters. Then if going down with slope - valley…
Chrisoula K
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Greek cargo Chrisoula K sunk 31st August 1981.
Sizes: Length: 98m, Width: 14.8m, Draught: 9m
Coral Garden
From shore - All divers
Coral Garden Housereef
By boat & from shore - All divers
Coraya Beach Housereef North
From shore - All divers
Coraya Beach Housereef South
From shore - All divers
Daedalus Reef
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Dahara
By boat - All divers
Diver's Alley
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Down at 40 meters there is a protrusion of the reef with an opening about 10 meters long that you can swim through. The top of this "cave" is at 40m, and it goes down to 49m. After going through, it's a nice swim along the reef.
Also good for drift diving as the currents can be strong here.
Domina Coral Bay reef
From shore - All divers
Plenty to see at this dive site, and the staff will take all your kit to the pontoon.
Dunraven
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The "Dunraven" was a steam and sail powered vessel with an iron hull and wooden decks. She was built in Newcastle upon Tyne (England) and launched in 1873. The ship was 80 m long, had a beam of 10 m and displaced 1.613 tons. She had two masts with a topsail-schooner rigging and a coal-fired 140 hp…
Eel Garden
By boat - All divers
Sandy plateau with eels! mainly for biologists.
El Arish
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This is a 105 m long passenger and car ferry built in Norway in 1981.
El Aruk - Aruk Diana
By boat - All divers
El Aruk - Aruk Gigi
By boat - All divers
A cluster of a seven ergs laying in 10m - 15m of water. The whole area is home to sweetlips under the ledges, blue spotted sting rays in the sandy patches and glassfish and anthia fish swarm on the erg wall. One erg to note is the split erg, which has a grotto through it filled with glassfish,…
El Aruk - Aruk Makroom
By boat - All divers
El Aruk is a shallow dive with app. 10m-15m. Lots of smaller ergs need good navigation not to loose orientation in between them. Watch your compass and take care of the sometimes quiet strong current. The sandy bottom is the home of a lot of sweet lips and blue spotted stingrays. Hidden in the erg…
El Bohar Kebir
By boat - All divers
El Bohar Soraya
By boat - All divers
El Fanadir
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Fanadir is one of the longest and straightest reefs in Hurghada. Located in the north, out of Hurghada’s bay it is a nice diving place for a calm and relaxed drift dive.
Besides the main reef on the west side, the sandy plateau is slopping down from 12 to 22 meters, where the drop off wall…
El Fanadir East
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The sandy plateau slopes down from 12 to 22 meters, where the drop off wall starts on the East, going down to 50 meters. It's deaper than many sites in the area and therefore hosts some larger wildlife. Keep your eyes open, a lot of times an eagle ray is spotted.
El Fanadir South
By boat - All divers
El Mina Wreck
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
El Mina was a 70m long Egyptian minesweeper. She was bombed in 1969.
El Mina Wreck (Harbour Wreck)
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
El Mina is an Egyptian minesweeper sunk by Israeli fighters, while lying at anchor in 1969. The wreck lies in 30m on a rock sea bed. The current here can be strong from the north and the visibility poor. There is a large debris field which contains a lot of still active munitions, worth a look but…
El Shugarat
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
Elphinstone Reef
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
This reef is well known for dolphins, sharks and great wall dives. Both northern a southern tips have a plateu that offer great dives. Eastern and western sides offers great walls! Do not miss diving here :)
Erg Abu Nugar
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This dive site consists of a series of pinnacles with a gotta at one end and a very large pinnacle at the other. The dive boat can be moored at either end of the site. This is a shallow dive site, max depth 14 meters, but there is a great variety of marine life to see. The pinnacles are covered in…
Erg Malik
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Erg Marsa Alam
By boat - All divers
Erg Monika
Boat - Easy
Erg Monika is an Off Shore Coral Reef.Moorings are on the southwest side of the reef although there is not much protection against the waveshere in bad weather.From the boat jump in and head down to the bottom approx 30m/100ft which is mainly sand with smallcoral clumps making ideal hiding places…
Erg Somaya
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
One of the nicest drifts in Hurghada. Beautiful hard coral and one of the best places to spot sharks and Napoleon fish in Hurghada.
The current can be anything from mild to horrible, so this is not a site for beginners. Good for the rest of us, though, as you seldom find more than one or two…
Far Garden
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
Fiasco
By boat & from shore - All divers
Fiddle Garden
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
A good alternative to far garden when it's crowded.
Gabr el Bint
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
Gabr El Bint means the "Tomb of the girl"
Gamul Kebir
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Gamul Soraya
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Several coral pilars, and some eels on the sand.
Gassous Bay
From shore - All divers
Ghazala Beach Housereef
From shore - All divers
Ghiannis D
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Giannis D, Also known as the "wooden ship", was built 1969 in Japan. The dimensions of this "General Cargo Vessel" were about 100m length and 16m width. In April 1983 on its way from Croatia to Saudi Arabia, loaded with sawn softwood, it hit the northwest corner of Shaab Abu Nuhas Reef and…
Golden Blocks
From shore - All divers
Gordon Reef
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Gota Abu Ramada
By boat - All divers
This area is commonly known as 'the Aquarium' due to the wealth of marine life. There is an abundance of hard and soft coral and schools of butterfly fish, banner fish, snappers and goatfish are found swimming around the mountains of coral gardens. You will find that dives at Gota will make you feel…
Gota Shaab Sharm
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Gotta Abu Nugar North
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This dive site is known for the ledge running out to sea, which divers cross in about 6 meters on their way to and from the large coral garden. The ledge is covered in very colorful hard corals and clams in varying sizes and colors. The coral garden is more like a coral landscape than the…
Habibty Reef
From shore - All divers
A good reef for night dives, access right from the shore.
Habili Gaffar
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Halg Dawoud
From shore - All divers
HEPCA Shark Monument
By boat - All divers
it¥s a standard divesite, but there is the first underwater memorial for the sharks. it¥s an 2,5m long withe shark from the sharksaving organisation sharkproject.
House Reef
From shore - CMAS * / OW
Jackfish Alley
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
Jackson reef
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
a. the dive to the west is an amazing reef with lots of fish, and sometimes shrks, a turtle or a sting ray.
lots of macro, and amazing colurfull soft corals.
u must be carfull of the reef end on the west as currents might be too strong to come back.
b. dive to the east. - depending on…
Kingston Wreck
By boat - All divers
Laguna Reef
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Nice lagoon, with napoleon fish and maray eels. Perfect for night dives.
Lahami Bay Beach Housereef
From shore - CMAS * / OW
Lahami Bay Boje 2 Housereef
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Lara Wreck
By boat - All divers
Lighthouse
From shore - All divers
Little Brother
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Steep walls, black coral, great gorgonians
Maheleg
By boat & from shore - All divers
Makadi Bay Reef
From shore - All divers
Great for snorkelling. Large area and relative few people. Hanging on the surface the depth to the reef rocks/population is only 1 to 2 meters. Of course there are deeper spots. Great reef wall.
Will get busier in due time due to building of holiday resorts.
Malahy
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Wonderful dive site, with funny and complex labyrinth of caves (but very safe, on't panic !).
There is a famous cave in the middle of the reef with small baby sharks...
Mangrove Bay Housereef
By boat & from shore - All divers
Marcus
By boat - CMAS * / OW
also known as the "tile wreck", is referred to in some guides as the Chrisoula K, another tile carrying ship, which is now believed to lie further from the reef in 65 meters. The bow of the Marcus is in 5 meters with the broken off stern in around 26 meters. This is a very easy wreck for the novice…
Marsa Abu Dabab South
From shore - All divers
This fantastic shore dive is perfect for divers and non-divers alike. Because this site is not especially deep - 2m-15m - non diving partners will love the opportunity to just sunbathe or have a refreshing dip in the bay of Marsa Abu Dabab and is the perfect opportunity to snorkel in the shallow…
Marsa Abu Dabbab North
From shore - CMAS * / OW
Marsa Abu Galawa
By boat - All divers
Marsa Bereika
By boat - All divers
This is a great place for snorkeling and first dive. There are many coral pinnacles with a lot of life. Whale sharks may be seen in the area.
Marsa shagra
By boat & from shore - All divers
Marsa Shunne
By boat - All divers
Marsa Waleed
Shore - Easy - Medium
This is a great dive site for all levels of divers who are able to do at least a 45 minute dive. The canyonout to the main reef is quite long, often taking up to 10 minutes one way, but a very rewarding reefawaits you at the other end! By far one of the best shore dives in calm conditions, however…
Middle Garden
By boat & from shore - All divers
Gentle slope running down to 25m.
Middle Reef
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Very nice reef. A coral garden is on both east and west side.
Million Hope Wreck
By boat - All divers
Type: Cargo
Vessel size: 174.6m x 24.8m
Moray garden
From shore - All divers
Nabeq
From shore - CMAS * / OW
A very nice dive site, a bit like a labyrinthine. Many coral blocks and some eel grass.
Napoleon Reef
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Near Garden
By boat - CMAS * / OW
North Abu Ramada
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Less dived site in north of Abu Ramada island. Nice plateau on the north side and wall on the east side. This place is mostly dived with soth winds (not very often) and can have anything from mild to horrible current.
Good place to spot turtles, barracudas, reefsharks, octopus and moray eels.
Numidia Wreck
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The 137m long British cargo ship Numidia sunk in july 20th, 1901. The bows lies near 8m deep with a pair of Railway Engine Wheels. The rest of the wreck goes down to 40m and the stern lies near 80m.
Highlights: Wonderful wreck, Gray Sharks
Oberoi Housereef
From shore - All divers
Omu Sukan
Boat - Medium
Omu Skuan is a short boat trip from Quseir harbour.
On entry you have a sheer reef wall dropping down to 60m, head south with the reef wall on your right. A family of Eagle rays is a common sight and with their natural curiosity will come and see what you are up to, often coming within a few metres…
Panorama reef
By boat - All divers
Usually you get there for the whole day (2 dives). This is one of the most famous dive site of the area ! You can do several dives: S SE and E and NE.
There is large coral formations, some time sharks and a lot of fishes (stonefish, clownfish, napoleon, etc.).
Don't miss anemone paradise (SSE)…
Panzer Riff
By boat - CMAS *** / DiveMaster
Paradise Housereef
From shore - All divers
Petra
By boat - All divers
Pharao Housereef
From shore - All divers
Houserif of the Pharao Dive Club in El Quseir.
It¥s a very nice and friendly scuba base.
Pinky Wall
By boat & from shore - All divers
Very colourful dive (soft corals).
Police Station
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Ras Abu Soma
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Ras Abu Soma is usually a drift dive cos of the strong current. Because of its position, this dive site has a large amount of fish shoals. It is not rare to see some sharks and napoleon fishs.
Ras Bob
By boat & from shore - All divers
Nice snorkeling dive area.
Ras Burg
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Godd switch when Ras Za'atar is crowded.
Ras Caty
By boat - All divers
Ras Disha
By boat - All divers
The fringing reef, which surrounds this cape, offers a good shallow dive on the hard coral garden found north of the lighthouse with schooling barracuda, napoleon fish and groupers. Garden eels.
Ras El Torfa
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Ras Ghamila
By boat - All divers
Many corals and pelagic. Dolphins may be seen here on afternoon summer dives.
Ras Ghozlani
By boat - All divers
it is a drift dive north to south or south to north deppending on the current.
it is a coral garden on a sloop from 22 - 32 metters.
there are lots of gorgonias, with lots of macro life around them. lots of colurfull soft corals, might be a sting ray at the reefs egd.
it is better to dive late…
Ras Nasrani - id: 20024
By boat & from shore - All divers
Ras Torombi
By boat & from shore - All divers
Ras Umm Sid
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
Coral pinnacles at the west of the point. Very nice wall with gorgonians. Some whale sharks have been reported here!
Ras Za'atar
By boat & from shore - All divers
Ras Za'atir is located on the northern tip of the Ras Muhammed Peninsula and is within the boundaries of the Ras Muhammed National Park. The reef at this site is similar but more contoured than Ras Ghozlani, with many cracks and fissures, some forming small caves which can be entered. It is…
Rick's reef
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
Rocky Island East
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Rocky island North
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Rocky Island South
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Royal Azur Coral
From shore - All divers
S.S. Thistlegorm
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The Thistlegorm was built in 1940 as a merchant vessel being 126m long and 17.5m wide. It was commandeered by the navy during the World War II. It sunk in 1941 (6th October) by long range bombers from German occupied Crete. Sunk in the same way as the 'Rosalie Moller' - just 48 hours and a few miles…
Salem Express
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The 'Salem Express' is a wreck with a tragic history. Built in 1966, not much is known of the history of the ship, other than disaster struck her close to midnight, on 15th December 1991.
The Salem was packed with passengers returning from Mecca from the port of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to the port of…
Sand Beach
By boat - All divers
Sandy Island
By boat - All divers
Serib Kebir
By boat & from shore - All divers
Serib Soraya
Shore and boat - Easy
Serib Soraya is around 10km to the south of El Quseir town. This is a great little dive site within easyreach of town for both shore and boat diving. Entry is a short walk over the flat reef top. Step intothe water where the depth is around 5metres. Here the bottom slopes away to 20metres where…
Sha'ab Abu Galawa
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Sha'ab Abu Nuhas
By boat - CMAS * / OW
About 2 1/2 hours cruising time from Hurghada lies the reef of Abu Nuhas - "The father of bad luck", so called because of the number of ships that have hit this reef over the years. The reef is to the north of Shaidwan Island, close to the main shipping channel from Suez and usually partially…
Sha'ab Abu Ramada
By boat - All divers
Sha'ab Bagul
By boat - All divers
Sha'ab Claude
By boat - All divers
This is a big coral head comming from 17m to 6m. It is covered of wonderfull soft corals.
Sha'ab Claudia
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Sha'ab El Erg
By boat - All divers
Shaab El Erg literally this means the corals and the pinnacles. This is horseshoe shaped reef over 5 km long directly east from El Gouna. The lagoon behind the reef is home to a large number of Bottlenose Dolphins and although they roam throughout this area of the Red Sea, this reef system is the…
Sha'ab El Erg Dolphin House
By boat - All divers
Situated at the northern end of the reef the dive site consists of the main reef the large coral block, or gotta, next to it and the channel between them. Two dives are made here every Thursday on different parts of the site. The channel is used by dolphins travelling in and out of the lagoon and a…
Sha'ab El Erg Manta Point
By boat - All divers
This dive site is on the outside of the reef close to the lighthouse at the centre of the reef. Turtles, moray eels and most types of Red Sea fish can be seen here, possibly even a reef shark, as well as the possibility of Mantas in season.
Sha'ab El Erg Poseidon Garden
By boat - All divers
This dive is on a large coral block in the lagoon behind the main reef. There is a very large coral garden next to the reef consisting of huge table corals and brain corals. Between and on the corals, clams of many sizes and colors can be seen, plus large numbers of masked puffer fish. Large shoals…
Sha'ab Ghadir
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Sha'ab Ghadir Soraya
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Sha'ab Ghaza
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Sha'ab Hamdalla
By boat - All divers
An oustanding, but very far, dive site of Safaga. Gorgeous soft coral structure, and a huge butterfly-fish shoal.
Sha'ab Ini
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Nice mace out of big coral blocks at the southtip of the reef. the northern part of the reef consists of beautiful corals with many reeffish and some bigger ones like groupers etc.
Sha'ab Iris
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Part of the Abu Nugar complex, and west of Umm Gamar, this is a sand bottom with scattered coral heads. Very interesting for seeing little fish and branches since there is enough sand that you can ground yourself withoug worrying about hitting the coral here.
Sha'ab Maksur
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Sha'ab Maksur is a big reef and the most eastern of the fury shoals. due to it?s size you can divide it into up to 3 spots.
all of them do show lots of thunas, barrakudas and surgeon fish. at the southern tip are some big coral blocks where you can start your ascending and do your safety stop.
Sha'ab Marsa Alam
By boat - All divers
Sha'ab Nakari
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Sha'ab Sabrina
By boat - All divers
The reef here pokes out from the eastern side of Giftun Kebira island and has a coral garden extending 300-400m north of it. The best way to dive this site is on the drift, dropping 300m out and using the gentle current to make your way back to the boat mooring. This area is known for its beautiful…
Sha'ab Saiman
By boat - CMAS * / OW
A beautifull coral garden. Some sharks, turtles, eagle rays...
Sha'ab Sataya (Dolphin reef)
By boat - All divers
The lagoon is a common place for night dive, but you also can dive the SE wall (drift dive).
Nice coral structures, parotfishes, rays, etc.
Sha'ab Sheer - Coral Paradise
By boat - All divers
Great coral garden. Seafans are located deeper than 20m.
Sha'ab Sheer - Shark Point
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Sha'ab Talata
By boat - All divers
Sha'ab Umm Usk
By boat - All divers
Very nice dive site with beautifull coral structures (Acropora). Dives are mainly on the W part, some times the N and SW.
Shaab El Kenz
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Only possible by Zodiak of the Sub Aqua Dive Center Utopia Beach.
Every dive with guide.
Maximum 5 divers per guide, one dive in the morning and one in the afternoon.
Minimum: 20 logged dives.
Sometimes big fishes (sharks, manta ray..), turtles.
Many, many small fishes, great coral garden.
Shaab Rahma
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
Diving from shore: You walk above the reef top (~50m), then you come to a hole in the reef top. This is where the dive begins! You must dive through a few caves (~7-10min), then you come to the outer reef.
In the caves sometimes bad visibility, but there is a rope for orientation (you need it!).…
Shaab Samadai East
By boat - All divers
Shaab Samadai West
By boat - All divers
Shabroah Umm Gamar
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This is a piece of reef in the open sea close to Umm Gammar. The topography of the dive site is similar to Umm Gammar, but has the added attraction of a wrecked patrol boat starting at 24 meters. The two engines are easily seen and other small pieces of wreckage are scattered over the reef.
Shams Safaga DC Housereef
From shore - All divers
Shark Observatory
By boat & from shore - CMAS ** / AOW
The dive site is directly under the cliff of the Observatory. This is a huge wall, droping down to 90m !
Many species of pelagic fish. A chance of encountering sharks, but also turtles.
Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef are two reefs rising just off the Ras Mohamed coast. They are twin peaks of a single coral sea mount, separated from the mainland by a shallow channel.
Shark Reef is the more colorful and spectacular of the two reefs; with its wall and great marine life. Yolanda Reef…
Sharks Bay
By boat & from shore - All divers
Shark's bay is a popular place for dive trainings. It is also a good location for night dive. Manta Ray may be seen when summer afternoon dive.
Sharm Anbaut
By boat & from shore - All divers
Sharm el Bahari
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Sharm el-Naga
By boat & from shore - All divers
Great reef-fish, living corals. One of the best vivid reef reachable so close from shore!
Sharm Fugani
By boat - All divers
Siyul
By boat - All divers
Siyul Kebira
By boat - All divers
Small Crack
By boat - All divers
Small passage with a coral boulder in the middle.
Small Giftun
By boat - All divers
With the current carrying you, this dive is a relaxing exploration along a magnificent wall, where you can 'fly over' extensive stretches of large fan corals and if you look out into the blue it's not uncommon to see large tunas and trevallies. The dive leads to a sandy plateau dotted with numerous…
Sodfa
By boat & from shore - All divers
Sandy slope then a mini-wall between 18 and 22m.
South Abu Ramada
By boat - All divers
South-West Wall
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Spit Reef
By boat - All divers
Susana Wreck
By boat & from shore - All divers
Temple
By boat - All divers
The Aida Wreck - id: 20055
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
This 75m long Egyptian ship was build in France and launched in 1911. It sunk September 15th, 1957.
Her bows at 25m and her stern at 60m. The wreck is now covered by great corals.
The Alternatives
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Serie of several large boulders in line. Something like the 7 pilars of Safaga.
The Bells
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
A true vertical wall, full of overhangs and fissures, with lots of swimthroughs and cavelets. Towards the Blue Hole, in the south, the reef profile softens to a steep slope.
The dive begins in a small slot in the reef table, around 100m (328ft) north of the Blue Hole lagoon; after reaching your…
The Canyon
From shore - CMAS ** / AOW
It is a fault/crack that has been formed after a earthquake that touched the Gulf of Aqaba. The entrance of the Canyon is at 18 meters and you drop down until 30 meters. It's partially a overhead environment and from there the divers can go through the crack and exit at a depth of 52…
The Excalibur Wreck
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
The Excalibur was a 22m long twin mast motor and sail vessel.
The Garden of Eden
By boat - All divers
The Islands
By boat - All divers
Great underwater coral garden
The Kimon M
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Panamean cargo built in Germany, the Kimon M sunk december 12th, 1978. It's known as the "lentil wreck", and the ship now lies against the reef with the bows pointing up the reef. The wreck starts at around 10 meters with a maximum depth of around 25 meters at the stern.
Vessel size: length: 106m,…
The Rosalie Moller
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Built in Glasgow in 1910, this 108.2m long vessel started its life carrying cargo around Europe, before being re-registered in China in 1931. In 1938 the Rosalie Moller was requisitioned by the Royal Navy, transporting 'Best Welsh Coal' to a variety of UK Naval Ports. After joining the War effort -…
The Seven Pilars
By boat - All divers
This is one on the greatest dive site of Safaga. In a single dive, you can visit the seven pilars (huge coral structure on a sandy floor), between 12 and 18m deep.
The last west pilar hosts may lionfishes. Take care of them on night dive, they use your light beam to hunt !
Early divers may see…
Three Pools
From shore - All divers
Tobia Hamra
By boat - All divers
Tobia Hamra is a coral garden.
Tobia Kebir
By boat - All divers
Tobia Sorraya
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Nice "Y" shape coral reef.
Tomas reef
By boat - All divers
Torfa Fanous East
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This dive site has many names, including "Dolphin Reef" and "Turtle Bay".
This narrow reef creates a huge calm lagoon, a great place to stop for lunch and catch the sun before the second dive of the day. The lagoon itself and the enclosing reef wall is relatively uninteresting and naturally…
Torfa Fanous West
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The other end (west) of the Fanus reef has two main ergs and several smaller pinnacles off its western end. You can follow the reef wall round and explore the reef face and coral gardens which is full of marauding jacks. Or if you feel energetic you can swim the 50m to the furthest erg which is well…
Torfa Tany
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
If you`re lucky, you can see a dugon!
Tower
By boat & from shore - CMAS * / OW
I very good dive. The canyon is very impressive and the current very low compared to other dive sites of the area.
Turtle Bay
By boat - CMAS * / OW
This is a not so well known dive site off the north tip of Grand Giftun island. It's a small horseshoe reef with a shallow swim through to a bowel reef that is absolutely filled with fish and coral. This was the most like swimming in an aquarium that I have found and one of my favorite dives.
Turtle beach
By boat - All divers
Turtle reef
By boat - All divers
Ulysses
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Ulysses is a about 100 years old, sitting on his backboard side, it?s still very interesting because of all the marine life surrounding it, the propeller in the back at about 30 Meters is a very good opportunity to Photographers. Makes a very nice dive at the afternoon a good 2 Hours before…
Um Hal Hal
By boat - CMAS *** / Rescue
Two small coral pinnacles with lots of soft corals. The pinnacles drop off until 60m !
Umm Aruk
By boat - All divers
Nive dive. A lot of small pinacles. Very colorfull corals.
Umm Dom (Stoney beach)
By boat - CMAS * / OW
Here the steep cliff of the north east side of Giftun Kebira island plunges into the depths and continues into the abyss, the reef wall drops to about 12m and then there is a steep, tumbling slope to the top of the drop off at about 27m. Most of the life here is above 15m as the lower slope and top…
Umm Gammar
By boat - CMAS * / OW
The Mother of the Moon, so called because this small island to the south east of El Gouna is crescent shaped when viewed from above. The sea bed in this can be 100 meters down and most of the dive takes place on a sloping drop off.
This offshore island is surrounded by good diving on all sides.…
Umm Sid
By boat & from shore - All divers
Utopia Bay
From shore - All divers
White Knight
By boat & from shore - All divers
Large crack. Manta ray can be encountered during summer afternoon dives.
Woodhouse Reef
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Drift dive on the eastern side.
Zabargad North
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
The small wreck of Zabargad is located on the NE side, in shallow water. This is not the main interest of the area! If possible, ask for dives in Rocky Island!...
Zabargad South
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Zingara
By boat - CMAS ** / AOW
Zingara ran aground on Laguna reef, on 22 August 1984.
Vessel size:
- Length: 82 m
- Width: 13 m