Dive in Aqaba

Diving packages in Aqaba

1 x Try dive from boat

- One Try Dive = 75JD per person This involves you practicing breathing and then being guided around by a PADI Professional to a depth no deeper than 6 meters. There will be no more than two of you with each instructor. This price includes transportation to the boat and back to the city, full day on the boat, diving guide, diving equipment rental, lunch (BBQ), soft drinks, hot drinks, towels and…

Discover Scuba Diving

- Discover Scuba Diving Experience (involves two dives) = 105JD per person The first dive involves you learning 5 of the basic skills required to scuba diving (such as clearing water from your mask). You will practice them in the water with the instructor and swim around to a depth of no deeper than 6 meters. On the second dive you will be taken to a depth of no deeper than 12 meters and it will…

Certified Divers

Here are our boat diving prices, for certified divers: 1 DAY - 2 DIVES (full equipment)90 JD* All the prices for boat diving include: transportation to the boat and back to the city, full day on the boat, diving guide, lunch (BBQ), soft drinks, hot drinks, towels and snacks between the dives. PADI recommends that if you have not dived for 6 months or longer that you do a refresher before diving.…

Full day boat Snorklling

The price for snorkeling is 45 JD per person. This price includes 2 x snorkel sites, transportation to the boat and back to the city, full day on the boat, snorkeling equipment rental, lunch (BBQ), soft drinks, hot drinks, towels and snacks. 09:45am to 15:00

5 Days / 4 Nights Scuba Diving Holiday

4 nights’ in double room accommodation, include breakfast 3 days diving from shore 6 guided dives – 2 dives per day / Including full Equipment Transportation to and from dive sites

Diving in Aqaba

Aqaba, with its clean sandy beaches and transparent warm waters, is the mecca for divers in Jordan. Famed for its preserved coral reefs and unique sea life, this Red Sea port city was in ancient times the main port for shipments from the Red Sea to the Far East.

In Aqaba you won’t see as many fish and big stuff as in Egypt, but of course you have all your common Red Sea fish. The thing you will notice about Aqaba is that all the corals are very alive and very colourful, it’s like being in a aquarium!  It’s some of the most thriving and varied corals you’ll ever see and this is why it’s so special.  

There are over 20 dive sites to choose from.  For wrecks the Cedar Pride is the best in the area and great for advanced divers, who can swim under the wreck at 27 metres.  Sunk in 1983 and lying on its side, the ship is now covered in soft and hard coral and home to a few seahorses that come out to say hello.  There are a couple of other wrecks but they are too deep for recreational diving, but perfect for tech diving making this a great place to get your tech certification. 

Gorgone 1 and 2 have huge gorgonian corals, pinnacles, cabbage corals and many reef fish and other cool critters.  7 Sisters is 7 pinnacles very shallow at 9 metres making this a great beginner’s dive as it’s so clear with so many beautiful coral and fish.  At the end of the dive there’s a military tank which was sunk in 1999 and makes for an interesting stop before ascending.  

Canyon dives include Oliver’s and Eel Canyons (named for its eel garden), Paradise 1 and 2 might be difficult to get to (and you can only get there at high tide because of the coral wall) so it’s recommended for experienced divers but it’s gorgeous and it’s teaming with reef fish and coloured corals.  Cazar Reef is next to the marine park and well worth a look.  You can occupy a good few days of diving around Aqaba so take your camera and enjoy this colourful underwater playground.

(By Kelly Luckman)

Travel to Aqaba

When people think of diving and snorkelling in the Red Sea, they usually think of Egypt but a secret gem of brilliant diving lies off the coast of Aqaba, Jordan.  Due to the sheer volume of people visiting Egypt and the Blue Hole, the reef there is suffering from deterioration so you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how alive and colourful the corals are in Aqaba.  

There are a few ways to get to there, none of them are entirely easy but it’s worth the journey.  From Egypt you can catch a ferry from Nuweiba to Aqaba, a journey that should only take just over an hour can sometimes take all day due to constant delays.  You can go overland from Egypt, but you need to go through Israel and if you get this stamp you won’t be able to visit Syria or Lebanon in the future, until you get a new passport.  The other way is to fly into the capital Amman and bus it down, a four hour journey with either JETT or Trust bus companies.

If you want to stay on the beach then head 15 minutes south of the city to some of the small hotels and resorts along the coast.  There’s nothing really there other than hotels (usually with their own restaurant) but it’s really pretty so just take some supplies with you from town.  You can find lovely hotels in the city centre, hostels as well, but Aqaba is a city so you won’t really get that holiday feel you might be after.  There are a few dive centres dotted about the city and most have an affiliation with the hotels, but the resorts in the south are mostly dive resorts with their own centres. 

All of the snorkelling is off the shore so it’s easy to hire a mask and snorkel and do it yourself, or there are boat trips if you prefer lunch and a trip on the ocean.  There are frequent buses from the town to the southern beaches.  All of the diving is off the shore as well so it’s pretty easy, hassle free and good for any certification level.

(By Kelly Luckman) 

 

 

  • Night diving

    Night diving
  • Great friends

    Great friends
  • 26672

    26672
  • The Cedar Pride

    The Cedar Pride
  • Our guest

    Our guest
  • SeaBreeze Boat 2019

    SeaBreeze Boat 2019
  • 26688

    26688
  • Open water course with instructor Ricky

    Open water course with instructor Ricky
  • 26684

    26684
  • 26667

    26667
  • Enjoying on the redsea

    Enjoying on the redsea
  • Cedar Pride

    Cedar Pride
  • 26678

    26678
  • 26674

    26674