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Visit Egypts most popular dive sites

Diving the Red Sea in Egypt is as alluring and ancient as this country’s culture. Whether you want to stay at one of the quaint sea-side towns for day diving excursions or join a liveaboard venture out to seemingly untouched reefs, Egypt offers it all. Egypt’s reefs are teeming with marine life, and there is no shortage of fascinating wrecks to explore. And if you love sharks, this is the place for you! The Red Sea has become famous for oceanic whitetip shark dives. Conditions are ideal for beginner divers to the most technical with calm and clear conditions year-round. Explore all that diving in Egypt has to offer.

Coral Garden / Gassous Bay

Nice house reef with a north and south side. Easy access from the beach. No boat traffic! No current and diveable in any weather. Night and early morning dives are possible daily!

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Gordon Reef

Gordon reef is most famous for the wreck of the “Loullia” which ran aground on the northern end of the reef in 1981. This dive can be done as either a drift or a mooring dive, mooring on the southern side of the reef.

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Shaab Samadai / Dolphin House

Shoaab Samaday, also known as Dolphin House, is a protected area by the Egyptian environment authorities. The crescent formation of the reef and shallow water has, over the time, attracted bottlenose dolphins to use it as a rest location. This dive is perfect for entry level divers and snorkelers alike.

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Elphinstone Reef

This is one of the most famous dive site in Egypt. The Elphinstone Reef is full of healthy corals, magnificent clear blue water, and rich marine life. It is also a great destination to see your first shark.

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Blue Hole, Dahab

Located 12km North of Dahab, the famous Blue hole dive site is a large submarine sinkhole, 150m across and 110m deep. The dive can start or end at the blue Hole as you can enter the water north of the sink hole at Ells Bells and multi level your dive to end at the blue hole.

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Little Brother

Brothers Island, or El Akhawen, is a “must dive“ for every diver that visits Egypt. This dive site can be reached only via liveaboard boats. The location contains two islands, the small and the big island. This is a more advanced dive as it can have strong currents and deep drop-offs with lots of shark sightings.

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SS Thistlegorm (Wreck)

This is one of the most famous wrecks in the world. This site is suitable only for advanced divers and EAN is highly recommended. on a trip there you do at least 2 dives, inside and outside around. The bridge rises up to 17 m.

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Abu Dabab II

Reef and coral garden in front of Abu Dabbab Bay. Beautiful cave with bright light inside. Small and old wreck beautifully covered with soft corals. Approachable by zodiac.

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Shark & Yolanda Reef

The most famous site in Ras Mohammed. There are many ways to dive the site so there is something for everyone here. Shark Reef, Yolanda Reef, and Satellite Reef make up the 3 pinnacles. On Yolanda Reef you can find toilets and a mast laying around from the sunken Yolanda wreck.

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Featured Dive Destinations

County Cork

The coastline of Cork and all of southwest Ireland offer numerous diving opportunities.

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Curacao

Expect colorful coral reefs only a short swim from land and abundant underwater life in Curacao.

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The coral reefs around the Andaman Islands are isolated and are mostly untouched which provides for a great sampling of some of the best marine life.

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Oshikoto

Diving in Oshikoto you will find the rare Tilapia guinasana, a mouth-breeding species that is unique to this region.

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Inhambane

Different spots in Mozambique to explore include stunning shallow reefs, many shipwrecks, deep caverns, and even stunning pinnacles.

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New Caledonia

Sitting in the Coral Sea between Australia and Fiji, New Caledonia is a French collectivity consisting of a small group of islands and offers great diving.

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Red Sea

The Red Sea, one of the saltiest seas in the world, is located between Africa and Asia and covers around 438,000 km2 (169,100 mi2).

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Yucatán Peninsula

Diving in the Yucatan Peninsula is a thrilling experience from wall diving and countless swim-throughs to colourful reefs.

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Honshu

Diving in Honshu offers a variety of sites be it ocean, river, or lake.

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Malindi

Malindi boasts with shorelines of beautiful sandy beacheas and offshore corals and bays full of marine life that are every divers’ dream.

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Explore underwater life

Aquatic life under our oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams is amazing! From microscopic zooplankton to the largest animal on earth, the blue whale, underwater life comes in all possible shapes and sizes. With 71% of the earth being covered with water, it is no wonder we are so fascinated with what lies beneath the surface. In fact, scientists estimate that there are nearly 1 million different species of aquatic animals. Freshwater ecosystems are home mainly to fish, invertebrates, and reptiles, whereas the ocean contains a wide array of marine life including fish, mollusks, crustaceans, reptiles, sharks, and marine mammals like whales, dolphins, seals, and manatees.

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