The Red Sea in Egypt is a highly sought-after diving destination, with over 300 dive sites accessible by shore or daily boat, as well as top-ranking spots and marine parks accessible only by liveaboard. The Red Sea is known for its healthy reefs, featuring over 300 different types of corals and a great variety of landscapes, such as small and big reefs, shallow and drop-off areas, hard coral gardens, soft coral drop-off walls, caverns, and wrecks. The underwater visibility is excellent, ranging from 20 to 30 meters throughout the year. The Red Sea is home to over 2,000 fish species, from micro and small pelagic to big pelagic, including sharks and mantas. The sea’s mild to medium currents and weather conditions make diving comfortable year-round, with flat sea conditions most weeks of the year. The best time to dive in the Red Sea is from April to December, offering the most comfortable water temperature, best visibility, and opportunities for big marine life sightings.
North Tiran
Wrecks and northern national park
North Tiran Dahab
Far north + Dahab coasts
This is a great mix of the northern part of the Egyptian Red Sea with the best wrecks and beautiful reefs. Also, don’t miss the exceptional dive in the Blue Hole on the top of the Sinai mountain and the local Bedouin lifestyle which can be experienced when visiting the coast of Dahab.
North Brothers
Wrecks & sharks
Explore the famous wrecks of the North Brothers along with the stunning northern reefs of Ras Mohammed National Park. Dive with the sharks and big pelagics of Brothers Islands which is known for its unique drop-off soft coral walls and a high chance of thresher shark sightings and other shark encounters.
Deep south
Discover the magical underwater world of St. John’s, Egypt. Liveaboards offer spectacular views of walls full of gorgonias, black coral, and soft corals, as well as big pelagics such as Tuna, barracuda, napoleon wrasse, sharks, and dolphins.
rocky Zabargad
Deep south national parks
Take a dive into the Red Sea and explore Rocky & Zabargad Islands! Liveaboards to this paradise will normally take you to a breath taking underwater landscape such as cavren dives, soft corals, hard coral garden, and good chance for turtles, and shark encounters. With possibility of shark sighting in specific time of the year.
Daedalus , Rocky , Zabargad ( DRZ)
Big coral walls and big pelagic
Explore the whole southern part of the Red Sea of Egypt, including its marine parks and the diversity of the underwater world. Every day, discover a new area with its own unique taste.
Daedaluse, Fury shoul
Sataya, Abu El Kizan
Experience the best mix of sharks and big pelagics at Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone Reef with amazing landscapes and coral gardens. Also, explore the famous cavern dive at Shaab Claudio and the dolphin house in Sataya, Fury Shoal area.
BDE
Sharks golden triangle
For action dives, drop-offs, and shark sightings, the Sharks Golden Triangle tour is perfect. It offers the best combination of drop-off walls covered with soft corals, gorgonian corals, and thousands of anthias fish. Encounter hammerhead schools, thresher sharks, mantas, silky sharks, gray reef sharks, and oceanic white-tip sharks.
Facts About Egypt
Population: approx. 109 million
Capital: Cairo, approx. 9 million, Giza 4 millions
Language: The official language is Arabic
Religion: Islam (majority 84%), Coptic Cristian’s (15%), others 1%
Currency: Egyptian Pound (EGP in denominations of 200, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 (also as coin).
Electricity: Egypt has a 220V / 50Hz electrical system, with two plug types: Plug type C and plug type F.
Phone: If you want a SIM card you can buy one either at the airport or in most bigger towns a card of Orange or Vodafone. You will need to show your passport and make sure that your phone is unlocked before your trip to Egypt.
Airport: Our trips leave either from Hurghada Marina or Port Ghalib. Closest international airports: Hurghada and Marsa Alam
Egypt is the second biggest country Africa’s and has the largest, most densely settled population among the Arab countries. It has one of the longest histories of any country, tracing its heritage along the Nile Delta back to the 6th–4th millennia BCE. Egypt is located on the northeast corner of the African continent. It is bordered by Libya to the West, Sudan to the South, the Red Sea to the East, and the Mediterranean Sea to the North. The country is divided into 27 governorates, wherefrom the complete region around the Red Sea counts as one governorate, except the gulf of Aqaba. Egypt’s beaches on the Mediterranean and the Red Sea extend to over 3,000 kilometres which is just “wow”.
Learning a few words and phrases in Arabic will help you to get along and locals appreciate it. Like “al salam alaykom” (hello), “shukran” (thank you”, “aywa“ (yes) “la” (no) and “ma’ al-salama” (goodbye)
Food
Egyptian cuisine relies heavily on legume and vegetable dishes. Although food in Alexandria and the coast of Egypt tends to use a great deal of fish and other seafood, for the most part Egyptian cuisine is based on foods that grow out of the ground. Meat has been very expensive for most Egyptians throughout history, so a great number of vegetarian dishes have been developed. However, being a guest on board of a liveaboard or in a hotel you will always have meat and chicken as choices at the buffet.
Some consider Koshary (a mixture of rice, lentils, and macaroni) to be the National Dish.
Visa
Most nationalities can buy their visa upon arrival at the airport or an e-visa online. The visa itself costs 25$ and is valid 30 days. Check ahead:
Climate
Egypt’s climate is predominantly hot and dry, with very little rainfall throughout the year. The country experiences two main seasons: a hot summer and a mild winter. The summer season runs from May to September, with temperatures ranging from 32°C to 40°C in most parts of the country. Along the Red Sea in the winter months the days are still hot and warm, but at night it might be windy. Consider taking a sweater or hoodie with you.
Water temperatures range between 22 (January – March) 23-25 (April) 26+ (May – November), December will still be around 24/25.
Sightseeing
If you have time before or after your liveaboard trip, we can highly recommend you a visit to the ancient Egyptian history either to explore some of the majestic temples in Luxor, a Nubian village in Aswan or the pyramids in Cairo (Giza). There are also nice hotels spread all along the Red Sea where you can add an additional few days or week exploring more from the beautiful underwater world of the Red Sea.
