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14 regions, north to south.

The atlas is organised around the six stretches of Egyptian Red Sea coast that divers actually plan trips around. Each one has its own character — pelagic-fed walls, accessible shore dives, wreck corridors, deep-water liveaboard reefs.

Daedalus
Abu el Kizan — hammerhead reef
4 sites
Daedalus
Dahab
Shore-diving capital — Blue Hole & Canyon
16 sites
Dahab
N/A
Lagoon resort gateway to the northern reefs
12 sites
El Gouna
N/A
Historic port with untouched house reefs
8 sites
El Quseir
N/A
Remote far south & the Fury Shoals
18 sites
Hamata
Hurghada
Mainland hub — reefs, pinnacles & dolphins
21 sites
Hurghada
Marsa Alam
Dugongs, dolphins & Elphinstone
15 sites
Marsa Alam
N/A
Bedouin coast of the Gulf of Aqaba
8 sites
Nuweiba
N/A
Panorama Reef & the Salem Express
21 sites
Safaga
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Mohammed & the Straits of Tiran
23 sites
Sharm El-Sheikh
St John's
Egypt's southernmost reef complex
14 sites
St John's
Strait of Gubal
The Red Sea's wreck corridor
18 sites
Strait of Gubal
Taba
Egypt's northern frontier on the Gulf of Aqaba
10 sites
Taba
The Brothers
Big & Little Brother — offshore shark walls
6 sites
The Brothers
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