All dive sites

194 sites, plotted.

Daedalus
East Side / Lighthouse Reef

Pristine eastern slope beneath the iron lighthouse

Intermediate 530m
Daedalus
North Plateau (Anemone City)

Hammerhead highway over a carpet of anemones

Advanced 1040m
Daedalus
South Plateau

Coral gardens and big-fish action in the blue

Advanced 840m
Daedalus
West Wall

Sheer drop-off draped in soft corals and gorgonians

Advanced 540m
Dahab
Abu Talha

Rolling coral hills and a deep-diving canyon

Advanced 639m
Dahab
Bannerfish Bay

A sheltered town bay full of bannerfish

Novice 118m
Dahab
Bells

A bell-shaped chimney and the entry to the Blue Hole wall

Advanced 530m
Dahab
Blue Hole

Dahab's legendary submarine sinkhole and the Arch

Advanced 5120m
Dahab
Canyon

A dramatic underwater crevice carved into the reef

Advanced 1230m
Dahab
Caves

Shallow coral overhangs and a cavern system

Intermediate 425m
Dahab
Eel Garden

A sandy slope alive with garden eels

Novice 525m
Dahab
Gabr el Bint

A remote, pristine wall reached by boat or camel

Intermediate 540m
Dahab
Golden Blocks

Stacked coral blocks glowing gold in the sun

Novice 422m
Dahab
Islands

A labyrinth of coral towers and sandy lagoons

Intermediate 322m
Dahab
Lighthouse

Dahab's central house reef and training bay

Novice 125m
Dahab
Moray Garden

A colourful coral garden entered through a lagoon

Novice 524m
Dahab
Ras Abu Galum

A protected wilderness reef north of the Blue Hole

Intermediate 530m
Dahab
Ras Abu Helal

A headland reef of pinnacles and soft coral

Intermediate 426m
Dahab
Three Pools

Sandy lagoon pools fringed by coral gardens

Novice 220m
Dahab
Umm Sid

A coral wall and slope at Dahab's southern edge

Intermediate 528m
El Gouna
El Fanadir North

Long drift wall fringing the El Gouna coast

Novice 522m
El Gouna
El Fanadir South

Macro-rich coral slope and pinnacles

Novice 525m
El Gouna
El Gouna House Reef

Sheltered training reef off the resort jetties

Novice 212m
El Gouna
Manta Point

Outer reef plateau with seasonal mantas

Intermediate 825m
El Gouna
Poseidon Garden

Lagoon coral garden of giant table corals

Novice 514m
El Gouna
Sachwa Abu Galawa

Coral towers and swim-throughs north of El Gouna

Novice 316m
El Gouna
Shaab Abu Nugar

Cluster of lagoon ergs and a dolphin playground

Novice 416m
El Gouna
Shaab El Erg (Dolphin House)

Horseshoe reef with resident bottlenose dolphins

Novice 518m
El Gouna
Shabroah Siyul (Blind Reef)

Submerged offshore reef with a current-swept wall

Advanced 1240m
El Gouna
Siyul Kebira (Big Siyul)

Low island with glassfish pinnacle and leopard sharks

Intermediate 522m
El Gouna
Siyul Soraya (Small Siyul)

Sheltered lagoon reef with narrow channel entry

Novice 418m
El Gouna
Um Halhala

Remote northern reef of the Siyul group

Intermediate 628m
El Quseir
Abu Humra (Shaab Abu Hamra)

Long reef with twin plateaus for big fish

Advanced 840m
El Quseir
Abu Sawatir

El Quseir shore reef with coral pinnacles

Novice 225m
El Quseir
El Kaf (El-Kahf)

Light-pierced canyon south of El Quseir

Intermediate 630m
El Quseir
El Quadim Bay (Sirena Beach House Reef)

Movenpick's living lagoon and signature shore reef

Novice 540m
El Quseir
El Quseir Wall (El Quadim Drop-off)

Vertical fringing wall plunging into the deep

Intermediate 1040m
El Quseir
Mangrove Bay

One of the oldest, gentlest reefs on the coast

Novice 425m
El Quseir
Rock (El Quseir)

Anemone city minutes from the marina

Intermediate 530m
El Quseir
Serib Kebir (Zerib Kebir)

Labyrinth of coral caverns and gardens

Intermediate 528m
Hamata
Abu Galawa Kebir (Tienstin Wreck)

1943 Shanghai-built tugboat on the reef

Novice 418m
Hamata
Abu Galawa Soraya

Sailing-yacht wreck full of glassfish

Novice 624m
Hamata
Atlas Wreck

Ras Banas – Greek cargo wreck on the reef

Advanced 530m
Hamata
Dahret Wadi El Gemal

Dahara sandy slope and coral pinnacles

Novice 520m
Hamata
Fury Shoal Garden

Fury Shoals coral pinnacle garden

Intermediate 1621m
Hamata
Gota Sataya

The garden of Fury Shoals

Novice 524m
Hamata
Habili Abu Diab

Offshore chain of coral ergs on sand

Advanced 330m
Hamata
Habili Radir

Offshore submerged pinnacle plateau

Advanced 340m
Hamata
Qulaan Mangrove Islands (Wadi el Gemal)

Mangrove lagoons, seagrass and dugongs

Novice 112m
Hamata
Sataya (Dolphin Reef)

Large horseshoe reef and lagoon at the south of Fury Shoal

Intermediate 530m
Hamata
Sataya Reef (Dolphin House)

Spinner dolphin lagoon at the south of Fury Shoals

Intermediate 530m
Hamata
Sha'ab Claudia (Claudio)

Sunlit caves and canyons

Intermediate 420m
Hamata
Shaab Claudio

Cathedrals of light caves and swim-throughs

Intermediate 418m
Hamata
Shaab Hammam

"Stairway to Heaven" reef with arch

Intermediate 530m
Hamata
Sha'ab Maksur

Exposed drop-off and pelagic plateau

Advanced 540m
Hamata
Sha'ab Malahi

Playground of canyons and caverns

Intermediate 624m
Hamata
Sha'ab Sernaka

Coral garden plateau with turtles

Novice 522m
Hamata
Shiriniat

Wadi El Gemal reef with coral pinnacle field

Intermediate 1218m
Hurghada
Abu Hashish

Fringing reef with lagoon and drop-off

Intermediate 522m
Hurghada
Abu Ramada (North & South)

Coral towers and a fish-rich plateau

Intermediate 1030m
Hurghada
Banana Reef

North Hurghada offshore ergs

Intermediate 515m
Hurghada
Ben El Gebel

North Hurghada reef with overhangs

Intermediate 815m
Hurghada
Big Giftun (Erg Diana / Sha'ab Sabina)

Drop-offs and drifts off Hurghada's signature island

Intermediate 530m
Hurghada
Carless Reef

Twin pinnacles and pelagic action northeast of Giftun

Advanced 1240m
Hurghada
El Aruk

Shallow coral ergs on sand

Novice 512m
Hurghada
El Fanadir

Long sheltered wall just north of Hurghada

Intermediate 530m
Hurghada
El Mina

Egyptian minesweeper wreck, Hurghada harbour

Advanced 1730m
Hurghada
Erg Somaya

A single tall pinnacle teeming with life

Intermediate 825m
Hurghada
Excalibur Wreck

Coral-draped twin-mast wreck on a sandy bottom

Novice 1422m
Hurghada
Gota Abu Ramada (The Aquarium)

Hurghada's natural aquarium of swarming fish

Novice 518m
Hurghada
Makadi Bay

Shore bay with reef wall

Intermediate 115m
Hurghada
Ras Disha

Reef point with cavern and beacon

Intermediate 320m
Hurghada
Sha'ab El Erg (Dolphin House)

Horseshoe reef famous for wild spinner dolphins

Novice 420m
Hurghada
Shaab Ishta

Magawish area reef with caves

Intermediate 410m
Hurghada
Shaab Petra

Shallow coral tables on sand

Novice 58m
Hurghada
Shabruhr Umm Gamar

Long reef with caves, ergs and a small wreck

Intermediate 524m
Hurghada
Small Giftun (Erg Giftun / Erg Gigi)

Pinnacle gardens on a shallow coral plateau

Novice 520m
Hurghada
Turtle Bay

Sheltered shallow bays and lagoons

Novice 112m
Hurghada
Umm Gamar

Crescent island wall with southern pinnacles

Intermediate 835m
Marsa Alam
Abu Dabbab

Seagrass bay famous for dugongs and giant green turtles

Novice 318m
Marsa Alam
Abu Dabbab III (Erg)

Offshore coral pinnacle north of Abu Dabbab bay

Intermediate 826m
Marsa Alam
Elphinstone Reef

Legendary offshore wall with hammerheads and oceanic whitetips

Advanced 1840m
Marsa Alam
Erg Samadai (Caves & Pinnacles)

Light-filled coral pinnacles and swim-throughs at Samadai's outer reef

Intermediate 525m
Marsa Alam
Habili Lahmi

Twin reef tables with dramatic drop-off (NW Fury Shoal)

Advanced 530m
Marsa Alam
Hamada Wreck (Abu Ghusun)

Shallow cargo wreck in a sheltered southern bay

Intermediate 518m
Marsa Alam
Mangarof

Mangrove Bay sloping reef with coral heads on sand

Novice 120m
Marsa Alam
Marsa Egla (Coral Garden)

Easy house-reef bay with a rich coral garden

Novice 316m
Marsa Alam
Marsa Mubarak

Sheltered bay with seagrass, turtles and twin coral fingers

Novice 416m
Marsa Alam
Marsa Shouna

Easy reef bay with rich coral fingers and seahorses

Novice 418m
Marsa Alam
Samadai (Dolphin House)

Protected horseshoe reef with a resident spinner dolphin pod

Novice 630m
Marsa Alam
Shaab Ghadir Soghayr

Habili Ghadir lagoon reef with surrounding coral pinnacles

Intermediate 545m
Marsa Alam
Sha'ab Marsa Alam

Offshore reef plateau with ergs and pelagic action

Intermediate 830m
Marsa Alam
Shaab Sharm

Offshore plateau reef (Gota Sharm) south of Marsa Alam

Advanced 530m
Marsa Alam
Sharm El Luli (Ras Hankorab)

Pristine white-sand bay with shallow coral gardens

Novice 314m
Nuweiba
Abu Lou Lou (Hilton House Reef)

Easy shore house reef rich in macro life

Novice 220m
Nuweiba
Bawaki

Twin-tower coral pinnacles and lagoon

Novice 322m
Nuweiba
El Hibeq (Sinker)

Coral garden with a sunken concrete sinker

Novice 422m
Nuweiba
Labyrinth

Maze of coral channels and swim-throughs

Intermediate 318m
Nuweiba
Maharat Seagrass Bay

Shallow seagrass meadow with turtles and seahorses

Novice 112m
Nuweiba
MFO (Maagana)

Sloping reef near the MFO base

Novice 324m
Nuweiba
Ras Shaitan (Devil's Head)

Underwater canyon labyrinth north of Nuweiba

Intermediate 530m
Nuweiba
Stone House (Ras Mamlah)

Remote fringing reef and coral wall

Intermediate 430m
Safaga
Abu Kafan

Steep walls and the best drift in Safaga

Advanced 540m
Safaga
Canyon Reef (Sharm El Naga)

Sandy canyon and coral plateau by zodiac

Novice 525m
Safaga
Gamul Kebir

Coral outcrops and reef-fish diversity

Intermediate 618m
Safaga
Gamul Soraya

Easy round coral block morning dive

Novice 518m
Safaga
Hal Hal

Twin coral ergs on a sandy plateau

Novice 216m
Safaga
Middle Reef

Swiss-cheese coral maze and wild drift

Advanced 527m
Safaga
Panorama Reef

Sweeping plateaus and gorgonian walls

Advanced 540m
Safaga
Ras Abu Soma

Soma Bay headland just minutes from shore

Novice 530m
Safaga
Ras Umm Hesiwa

Coral-head slope off a sandy headland

Advanced 140m
Safaga
Sadana Island Wreck

18th-century merchantman with porcelain cargo

Advanced 3048m
Safaga
Salem Express

Tragic pilgrim ferry wreck and maritime grave

Advanced 1230m
Safaga
Shaab Claude

Chain of small reefs south of Shaab Sheer

Intermediate 518m
Safaga
Shaab Humdallah

Cluster of ergs with a tunnel

Intermediate 118m
Safaga
Shaab Saiman

Shore reef with a deep canyon

Intermediate 235m
Safaga
Shaab Sheer

Kilometre-long horseshoe coral garden

Intermediate 530m
Safaga
Sharm El Naga

Pool-calm bay and pristine shore house reef

Novice 330m
Safaga
Soma Bay House Reef (Breaker's)

Twin shore-access coral gardens

Novice 318m
Safaga
Tobia Arba'a (Seven Pinnacles)

Seven coral towers in a sandy lagoon

Novice 515m
Safaga
Tobia Kebir

Large oval reef for all levels

Novice 518m
Safaga
Tobia Soraya

Twin parallel reefs and ergs

Intermediate 518m
Safaga
Tobya Hamra

Coral heads around a low rocky islet

Intermediate 335m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Anemone City

A carpet of anemones and clownfish

Intermediate 1025m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Eel Garden (Ras Mohammed)

Garden eel colony on the sandy plateau

Novice 522m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Far Garden

The most distant of Naama's gardens

Intermediate 530m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Gordon Reef

Southernmost Tiran reef and the Loullia wreck

Intermediate 530m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Jackfish Alley

Caves, canyons and hunting jacks

Intermediate 530m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Jackson Reef

Northernmost Tiran reef with shark drifts

Advanced 540m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Laguna (Tiran)

Sheltered lagoon dive in the strait

Novice 420m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Middle Garden

Coral heads on a sandy slope

Novice 420m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Near Garden

Naama Bay's closest reef garden

Novice 420m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Bob

Gentle coral slope near Sharm

Novice 418m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Ghozlani

Pristine coral garden of Ras Mohammed

Novice 525m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Katy

Sheltered bay reef near the marina

Novice 420m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Nasrani

Drift wall facing the Tiran channel

Intermediate 530m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Umm Sid

The famous gorgonian forest

Intermediate 530m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Ras Za'atar

Soft-coral wall at the park gateway

Intermediate 540m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Shark Observatory

Towering wall beneath the cliff

Advanced 840m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Shark & Yolanda Reef

Ras Mohammed's legendary double pinnacle

Advanced 540m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Small Crack (Ras Mohammed)

Mangrove channel swim-through

Novice 215m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Temple

Pinnacles and a training favourite

Novice 420m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Thomas Reef

The Canyon and richest Tiran coral

Advanced 840m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Tower

A dramatic vertical shaft in the reef

Intermediate 540m
Sharm El-Sheikh
White Knight

Gorgonian canyon south of Sharm

Intermediate 635m
Sharm El-Sheikh
Woodhouse Reef

Long drift between Jackson and Thomas

Advanced 1040m
St John's
Abu Fandira

Deep-south coral pinnacle field (Fasma)

Intermediate 520m
St John's
Big Gota

Sprawling reef with caverns and coral blocks

Novice 425m
St John's
Dangerous Reef

Horseshoe reef and shark-rich shallows

Intermediate 530m
St John's
Gota Kebir

Large reef with tunnels and twin plateaus

Intermediate 530m
St John's
Gota Soraya

Steep walls and pinnacles in the central reefs

Intermediate 535m
St John's
Habili Ali

Southernmost soft-coral pinnacle with pelagic action

Advanced 540m
St John's
Habili Gaffar

Central submerged reef rising from the deep blue

Advanced 440m
St John's
Paradise Reef

St Johns sandy lagoon reef (Abu Diab)

Novice 317m
St John's
Ras Toronbi

Southern headland with shallow coral gardens

Intermediate 116m
St John's
Rocky Island

Egypt's southernmost reef, current-swept walls

Advanced 540m
St John's
Shaab Abu Basala

St Johns table reef with current and sharks

Advanced 1230m
St John's
Umm Aruk

Mother of coral towers — pinnacle forest

Intermediate 525m
St John's
Umm Khararim

St John's Caves — cathedral of light tunnels

Intermediate 520m
St John's
Zabargad Island

Far-south liveaboard island with two wrecks

Advanced 530m
Strait of Gubal
Bluff Point (Gubal Island)

Drift wall, lighthouse reef and a hidden barge

Novice 525m
Strait of Gubal
Carnatic

Victorian 'wine wreck' lost in 1869

Intermediate 1827m
Strait of Gubal
Chrisoula K

The 'tile wreck' of Abu Nuhas

Intermediate 427m
Strait of Gubal
Dunraven (Beacon Rock)

Capsized Victorian steamer at Sha'ab Mahmoud

Intermediate 1530m
Strait of Gubal
El Malk

Sloping fringing reef off Gubal Island

Intermediate 120m
Strait of Gubal
Giannis D

Iconic broken freighter at Abu Nuhas

Advanced 527m
Strait of Gubal
Kimon M

The 'lentil wreck' of Abu Nuhas

Advanced 1632m
Strait of Gubal
Kingston (Sarah H)

Victorian steamship wreck on Shag Rock, Sha'ab Ali

Advanced 920m
Strait of Gubal
Rosalie Moller

Deep, intact WWII collier for experienced divers

Technical 3550m
Strait of Gubal
Rosalie Moller Wreck

Deep WWII coal steamer near Gubal, the Thistlegorm's sister wreck

Technical 3055m
Strait of Gubal
Sha'ab Abu Nuhas (Reef)

The reef that has wrecked more ships than any other

Intermediate 530m
Strait of Gubal
Sha'ab Ali

Vast shallow reef system sheltering the Thistlegorm

Novice 520m
Strait of Gubal
Sha'ab Onghosh

Reef with canyon and pinnacles in the Strait of Gubal

Intermediate 122m
Strait of Gubal
Shadwan Island

Remote drift walls off the Red Sea's largest island

Advanced 840m
Strait of Gubal
Small Crack

Reef channel dive on Sha'ab Mahmoud

Intermediate 122m
Strait of Gubal
SS Thistlegorm

The world's most famous WWII wreck dive

Advanced 1632m
Strait of Gubal
The Alternatives

Coral pinnacle field at Sha'ab el-Utath, Sha'ab Mahmoud

Intermediate 125m
Strait of Gubal
Ulysses

Victorian steam-and-sail wreck near Gubal

Intermediate 528m
Taba
Angel's Net

Coral heads with reliable giant frogfish encounters

Novice 520m
Taba
Aquarium

Shallow coral pinnacle field teeming with reef fish

Novice 418m
Taba
Fjord

Sheltered cliff-walled bay with the famous Fjord Hole

Intermediate 524m
Taba
Marsa El Muqabila

Coral-rich plateau with groupers, anthias and eagle rays

Novice 625m
Taba
Maxwell's Reef

Active reef of coral pinnacles and dense orange anthias

Intermediate 626m
Taba
Pharaoh's Island (Coral Island)

Crusader-castle islet ringed by reefs and Picasso Reef

Intermediate 530m
Taba
Ras Amira

Sandy seabed with small coral pinnacles, ideal for training

Novice 416m
Taba
Shab Ghamila (Radisson Reef)

Southern house reef famed for frogfish

Novice 520m
Taba
Topaz Gardens

Colourful coral gardens over a gentle slope

Novice 520m
Taba
Zak's Tables

Sandy slope dotted with large table corals

Novice 522m
The Brothers
Aida II Wreck

Egyptian supply ship clinging to the eastern wall

Advanced 2565m
The Brothers
Big Brother North Plateau

Current-swept point above the wrecks

Advanced 540m
The Brothers
Big Brother South Plateau

Sheltered wall dive with anemone gardens

Intermediate 540m
The Brothers
Little Brother East Wall

Gorgonian forest and patrolling sharks

Advanced 540m
The Brothers
Little Brother West Wall

Sheltered reef with thresher and silky sharks

Advanced 540m
The Brothers
Numidia Wreck

The legendary deep cargo wreck of Big Brother

Advanced 880m