Red Sea Diving
28°30.309′ N – 34°31.199′ E the population of Garden eels (Gorgasia sillneri) and are the main attraction for scuba divers. Eel Gardens is situated about 1.5 kilometres north of Lighthouse in the Assalah bay to which it is connected by a pedestrian walkway surrounding the bay. Access by vehicle is allowed through a small internal …
Three Pools is 300 meters south of Moray Garden and is also situated just in front of a small Bedouin restaurant. The sea entry is marked by a big signboard that details the diving topography of the site. Its name derives from three real natural pools formed in the reef plate that have a sandy …
28°28.250′ N – 34°30.456′ E This site is situated a few hundred meters from the Islands by the sandy tongue that borders the north of the El-Qura bay, and in front of the huge tourist hotel structures built on the other side of the bay. The area is called Laguna (‘Lagoon’) and also comprises a …
28°25.000′ N – 34°27.364′ E The Caves is the last of the series of sites on the southern coast of El-Qura bay, before Gabr el-Bint and 2.2 kilometres south of Three Pools. The entry, which is not marked by any sign, is in front of a small Bedouin restaurant at a crack in the reef …
28°33.290′ N – 34°31.260′ E The sandy lagoon has an average depth of about 3 meters and is inhabited by a rich fauna comprising of goatfish, butterflyfish, dominos and pullers and on its most he Canyon is situated 1.5 kilometers south of Blue Hole and is easily reachable from Dahab (10 kilometres) thanks to the …
28°34.364′ N – 34°32.211′ E The Blue Hole is one of the most famous diving sites in the whole the Red Sea, not because of its beauty but unfortunately because it is associated with a high number of fatal incidents. The Blue Hole is situated 12 km north of Dahab and 1.5 km north of …
29°32.535′ N – 34°30.977′ E Ras Abu Helal as Abu Helal, which means ‘Cape of the growing moon’, is situated 3 kilometres south of the Canyon. At this point, the coast actually has a slight indentation but the reef forms an underwater buttress around which diving takes place, The shore entry to the site is …
28°36.714′ N – 34°33.204′ E Ras Abu Galum is situated Ras Abu Galum can also be around 8 kilometers north reached by car (four wheel of Blue Hole with which it drives is necessary) following the is connected by a path along the track that goes off the asphalted rocky coast, a walk or camel …
28°29.941′ N – 34°31.193′ E Lighthouse is situated on parasols, sunbeds and bathers. In this way you come back to the northern point of The site embraces the extreme your starting point. the Assalah bay in the point of the bay descending An alternative route and less area known as ‘Masbat’. Despite into the blue …
which is also inhabited by most common representatives of the reef fauna as well as Napoleonfish (Cheilinus undulates), snappers (genus Lutjanus), groupers (genera Plectropomus, Cephalopholis, Variola) and Blackspotted pufferfish (Arothron stellatus). Exit through the same cleft you used for entry or alternatively swim through a small tunnel that opens at a depth of 2 meters …