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The named sites along this coast, written the way you would want them described before you book: how you get there, what the conditions actually demand, what you can reasonably expect to see, and who each site is not suitable for. Last reviewed 25 July 2026.
Before anything else
Diving emergencies do not go to a normal hospital — a suspected decompression injury needs a recompression chamber. The chamber locations and the DAN hotline are on our emergency contacts page. Check them before your first dive, not after.
A shallow seagrass bay north of Marsa Alam, the coast’s most reliable place to see dugongs and green turtles — and one of its easiest shore dives.
Hurghada’s house reefs: a cluster of sheltered sites in a protected area, where most of the coast’s divers make their first Red Sea dive.
A horseshoe reef north of Hurghada with a resident pod of spinner dolphins — the coast’s most likely dolphin encounter, and an easy dive in its own right.
Two pinnacles north-east of Giftun with a dramatic drop-off, long known for moray eels and for currents that decide the dive plan.
A shallow reef at the mouth of the Gulf of Suez that has claimed at least four ships — the Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K and Kimon M — all divable in a day.
The Red Sea’s most famous offshore reef: a narrow wall running north to south off Marsa Alam, known for oceanic whitetips and hammerheads — and for currents that make it an advanced dive.
A British armed merchant ship sunk by air attack in 1941, still holding its wartime cargo of motorcycles, trucks and rifles. Widely considered one of the best wreck dives in the world.
Two isolated islands far offshore in the Marine Park, with sheer walls, two wrecks and the most consistent big-animal diving in Egypt.
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Every dive centre we list along the coast is in the directory, browsable by town. We do not rank them by who paid us, because nobody pays us.