Daily Diving

Our marina is located just on site to the diving center, therefore there’s no hassle transporting the equipment and no wasted time waiting. We can start the day off in a smooth way.
The boats we use are all in perfect condition, clean and fully equipped with marine radio, oxygen, first aid kit and spare equipment. There is a spacious equipment area and dive platform, salon, sun deck, shower and toilets. The Egyptian crew is known to be most friendly and helpful with taking your equipment on and off. Each day we do 2 dives in a different location and provide for lunch and drinks at a low cost.

We take care to go to different sites every day and there is always enough staff on the boat to guide you around the reefs in small groups. For those divers comfortable to dive alone, we give an elaborate briefing.

Furthermore we try to group the more experienced divers together on one boat. For groups which are big enough, a private boat can be arranged at the same cost. Friends or family who want to join the trip are most welcome.

There is also a house-reef and WRECK close to the center where you can dive by yourself with a buddy or guided by a dive guide.

Night-dives can be made from the boat, if we are with 6 divers minimum, or from the house-reef.

Interested in wrecks? You can choose to go for 1, 2 or more days up north to dive in Abu Nahass and Thistlegorm.

After the diving there’s plenty of time to relax and have a drink, sit together and discuss the days excitement on our terrace in front of the center.

All the equipment we rent out is new and we take care to keep it in a perfect condition. We have a comprehensive stock of spare parts, filters and oils in the center to perform the preventive maintenance as recommended by the manufacturers.

There is a possibility to rent photo and video cameras or to let us take pictures or film you, while you are diving. There are also scooters and semi-closed rebreathers for rent and we can provide specialty training in these areas.

For people staying in other hotels around Hurghada, there is free transportation in the morning and the evening. If you decide to stay in the Bella Vista Hotel, we arrange airport transfers for your convenience.

Click on the link for a detailed Pricelist. If you would like to have more information or you come with a group and want to know the exact price, you can fill out the info form which you find under Booking In general, there is a discount for groups and diving schools and a reduction of 10 % on all daily diving activities when you book in advance through e-mail or this webpage.

Below we have made an overview, together with some explanation, of the most important dive sites around Hurghada, from north to south.

The diving area around Hurghada exists out of numerous islands which shelter the boats from the wind on rough days. There is a big variety of dive sites. We have shallow reefs with beautiful coral gardens and huge drop offs and walls. During the last years HEPCA, the Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association, has installed mooring buoys around the reefs for their protection. A big part has also become Marine Park Area. A lot of effort is being made to keep the diving more than worth while.

Shaab El Erg
This place looks like a large horseshoe with many dive sites on all sides. The dives are shallow and the whole area is full of life, groupers, rays, unicorns... There is a possibility of seeing manta’s on the North point around February/March and a group of dolphins all year around in the lagoon.

Umm Gammar (27°21.155’N, 33°54.550’E)
This island is surrounded by good dive sites. To the south there is a plateau with 3 small ergs on the corner, covered in glass fish. On the plateau itself, you will encounter napoleons, morays, batfishes and an occasional turtle. Towards the east and the west there are amazing drift dives to do, where white tips pass by from time to time and with a lot of caves along the wall. On the northern tip there is a wonderful coral garden, but this place is only accessible in very good weather.

Shaab Ruhr Umm Gammar (27°11.550’N, 33°54.550’E)
This reef lies 1km south of Umm Gammar and offers 2 good dives. Make a drift on the east side where the slope is steep and drops to great depths, with possibilities of encountering reef sharks and big sized groupers. Or you make a dive on the south plateau with the wreck and drop off beyond it.

Careless Reef (27°18.700’N, 33°56.200’E)
This offshore reef consist of 2 big pinnacles rising from a shallow plateau, surrounded by walls rising from the deep. As the area is unprotected, this reef can only be reached in good weather.
In the north, the drop off is packed with coral and in the south, the plateau has small pinnacles of coral. The whole place swarms with fish of all types, giant morays as well as white tips and huge groupers.

Fanadir Island
El Fanadir is a long reef running from north to south. The reef wall drops from the surface to 12m. Along this wall you will find almost all the small fishes and other creatures which are present in the Red Sea. The sandy slope which is more or less 50m wide is not so interesting. The drop off which starts around 25 m goes down to more than 50m and if you’re lucky you might see a manta or hammerhead passing by.

Shaab Abu Nugar
This long T-shaped reef has a shallow plateau to the west with numerous small ergs to the east. Diving takes place on the south-east ergs, Shaab Iris and Abu Nugar. Some parts of this reef are perfect for beginners while other parts offer superb shallow diving. The reef is composed of a variety of hard corals.

El Fanous East
This narrow strip of reef surrounds a large lagoon. On its east side, a wide channel splits the reef from the mainland and on its slopes, you'll find a coral garden and 3 colourful pinnacles. It's not uncommon to see dolphins here, so look around.

El Fanous West
The other end of the reef has 2 main ergs and several smaller pinnacles off its west end. There is a nice drift dive to make here or, you can follow the reef wall and explore the coral gardens full with life. Look also here for the dolphins.

Turtle Bay
Going down, head for the channel and as you come to the reef wall, ascend carefully to about 3m and cross over. Following the wall and on the outside you can cross over again where you will find a lagoon, full with beautiful coral and fish. There are morays, barracudas, groupers and even a turtle to find.

Wreck of El Minya
This Egyptian minesweeper, sunk around 1969 by Israeli fighter planes, lies close to the harbour at a depth of maximum 30m. The current can be quite strong and the visibility poor, which gives the wreck a ghostly look. The wreck is 70m long so there is plenty of time to explore everything into detail, including the blast hole on the starboard, which can be penetrated. The hole is full with glass fish and above the wreck are schools of jacks and small barracudas.

Stone Beach (Hamda)
Hamda is situated on the northeast side of Big Giftung. The reef wall drops to about 15m to a slope, ranging from 15m to the drop off at around 30m. The drop off goes down to more than 50m. However, most of the life and coral is to be found above 15m. Look also out to the big blue where you’ll find triggerfish, tuna, snapper, barracudas and even sharks and turtles.

Ben El Gebel
Ben El Gebel means ‘between the mountains’ and lies between Big and Small Giftung. When the boat drops you on the northern side, you can make a superb drift and have a big chance to see reef sharks and eagle rays. Otherwise you dive around the 5 ergs that are clustered at the end of the reef. At the west end of the reef you will find the first 3 ergs, of which the northern one has some beautiful gorgonians. If you swim a bit against the current to the northerly ergs, you will find plenty fish and some overhangings full with glass fishes.

Banana Reef
This y-shaped reef lies in shallow water and can be dived from both sides. There are some shallow caves on the northeast point and a stunning erg on the northwest point. The whole area is home to banner fish, puffers, emperor angelfishes and soft corals.

Shaab Sabrina
This shallow reef is best dived as a drift and is one of the most beautiful coral gardens of Hurghada. To the north you’ll find the attractive coral garden which extends north eastwards as a succession of coral ridges and sand patches. There’s also a beautiful lagoon with an entrance at 3m.

Erg Sabrina
Erg Sabrina is a small reef close to Shaab Sabrina. You can easily dive around it a couple of times and you will find gardens of coral on the east and west side and a small erg on the north side, full with glass fishes.

Small Giftun (27°11.030’N, 33°58.530’E)
Several dives can be made here, from shallow to more deep. The best one is a drift from north to south along the gorgonian wall which merges further on with an extensive plateau, ranging from 25 to 15m. Along the drop off there are occasionally turtles to be seen and sharks more early in the morning. The plateau itself is full of life, with giant morays, a bunch of napoleon fishes, crocodile fishes, rays, and all the smaller fishes.

Abu Ramada Island (27°09.784’N, 33°59.046’E)
There are many dives to do around this island. More specific, a drift dive around the steep eastern wall with big fan corals and swim-troughs, a drift dive north of the island, heading east to the drop off at 25m, where you'll find a big cave, having a chimney up to 25m. Further more you can dive on the eastern end where you’ll find some ergs with a lot of life, a small wreck at 5m, napoleon fishes, sweet lips, squid, rays, giant morays...

Gota Abu Ramada (27°08.340’N, 33°57.196’E)
This reef, also called the aquarium, is surrounded by a sandy plateau at 12-15m. You can make great dives here, either on the east side where there are a lot of pinnacles and beautiful hard coral or along the west side where there are 3 large ergs. A drift dive from the north heading south can also be done.

El Aruk
A bunch of ergs standing on a sandy seabed at 12m. At times there can be a strong current. You can dive around these ergs any way you want but take care to not get lost. The best thing to do is stay more shallow as the life and colours are more beautiful there.

Shaab Magawish
This cluster of ergs stands in 10m of water with a sand bottom surrounding them, full with small coral heads. You will find many small reef fishes here and a turtle  whose home is in a small cave on the west end of the main erg.

Ras Disha
There is a shallow plateau here where you’ll find big ergs which are superb. The most northerly has a large cavern, filled with glass fishes. Around on the bottom there are crocodile fish, stonefish, rays... To the north, past the beacon, there is also a drop off which is best done drifting.

Abu Hashish
The dive site here is at the south end of the island. You have to pass a channel to find a wonderful coral and pinnacle landscape. A drift can be made along the eastern wall with a good chance of seeing big fishes in the blue.

Sharm El Arab
This steep wall plunges from the reef table to the sand bottom, something like 50m below. There are small caves, numerous reef fish and there is a chance to spot grey reef sharks. Best done as a drift direction south.