🇪🇬 Egypt

The Red Sea coast offers some of the world's most consistent diving — Sharm el-Sheikh, Marsa Alam, Dahab — with reefs, wrecks like the SS Thistlegorm, and pelagic encounters. Liveaboards run year-round.

📖 Diving in Egypt: 258 Sites From Wrecks to Hammerheads

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3 Pools

3 Pools is a year-round Egyptian dive site with documented marine life and active community content.

Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Abu Bassala

Abu Bassala is a year-round Red Sea dive site in Egypt's Elba Protected Area, known for healthy coral and diverse marine life.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Abu Dabab 4

Abu Dabab 4 is a year-round dive site in Egypt's Red Sea, known for consistent coral health and abundant marine life.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Abu Dabab 6

Abu Dabab 6 is a year-round Egyptian dive site with healthy coral and consistent marine encounters.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Abu Bassala

Abu Bassala is a year-round Red Sea dive site in Egypt's Elba Protected Area, known for healthy coral and diverse marine life.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Abu Dabab 4

Abu Dabab 4 is a year-round dive site in Egypt's Red Sea, known for consistent coral health and abundant marine life.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Abu Dabab 6

Abu Dabab 6 is a year-round Egyptian dive site with healthy coral and consistent marine encounters.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Abu Dabbab Ithnain

Abu Dabbab Ithnain is a year-round Egyptian dive site with documented marine biodiversity and no coral bleaching stress.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Abu Galawa Kebir

Abu Galawa Kebir is a year-round Red Sea dive site in Egypt with healthy coral and strong species diversity.

Intermediate 25m Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Anemone City

Anemone City is a Red Sea dive site near Ras Muhammad offering year-round access to coral gardens and diverse marine life in Egypt's premier diving region.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Barakuda Lahami Bay

Barakuda Lahami Bay offers year-round diving in Egypt's Red Sea with healthy coral and regular barracuda sightings.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Dahab — Blue Hole (Bells entry)

Famous 100m vertical hole in the reef; dived via the safer Bells entry as a 30m wall drift to the saddle.

Intermediate 6–30m 25m Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Ras Shona

Ras Shona is a year-round Egyptian dive spot with healthy coral and documented marine life, accessible to divers of all levels.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Ras Umm Sid

Ras Umm Sid is a year-round dive destination in Egypt with healthy coral and 12 documented species observations.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Ras Za'atar

Ras Za'atar is a year-round dive site in Egypt's Ras Muhammad National Park, known for healthy coral and diverse marine life.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Reeks Reef

Reeks Reef is a year-round dive destination in Egypt with healthy coral and abundant marine life.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Rocky East

Rocky East is a year-round Egyptian dive site with healthy coral and diverse marine life. Accessible and suitable for varied experience levels.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Rocky North

Rocky North is a year-round Egyptian dive site with healthy coral and recorded marine biodiversity.

Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Rocky South

Rocky South offers year-round diving off Egypt's Red Sea coast with healthy coral and diverse marine life.

Beginner 25m Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Rocky West

Rocky West offers year-round diving off Egypt's coast with healthy coral and diverse marine life.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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SS Rosalie Möller

SS Rosalie Möller is an advanced wreck dive in Egypt reaching 50m, accessible year-round with 3 community videos documenting the site.

Advanced 18–50m

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SS Thistlegorm

WWII British cargo ship sunk by German bombers in 1941, holds full of motorcycles, trucks, rifles. World's best wreck dive.

Advanced 15–32m 20m Mar·Apr·May+

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Sachua Abu Galawa

Sachua Abu Galawa is a year-round Red Sea dive site in Egypt with healthy coral and strong species diversity.

Beginner 25m Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Saddle

Saddle is a dramatic submarine sinkhole dive near Dahab, Egypt, offering year-round exploration within a protected marine area with minimal coral stress.

Advanced Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Safaga Soraya

Safaga Soraya is a year-round Red Sea dive destination in Egypt with healthy coral and diverse marine life observations.

Beginner

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Salem Express

Wreck dive on a 1991 cargo ship off Egypt's Red Sea coast. Abundant marine life and intact structure attract divers year-round.

Intermediate Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Salem Express Wreck

Salem Express is an advanced wreck dive in Egypt's Red Sea, descending to 32m through a cargo ship lost in 1991.

Advanced 12–32m Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Sandy Island

Sandy Island offers year-round diving in Egypt with healthy corals and diverse marine life across 12 recorded species.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+

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Sataya East

Sataya East is a year-round dive site in Egypt's Wadi Gemal and Hamata protected marine area, known for healthy coral and diverse marine life.

Beginner

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Sataya South

Sataya South is a year-round dive site in Egypt's Wadi El Gamal and Jebel Hamata marine protected area, known for healthy coral and diverse marine life.

Beginner Jan·Feb·Mar+