Daily dive sites location

Usually, daily diving takes you to the closest diving locations, situated around and about the base area. It is possible to have daily dive trips to more remote locations; these are organized upon request and require a minimum number of participants.

Recently documented as a versatile diving spot due to its privileged location in the south of the Red Sea, Marsa Alam is gaining position and becoming the newest diving attraction. Below you can find our choice of the top four sites you cannot afford to miss when diving in Marsa Alam:

Marsa Mubarak
As the largest and most flexible dive site accessible from Port Ghalib, Marsa Mubarak offers seven extremely different diving experiences. You will be given the chance to see everything from puffer fishes to dugongs, giant green sea turtles to trunk fishes and all there is in-between. Sea grass, pinnacles, coral gardens and reef walls – this dive site will provide you with a taste of just about everything the flora and fauna of the Red Sea has to proffer.

Marsa Shouni Kebir
Offering some of the most picturesque dive sites in the southern Red Sea, the "Large Bay of the Market" is probably best known for the generous variety of rays that call its sea grass plane their home. Eagle, leopard, feather-tail, grey and thorny rays are all frequently spotted alongside a large school of golden trevallies and a menagerie of different snake eels. Turtles are abundant here, and there is a great chance to meet "George", a giant green sea turtle, who sleeps most mornings in the same spot on the South Reef.

Abu Dabab Reefs
With a stunning coral garden, a spectacular cave structure and a small wreck, the Abu Dabab reef system truly has it all. Several large Napoleon wrasses patrol the reefs, and various enormous moray eels guard the coral blocks. Its exposed northern reefs are abundant with fish attracting large pelagic, among which sharks.

Marsa Abu Dabab
For anyone deciding to visit the southern Red Sea, this selection of dive sites is a must. World renowned for the unbelievable number of giant turtles, as well as the unique chance to spot dugongs and guitar sharks, the bay has been recently closed to boats, being accessible only from the shore. This doesn’t diminish the experience, as now you can benefit from much more peaceful and relaxed dives.