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Under the Red Sea, on it, and on the wind.

Diving, snorkelling, freediving, kitesurfing and sailing ask very different things of you. Filter by what you want to do and where you are staying, then put up to three side by side: the skill each needs, the time you actually spend in the water, and what you will see.

A truck in a cargo hold of the Thistlegorm wreck, its cab covered in marine growth.

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What to do
EverythingScuba divingFreedivingKite & windSailingBoats & water sports
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AnywhereHurghadaEl GounaSoma BaySharm El SheikhDahabRas SudrAswan

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Starting price
Starting priceUSD 232Per person for the beginner course.Your written quote confirms the price for your party, dates and choices.
Starting priceUSD 93Per certified diver for the wreck day; the marine park fee is paid on the day.Your written quote confirms the price for your party, dates and choices.
Where it startsDahabSharm El Sheikh
ActivityFreedivingScuba diving
Skill or certificationNone; you must swim 200 m non-stopA certification suited to about 30 m, and recent dives
Minimum ageSet by the school and the course standardSet by your certification and the dive centre
Time actually doing itTheory, shallow-water sessions, then line divesUsually two dives
Total time2–3 daysFull day by boat
Best seasonYear-round; the sea is coolest in winterYear-round, weather and current permitting
What you seeThe reef wall and blue water down a lineMotorcycles, trucks and the cargo of a 1941 supply ship
What it asksWater confidence more than fitness, and a medical statement. Hardest of all is learning to relax.A diving certification at a level suited to about 30 m, recent experience and comfort in current. We ask for your certificate and log, and so will the dive centre.
What we confirm first
  • A school teaching an internationally recognised course, with its instructor ratio
  • Your medical statement, and what the school requires
  • Course days that fit your route
  • A dive centre licensed through CDWS, with a guide who dives the wreck regularly
  • Your certification level and your last dive
  • Weather and current on the day; the boat may not go
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Red Sea day trips by boat

Guided days with transport and the arrangements taken care of, each on request.

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Igorgalli, CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikicomman, CC BY-SA 4.0; cattan2011, CC BY 2.0; Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0; Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0; Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz, CC BY-SA 2.0