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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.

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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.
Where it startsDahab
ActivityFreediving
Skill or certificationNone; you must swim 200 m non-stop
Minimum ageSet by the school and the course standard
Time actually doing itTheory, shallow-water sessions, then line dives
Total time2–3 days
Best seasonYear-round; the sea is coolest in winter
What you seeThe reef wall and blue water down a line
What it asksWater confidence more than fitness, and a medical statement. Hardest of all is learning to relax.
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
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  • Scuba diving · Hurghada

    Your first dive in the Red Sea

    No licence needed: a try-dive from a day boat with an instructor beside you, on a reef chosen for beginners.

    Starting priceUSD 59
    Place
    Reefs off Hurghada, Red Sea
    Time
    Full day by boat; one or two dives of about 30–45 minutes
    Needs
    None; a medical questionnaire comes first. 10 and over (PADI's standard).
    What we confirm before you go
    • A dive centre licensed through CDWS, and an instructor-to-beginner ratio agreed in advance
    • Your answers to the medical questionnaire, and a doctor's sign-off where it asks for one
    • The reef, the boat and whether national park fees are paid on the day
    • A 24-hour gap between diving and any flight
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Tours

Red Sea day trips by boat

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

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Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0; Sovernigo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Alexander Vasenin, CC BY-SA 3.0

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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