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Experiences · Sea & water

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.

What do you want to do, and where are you staying?

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

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Starting price
Starting priceUSD 25 per boatPer boat for your party; longer sails cost more.Your written quote confirms the price for your party, dates and choices.
Where it startsAswan
ActivitySailing
Skill or certificationNone
Minimum ageAll ages
Time actually doing it1–2 hours on the water
Total timeAbout 2 hours
Best seasonYear-round; sunset comes early in winter
What you seeElephantine, the granite islands and the west bank at sunset
What it asksNothing but an easy step aboard. There is little shade, and the wind decides the speed.
What we confirm first
  • A sailing felucca, not a motor launch, with a licensed captain
  • Life jackets on board, and the length of the sail
  • A departure time that catches the sunset for your date
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  • Freediving · Dahab

    One breath in Dahab

    A beginner freediving course in one of the world's freediving towns, down a line on a single breath.

    Starting priceUSD 232
    Place
    Dahab, South Sinai
    Time
    2–3 days; theory, shallow-water sessions, then line dives
    Needs
    None; you must swim 200 m non-stop. Set by the school and the course standard.
    What we confirm before you go
    • 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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  • Kite & wind · El Gouna, Soma Bay, Dahab or Ras Sudr

    Your first kite

    A kitesurfing course chosen beach by beach: the depth, the wind and the rescue boat.

    Starting priceUSD 418
    Place
    El Gouna, Soma Bay, Dahab or Ras Sudr
    Time
    Several days; lessons as the wind allows
    Needs
    None; balance and core strength help. Set by the school.
    What we confirm before you go
    • A licensed school at the exact beach you choose
    • Lesson length, instructor ratio and the rescue arrangements
    • Enough days for the wind to give you lessons
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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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Tell us where you are staying, when, and who is coming. We reply with what fits, the price for your party and what we confirm first. Nothing is booked until you accept.

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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