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Experiences · Sea & water

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

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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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Comparison of The Thistlegorm, A felucca at sunset in Aswan, One breath in Dahab
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Starting price
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.
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.
Starting priceUSD 232Per person for the beginner course.Your written quote confirms the price for your party, dates and choices.
Where it startsSharm El SheikhAswanDahab
ActivityScuba divingSailingFreediving
Skill or certificationA certification suited to about 30 m, and recent divesNoneNone; you must swim 200 m non-stop
Minimum ageSet by your certification and the dive centreAll agesSet by the school and the course standard
Time actually doing itUsually two dives1–2 hours on the waterTheory, shallow-water sessions, then line dives
Total timeFull day by boatAbout 2 hours2–3 days
Best seasonYear-round, weather and current permittingYear-round; sunset comes early in winterYear-round; the sea is coolest in winter
What you seeMotorcycles, trucks and the cargo of a 1941 supply shipElephantine, the granite islands and the west bank at sunsetThe reef wall and blue water down a line
What it asksA 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.Nothing but an easy step aboard. There is little shade, and the wind decides the speed.Water confidence more than fitness, and a medical statement. Hardest of all is learning to relax.
What we confirm first
  • 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
  • A sailing felucca, not a motor launch, with a licensed captain
  • Life jackets on board, and the length of the sail
  • A departure time for your date, wind conditions, accessible boarding and the weather-change policy
  • 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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Red Sea day trips by boat

Guided days with transport and the arrangements taken care of, each on request.
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Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0; Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0; Sovernigo, CC BY-SA 4.0; Alexander Vasenin, CC BY-SA 3.0; Hesham Farouk Ragab, CC BY-SA 4.0; Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0; Djehouty, CC BY-SA 4.0; Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and cropped for display.

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Wikicomman, CC BY-SA 4.0; Igorgalli, CC BY-SA 4.0; cattan2011, CC BY 2.0; Lars Plougmann, CC BY-SA 2.0; Marc Ryckaert, CC BY 3.0; Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0. Resized and cropped for display.