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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 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 232Per person for the beginner course.Your written quote confirms the price for your party, dates and choices.
Where it startsSharm El SheikhDahab
ActivityScuba divingFreediving
Skill or certificationA certification suited to about 30 m, and recent divesNone; you must swim 200 m non-stop
Minimum ageSet by your certification and the dive centreSet by the school and the course standard
Time actually doing itUsually two divesTheory, shallow-water sessions, then line dives
Total timeFull day by boat2–3 days
Best seasonYear-round, weather and current permittingYear-round; the sea is coolest in winter
What you seeMotorcycles, trucks and the cargo of a 1941 supply shipThe 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.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 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 · Sharm El Sheikh

    The Thistlegorm

    A British supply ship sunk in 1941, with its motorcycles and trucks still in the holds.

    Starting priceUSD 93
    Place
    Near Ras Mohammed, South Sinai
    Time
    Full day by boat; usually two dives
    Needs
    A certification suited to about 30 m, and recent dives. Set by your certification and the dive centre.
    What we confirm before you go
    • 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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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