Egypt is bordered by two seas, in which one can find attractive diving grounds: in the east is that Red Sea and in the north that Mediterranean Sea.
Diving areas by location
Sinai
- Ṭābā and Taba Heights
- The Canyon, Ben Coral, Pharaoh Island, Fjord Bay, The Sun Pool, Maxwell’s Reef, Raʾs Amīra, The Aquarium, Angel Net, Marsā el-Muqābil, Napoleon Reef, Devils Head
- Nuweiba
- Sinker, Abu Loulou, MFO pipeline
- Dahab
- Raʾs Abū Gallūm, Blue Hole (Bells)
- Rick’s Reef, Canyon (Fish Bowl), Raʾs Abū Hilāl (Abu Talha), Eel Gardens, Lighthouse, Islands, Napoleon Reef, Seven Pinnacles, Moray Garden (Golden Blocks), Three Pools (South Oasis), Caves, Gabr el-Bint
- El-Shugurat
- Sharm esch-Sheikh
- Million Hope
- Raʾs Gamīla, Raʾs Naṣrānī, Raʾs Bob, White Knight, Shark’s Bay, Gardens Bay (Far Garden, Middle Garden, Near Garden), Naʿama Bay, Tower Bay (Tower, Pinky Wall), Amphoras, Turtle Bay, Paradise, Ras Umm Sid, Ras Katy
- Raʾs Muḥammad National Park
- Shāʿāb Canoe, Raʾs el-Ghazlānī, Raʾs Zaʿtar, Raʾs Castle, Jackfish Alley (Fisherman’s Bank), Eel Garden, Shark Observatory, Anemone City, Shark Reef and Jolanda Reef, Old Quay
- Strait of Gūbāl, El Gouna
- Alternatives including Stingray Station and Lonely Mushroom
- Shaāb Maḥmūd: Beacon Rock (S / S Dunraven), Small Crack, Big Crack
- Shaāb ʿAlī: Shag rock (S / S Kingston), S / S Thistlegorm, S / S Carina
- Shaʿāb Danab
- Shaāb Abū en-Nuḥās (Giannis D., Carnatic, Marcus, Kimon M.) including Schaʿāb Umm ʿUsk, Siyūl Kabīra, Siyūl Saghīra, Yellowfish Reefs
- Gubal Barge / Bluff Point, S / S Ulysses, Rosalie Moller, Big Gubal Island, Schadwan Island, Schaʿāb el-ʿIrg
Red Sea
- Hurghada
- Wrecks Schaʿāb Ruhr Umm Gamar / Colona IV, El Mina, Excalibur
- Carless Reef, Schaʿāb el-Fanadir, Schaʿāb Sabina, Small Giftun Island, Abu Ramada, Gota Abu Ramada
- Abu Dischet, Abu Hashish
- Safāgā
- Wrecks Al Kahfain, MS Hatour, Salem Express
- Sharm en-Naqa, Shaʿāb Saiman, Raʾs Umm Hesiwa
- Abu Soma, Tubya Hamra, Tubya Kabir, Tubya Schiwayya, Arba Erg, Gamul Kabir, Gamul Schiwayya
- Arpha Bank, Fellow Rocks, Schaʿāb Shir, Schaʿāb Bagul
- Panorama Reef, Middle Reef, Umm Halhal, Abu Kafan, Schaʿāb Claude, Schaʿāb Hamdulillah
- Marsā ʿAlam
- Elphinstone Reef, Raʾs Schuna, Marsa Egla, Abu Dabbab, Marsa Abu Dabbab, Schaʿāb Marsa ʿAlam, Schaʿāb Samadai = Dolphin House, Schabrūr Lahami, Dahra Island, Shiriniat Island
- Ḥamāṭa
- Fury Shoal: Abu Galawa Small, wreck of the Tien Hsing, Abu Galawa Kebir, Shāʿāb Maksūr, Shaāb Claudio, Schaʿāb Heaven, Fury Shoal Garden, Malahi, Dolphin Reef = Schaʿāb Satayah
- Berenike
- Mikauwa Island, Zabargad Island (St. John's Island, St. John's Island), Rocky Island
- St. John's Reefs: ʿUrabi, St. John’s Cave, St. John’s Woods, Habili St. John’s Woods, Little Reef, Gota Shiwayya, Gota Kebir, Habili Jaffar, The Nursery, Schaʿāb Dangerous
Mediterranean Sea
- Abū Qīr
- Napoleon's sunk fleet
- Alexandria
- East harbor / Cleopatra's palace, lighthouse
- i.a. HMS Osmanieh, S / S Aragon, HMS Clan Macindoe 1, HMS Garfield, HMS Polaria, HMS Attack
- Es-Sallūm
- HMS Bartham
Safari routes
- Gulf of Aqaba - Ras Mohammed - Strait of Gūbāl
- Brothers Route (Hurghada, Brothers Islands, Abu Kefan, Panorama Reef, el-Quṣeir)
- Southern routes, partly as far as the Sudan, i.a. with the Daedalus Reef, Fury Shoal and the St. John's Reefs.
literature
- Sinai Diving Guide: Part 1; German edition. Verona: Geodia, 2005, ISBN 978-88-87177-66-4 . (old title of the 2001 edition: Sharm el-Sheikh Diving Guide; German edition) :
- Gray Shadows: Egypt during World War I; 1: Alexandria Wrecks. Alexandria: Self-published, 2008, ISBN 978-977-17-5395-7 . :
- Diving guide wrecks in the Red Sea: Egypt, Sudan, Israel, Jordan. Stuttgart: cosmos, 2010, ISBN 978-3-440-11968-6 . :
- Diver’s Atlas Southern Red Sea: Dive site descriptions for liveaboards and day trips. Vienna: Seainsight, 2011, ISBN 978-3-9503160-0-1 . :
background
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/DivingDunraven.jpg/220px-DivingDunraven.jpg)
Divers near the S / S Dunraven, Gulf of Suez
Impressions
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/JacksonReefChaetodon.jpg/220px-JacksonReefChaetodon.jpg)
Masked butterflyfish
The underwater world of the Red Sea is still one of the most enchanting in the world. Here you can watch fish, snails, corals and sometimes whales.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/ShagRockKingstonWreck.jpg/220px-ShagRockKingstonWreck.jpg)
Corals on the frames of Kingston
Several wrecks are also accessible to scuba divers at shallow depths.
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Remains of the ancient lighthouse in the Alexandria Underwater Museum