Dive the Red Sea
Four days built around bottom time — Ras Mohammed's walls, the Strait of Tiran's drift reefs and small-group boats that leave early.
Overview
The northern Red Sea is one of the world's benchmark dive regions: 20-metre-plus visibility as the norm, water never truly cold, and reef walls that fall away from snorkel depth to blue water. This programme concentrates it into four days without cutting corners on safety or surface intervals. After a check dive on your resort's house reef, two full boat days cover the two essential site groups — Ras Mohammed National Park, where Shark and Yolanda reefs form the most famous double site in Sinai, and the Strait of Tiran's four named reefs swept by gentle drift currents and pelagics. Diving runs through a licensed PADI centre we work with continuously; groups are capped small, and non-diving partners are welcome aboard with snorkelling gear.
Itinerary
Arrival & check dive
- Private airport meet and resort check-in
- Afternoon equipment fitting and house-reef check dive
Ras Mohammed boat day
- Two guided dives — Shark & Yolanda reefs conditions permitting
- Deck lunch and long surface intervals in the park's anchorages
Strait of Tiran boat day
- Two guided drift dives on the Tiran reef chain
- Optional third afternoon dive or early return for the spa
No-fly morning & departure
- A surface morning — the 18–24 h no-fly interval is built in
- Private airport transfer
Included & not included
Included
- 3 nights' accommodation in a 5-star Red Sea resort (half board)
- 5 guided dives (1 check dive + 2 two-dive boat days) with a licensed PADI centre
- Full equipment rental, tanks and weights
- Marine park fees for Ras Mohammed
- Private air-conditioned transfers
- Hotel pickup & drop-off
- Bottled water every day
Not included
- Dive insurance (mandatory — arranged at booking if you have none)
- Certification courses (available as an alternative programme)
- International flights to and from Egypt
- Egypt entry visa
- Tipping (gratuities)
- Personal expenses
- Optional extras — Abu Simbel, camel rides, dinner cruise, drinks
Good to know
What certification level do I need?
Open Water covers everything scheduled; the sites are dived to 18–30 m profiles. If you are uncertified, tell us — the same four days convert cleanly into an Open Water course with the same centre.
Why is the last morning dive-free?
Flying too soon after diving risks decompression sickness. The itinerary enforces the standard no-fly interval so your final boat day never has to be compromised to make a flight.
What will I actually see?
Dense soft-coral walls, anthias clouds, Napoleon wrasse, turtles and reef sharks at Ras Mohammed; eagle rays and schooling barracuda ride the Tiran currents. The northern Red Sea rewards divers at every experience level.
Is this journey right for you?
- Travellers who would rather see four things properly than twelve badly
- Anyone who wants a licensed Egyptologist beside them, not a headset and a flag
- Couples and families for whom pace, comfort and privacy decide whether a trip works
- Visitors marking something — a honeymoon, an anniversary, a milestone birthday
- Anyone looking for the lowest price on Egypt — we are not the cheapest and do not try to be
- Coach tours, shared group departures and itineraries sold by the seat
- Hostels, dormitories and hop-on backpacking routes
- Travellers who would rather organise the logistics themselves
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