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Red Sea Diving
Dahab
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Hotels in Dahab
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Dahab is an excellent option for those who prefer shore diving, away from the crowds. With some of the region's most unspoilt reefs, famous dive sites such as the Blue Hole and the legendary "shwia, shwia" (slowly, slowly - a local Bedouin term) approach to life, Dahab has long been a favourite destination for diving and relaxation.
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Essential Diving Info
Location: In the middle of the Sinai Peninsula, approximately 90km north of Sharm el Sheikh.
Transfer time: Approximately 1 hour from Sharm airport
Medical: Nearest recompression chamber / medical facilities in Dahab town centre.
Non-Divers: Welcome on boat and camel safaris for a nominal charge. Snorkelling trips available from €25.
Diving in Dahab
- Conditions are ideal for learning to dive, continuing education and recreational diving for qualified divers.
- Diving is predominantly shore-based, accessible by 4 wheel drive or Bedouin pick-up trucks (or even camel)
- Diving Camel Safaris are a speciality in Dahab and an experience not to be missed. Strap your dive gear onto the side of your camel, hop on board and head to Ras Abu Galum to find some of Sinai’s most colourful reefs.
- Alternatively, you can join a local boat safari to the remote untouched areas south of Dahab.
Boat diving in Dahab makes for uncrowded diving on the southern virgin reefs of Gabr El Bint famous for its gorgonian forests, big walls and schools of reef fish. The sites combine coral gardens, arches, canyons and caves, with a huge diversity of reef fish and invertebrates, as well as turtles, rays, moray eels, octopus, and larger fish including napoleon wrasse, barracuda, small sharks and dolphins.
Dahab is where we operate our solo traveller diving weeks - its laid back, friendly atmosphere makes it the perfect venue!
Diving Highlights
The Blue Hole
A very pleasant site, if dived safely. A hole in the reef table approximately 50 metres across plunges downward to over 180 metres - effectively bottomless for recreational divers. At 60 metres an archway breaks through the reef to the sea. It is to be stressed that Mixed Gas diving is the ONLY safe way to reach these depths. The greatest attraction of the Blue Hole lies on the rich sloping reef outside, where a shallow lip over the reef table at 6 metres leads to the outer reef. The reef slope is rich in hard corals, particularly the section to the south of the lagoon. Triggerfish, jacks, unicorns, parrotfish, angel fish, grouper and surgeonfish are all part of the variety of fish life on the outer reef.
The Canyon
This site takes its name from a long and very beautiful cavern under the seabed and is an essential dive for all fanatics of caves and cavern diving.
Marine Life
Huge Napoleon wrasse, anthias and shimmering glassfish, turtles, dolphins and many other pelagic species.
Apres Dive
Laid-back Dahab is home to numerous beachfront restaurants, cafes and bars, colourful bazaars and a constant parade of tasselled camels and white-robed Bedouins. Sit back and allow the resort's relaxed environment to overtake you, enjoy the facilities at the hotels or enjoy a Bedouin dinner or camel trek.
Activities for non-divers
Explore the best of Dahab and take up some of their more exciting activities such as camel trekking, snorkelling, boat trips and volleyball. If this is too strenuous, then there is the very leisurely activity of sun bathing.
Don't miss: The sunsets - some of the most picturesque in the world.
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Map of Dahab Diving Sites
