Route Description - Northern Red Sea & Dahab
The Northern Red Sea and Dahab itinerary provides some of the most historic wrecks like the Thistlegorm combined with the famous Ras Mohamed National Park and Dahab including the famous blue hole. 20 dives will be offered during the week and the chance of a Bedouin dinner at Abu Galom ashore one evening.
Itinerary Dive Sites:
•Shaab el Erg
Also known as “Dolphin House,” this reef is famous for frequent dolphin encounters. The reef drops to a coral garden at 40 feet/12 meters, with marine life including nudibranchs, tuna, trevallies, jacks, scorpionfish, and sea turtles.
•Dunraven
A Victorian steam and sail ship that sank in 1876 after hitting a reef. Now upside down at 50–95 feet/15–30 meters, the wreck hosts yellow goatfish, giant morays, nudibranchs, batfish, and the elusive ghost pipefish.
•Ras Mohamed National Park
Located at the tip of the Sinai Peninsula, the park features Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef, with grey and blacktip reef sharks, reef fish, and pelagics like tuna. Anemone City and Shark Observatory add vibrant coral and macro life. Depths range from 10–25 meters.
•Thomas Reef
The smallest reef in the Strait of Tiran, with vertical walls and a coral-covered plateau at 82 feet/25 meters. Gorgonian fans and longnose hawkfish can be seen.
•Jackson Reef
The northernmost reef in Tiran, home to the wreck of the Lara. Gorgonian forests (20–30 meters), colorful coral gardens (15 meters), turtles, and reef sharks make it a diver favorite.
•Blue Hole
A popular drift dive entering through “The Bells,” a chimney-like crack that exits around 28 meters. Divers follow a wall teeming with coral and Red Sea fish toward the iconic Blue Hole.
•The Canyon
This Dahab site features towering coral formations, butterflyfish, angelfish, and clownfish. The signature canyon emerges in a coral dome filled with glassfish.
•Gabr el Bint
One of North Sinai’s top sites with two dive routes: a steep wall (“dark side”) or a colorful forest of gorgonians. Boulders and overhangs attract anthias and glassfish.
•Gordon Reef
The southernmost reef of the four Tiran islands features a plateau, drop-offs, an eel garden (4–5 meters), and the wreck of the Louilla. Expect reef fish and resting whitetip reef sharks.
•SS Thistlegorm
The Red Sea’s most iconic wreck, this 129-meter British cargo ship was sunk in 1941. Located at 104 feet/32 meters, it contains wartime cargo and supports schools of fish, giant tuna, and snappers.
•Shag Rock
Features the wreck of the Kingston (sank 1881), resting at 50 feet/15 meters. Easily navigable with intact boiler and engine room. Sightings include surgeonfish, jackfish, turtles, sharks, and sometimes dolphins.
•Giftun Island
Small Giftun Drift, or “Police Station,” offers wall and plateau dives with gorgonian gardens, eagle rays, morays, turtles, goatfish, and stonefish. A colorful and diverse site near Hurghada.
Sample itineraries and maps are for illustrative purposes only and subject to change based on local regulations, guest experience, weather, and logistics.