Route: Brothers Islands and Elphinstone Reef

The Brothers Islands, tops of two undersea mountains rising from the depth, are located about 50 N.M. offshore, at the height of the town of Quseir. A part of the Marine Park, they offer breath-taking underwater scenery, wall diving along their whole perimeter, and the possibility to spot a wide variety of pelagic. Their walls are covered in soft corals, creating a true feast for the eyes. Big tuna, shoals of jack fish and snappers cruise in the blue, accompanied by hammerheads, grey reef sharks, silver tip sharks, silky and oceanic white tip sharks and mantas.

The thresher shark, an oceanic species, very rarely spotted close reefs, circles the walls of the Brothers on a regular basis. The huge and spectacular moonfish can also be observed near the reefs. Nobody can ever get tired of diving the Brothers Islands.

To anyone standing on its shore and gazing out across its heavenly waters, the Red Sea may seem to be a mislabeling. Its blueness is eternal and anything less red cannot be fantasized. The Red Sea, where the desert meets the ocean, is truly one of the planet’s most exotic and fascinating natural seascape environments. The Red Sea is located between Asia and Africa. At its most northerly point forms the Sinai Peninsula and stretches over 1000 miles south to join the Indian Ocean, between Ethiopia and Yemen. In the north and west are desert plains, while in the south a mountainous region (2642 meters high), which is part of the mountain range stretching from deep in Saudi Arabia, across the Sinai and then into Nubia of the African continent. The Red Sea holds beneath its crystal blue surface an oasis of living creatures, reefs, and coral formation. Its use as a highway between East and West has attracted man since the beginning of time.

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Once you start practicing scuba diving it will be hard for you to give up this sport. You will certainly choose to get better and better and you will start searching for beautiful places for scuba diving. The existing variety of destinations for scuba diving is practically endless and you will have a hard time taking a decision. You will find that many places provide you with clear water, great visibility and interesting things for you to see. One of the most beautiful destinations when it comes to scuba diving is the Red Sea in Egypt.

The Red Sea in Egypt presents a wonderful variety of creatures to the ones that choose to practice scuba diving there. After you see the unique life that lies beneath these waters you will surely want to do scuba diving again. An exciting and dangerous creature that can be found in the Red Sea in Egypt is the tiger shark. This species of sharks is very harmful to humans. When scuba diving in Egypt you have to be careful with this shark, you have to take care not to attract its presence near you. Stay away from making gestures that could signs which may attract dangerous creatures such as the tiger sharks.

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Dahab, Egypt sits on the Red Sea, on the Sinai Peninsula, and offers many great opportunities for tourists and scuba divers alike. While biblical history and Bedouin culture may still be found within easy day trips from Dahab, you will find comfortable resort accommodations on the beach. The monastery of St. Catherine is a popular day trip destination, but the primary reason to visit Dahab, other than the beach, are the stunning and unusual dive experiences available to both beginning and experienced divers. While it is now a resort location, Dahab retains a relaxed atmosphere and pleasant surroundings.

Dahab is primarily a shore dive site, allowing you to easily find less dived spots, and making many Dahab dives suitable for new divers. Certification programs are available in Dahab if you would like to try scuba diving. The entire coast of Dahab is formed of corals, both large and small. Canyons and caves are a part of the underwater geography of the Dahab region, including the Blue Hole and the Canyon. There are many varieties of vertebrates and invertebrates, from eels to sharks in these waters. Both shallow and deep-water dives are an option in Dahab, and snorkeling is also popular if you are traveling with someone who does not care to dive.

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Until recently, Hurghada was a sleepy fishing village on the coast of Egypt. Today however, Hurghada is a rapidly developing town, with a rapidly expanding diving industry which is central to the tourist industry in Hurghada. Once inhabited by the indigenous Bedouins, today Hurghada is Egypt’s largest beach resort, with a wide range of opportunities for scuba divers of all levels of experience.  

The scuba diving in Hurghada is predominantly focused around the various dive sites at the Giftun islands and at Sha’ab Abu Nuhas. Here, a variety of warm and shallow coral reefs, all tall pinnacles tend to characterise the scuba diving in Hurghada. Further north of Hurghada, are the Gubal Islands and Shadwan Island, both of whom are home to a number of excellent dive sites, and in particular a number of good wreck dives such as the Carnatic and the Giannis D.

Marine life and coral growth are both in abundance in Hurghada, and it really worth taking your time throughout your dives here to fully appreciate the levels of micro activity happening throughout the reefs. As well as the large amounts of activity on the reefs, the area is also home to large numbers of pelagic, as well as good populations of both shark and dolphin.

Similarly to Sharm El Sheikh, there are a large number of dive operators in Hurghada, and it is certainly worth contacting a couple of them to see which dive operator best suits your individual requirements.

The scuba diving in Hurghada is available throughout the year, and the waters range in temperature between 20 degrees C in the cooler Winter months, up to around 28 degrees C in the warmer summer period.

Sharm El Sheikh is located at the very tip of the Sinai Peninsula, and given its ease of access to the Red Sea has grown over the past twenty years into one of the worlds best and most popular scuba diving locations. Large amounts of scuba divers travel here each year to sample the delights that the Red Sea has to offer.

It offers a good variety of diving, from shore dives, to reef dives all the way through to one of the most developed liveaboard industries to be found anywhere. Each year, thousands of divers flock to Sharm El Sheikh to sample what is truly fantastic diving is exceptional conditions.

The main reason for the success of Sharm El Sheikh, as a diving destination is the Red Sea, which is one of the worlds richest marine environments. With over 400 recorded species of coral and over several hundred species of fish, coupled with warm waters and exceptional visibility, the Red Sea has everything that a diver will be looking for. On top of this, Sharm El Sheikh, due to its position on the south of the Sinai Peninsula, has easy access to some of the worlds greatest dive sites, including sites such as Ras Mohammed Marine Park, and the famous Thistlegorm wreck. The diving itself around Sharm El Sheikh tends to be focussed on a few big dive locations, including the Straits of Tiran and Ras Mohammed Marine Park. Both areas, rich in plant and marine life, tend to have something to satisfy even the most experienced of divers.

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Looking for an all inclusive resort in Sharm el Sheikh? Fantasizing about wild Egyptian boogy nites in Hurghada? Dreaming of a peaceful scuba diving adventure in Taba? What about a camel safari to a dive site, a beautiful dive and lunch at a Bedouin village?

All divers and would-be divers dream of a Red Sea Scuba diving holidays. Well, the Red Sea Rivera has a dream holiday to suit every pocket.

The resort hotels along the Red Sea are spectacular, with swimming pools and their own beaches. For those with simpler tastes, accommodation is available in one of the many well equipped camps, hostels, guesthouses or B&Bs. Want to spend a longer time there or if the travel party is big, think about renting a flat.

With desert backdrops and golden beaches lapped by warm waters, this area of Egypt is paradise for sun worshipers. The high visibility waters (up to 50 m) of the Red Sea contain an underwater world of vibrant colors, tropical marine life and spectacular corals – reputed to offer some of the best dive sites in the world.

The excellent year- round weather, and the short flying time (3 or 4 hours) from Europe make this a perfect holiday destination for magical Red Sea Scuba Diving Holidays.

Here is a list of the top resorts with a map. Divers can spend their whole holiday at one resort or move around. Remember there are plenty of choices:

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Snorkeling in Sharm el Sheikh is very easy and convienient. The nature of the reef system is that the corals come up to the low water mark. Which with a small tidal action of the Red Sea means that it is only about 1 metre below the surface.By the way: In most of the area the reef comes right to the shore and most of the larger hotels have a floating jetty over this shore reef making access easy. At the end of the shore reef there is normally a wall reef which goes down to a depth of between 6 metres and 600 metres.

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