The Red Sea
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Explore Red Sea dive sites, marine life, weather, fishing, sailing, water sports, and independent safety reporting.
Two isolated seamounts in open water, hammerheads, threshers, oceanic whitetips and four wrecks
A finger reef dropping to 70m with two arches, a resident oceanic whitetip population and consistent visibility
One of the world's most iconic dive sites, and one of its most dangerous. The arch at 55m demands respect
Day trips and overnight charters targeting yellowfin tuna, giant trevally, sailfish and swordfish
The signature shark of the Red Sea. Schools at Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone, seasonal but reliable
Every reputable operator and route, from the Brothers Islands to the Deep South
Shark Reef and Yolanda: a wall dive with a cargo wreck, one of Egypt's most visited and most dramatic sites
Consistent northerly winds from March to November. Dahab, El Gouna, Ras Sudr and Hamata all rated
A WWII supply ship sunk in 1941, motorcycles, trucks and locomotives still in the holds at 30m
Once the most abundant large shark in the ocean. Now rare, the Red Sea is one of the last reliable sighting grounds
Incident reports, conservation pieces and sea stories, documented with radical transparency
A purpose-built lagoon town north of Hurghada, the Red Sea's most developed water sports hub
Abu Dabbab hosts one of the last reliable dugong sightings in the Egyptian Red Sea. Seagrass meadows from 5m
Safaga's thermal winds make it one of the world's top rated windsurfing destinations, flat water and chop
Every significant site in the Egyptian Red Sea, documented, mapped, rated by members and reviewed honestly
A horseshoe reef and dolphin lagoon at the edge of the deep south, spinner dolphins every morning
IYT-accredited tuition and charter from Abydos Marina. Consistent winds, warm water, remote anchorages
Two and a half kilometres of white sand inside Wadi El Gemal National Park, 56km south of Marsa Alam
Two isolated seamounts in open water, hammerheads, threshers, oceanic whitetips and four wrecks
A finger reef dropping to 70m with two arches, a resident oceanic whitetip population and consistent visibility
One of the world's most iconic dive sites, and one of its most dangerous. The arch at 55m demands respect
Day trips and overnight charters targeting yellowfin tuna, giant trevally, sailfish and swordfish
The signature shark of the Red Sea. Schools at Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone, seasonal but reliable
Every reputable operator and route, from the Brothers Islands to the Deep South
Shark Reef and Yolanda: a wall dive with a cargo wreck, one of Egypt's most visited and most dramatic sites
Consistent northerly winds from March to November. Dahab, El Gouna, Ras Sudr and Hamata all rated
A WWII supply ship sunk in 1941, motorcycles, trucks and locomotives still in the holds at 30m
Once the most abundant large shark in the ocean. Now rare, the Red Sea is one of the last reliable sighting grounds
Incident reports, conservation pieces and sea stories, documented with radical transparency
A purpose-built lagoon town north of Hurghada, the Red Sea's most developed water sports hub
Abu Dabbab hosts one of the last reliable dugong sightings in the Egyptian Red Sea. Seagrass meadows from 5m
Safaga's thermal winds make it one of the world's top rated windsurfing destinations, flat water and chop
Every significant site in the Egyptian Red Sea, documented, mapped, rated by members and reviewed honestly
A horseshoe reef and dolphin lagoon at the edge of the deep south, spinner dolphins every morning
IYT-accredited tuition and charter from Abydos Marina. Consistent winds, warm water, remote anchorages
Two and a half kilometres of white sand inside Wadi El Gemal National Park, 56km south of Marsa Alam
News, incidents & stories
Incident reports, marine life updates, trip accounts and conservation dispatches from across the Red Sea.
Equalization, The Most Important Skill in Diving
Before buoyancy, before navigation, before air consumption, there is one skill every diver has to get right. Most divers stop thinking about it after their first few dives, which is exactly why ear injuries remain one of the most common problems in diving. What is actually happening inside your ears on the way down, how to equalize properly, what a reverse block is, and when to call the dive.
Can You Take a Ferry Between Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh?
The two biggest destinations on the Red Sea sit directly opposite each other, separated by water rather than desert. So why is there no easy way to cross between them? As of 2026 there is no scheduled passenger ferry between Hurghada and Sharm El-Sheikh. The route existed, came back twice, and never held. What happened to it, and how people actually make the journey now.
Spinning, Conventional and Electric, The Reels That Fish the Red Sea
Almost everything caught on this coast is caught on one of three reels. A spinning reel does most of the work, a conventional reel takes over when the fish or the depth gets serious, and an electric reel has quietly become standard on the deep drops. What each one actually is, how it works, and which job it belongs to.
The Red Sea Coast
From Sinai to the deep south, the places worth knowing along Egypt's Red Sea coast.
Two and a half kilometres of white sand inside Wadi El Gemal National Park. 56km south of Marsa Alam, accessible by 4x4 or boat.
The world-famous Blue Lagoon: a sheltered turquoise bay ideal for kitesurfing, freediving and long slow mornings.
Quiet, authentic and unhurried. Nuweiba is the Sinai beach that time forgot. Calm glassy water, Bedouin camps and extraordinary stargazing.
The definitive Sharm address: a sweeping private beach, clear water over pristine reef and the Sinai mountains at every turn.
The Catalogue
Every reef, wreck and seamount on the Egyptian coast, mapped and honestly reviewed.
Dolphin House Reef, a remote offshore atoll where a semi-resident pod of spinner dolphins uses the lagoon as a resting ground.
One of the world's great reef walls, with oceanic whitetips on a current-swept plateau 35km offshore.
An isolated seamount 80km offshore. One of the finest shark dives in the Red Sea.
The world's most famous wreck: a British supply ship sunk by German bombers in 1941, still intact.
The reef that put the Red Sea on the world dive map, Shark Reef right at the tip of Sinai.
The Species
Species profiled across the Red Sea, from apex sharks and pelagic gamefish to reef predators, cetaceans and rays. Every encounter in context.
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