DAHAB – YOUR NEXT STOP
Welcome to the deep blue. We’ll introduce novices & welcome back experienced divers to the underwater world. Settled originally by the Bedouin, Dahab (which means ‘gold’ in Arabic) is a small, somewhat unspoiled and almost intimate coastal resort town on the Sinai Peninsular.

Just 90km from the more commercialised and glitzy Sharm el-Sheikh and around seven hours drive from Cairo, Dahab has developed from a hippy village to a respected haven with a solid infrastructure for SCUBA divers, snorkellers and travellers seeking sun, sea and relaxation. Located alongside some of the best reef waters on the Red Sea Coast, Dahab offers mostly shore diving to around 30 diving sites for both the beginner and more experienced divers. You’ll be driven along the coast by jeep, to ‘gear-up’ at water’s edge and commence your dive or practical side of your chosen PADI course.

The après-diving scene in Dahab is good. With a range of beachside cafes, shops and bars along the waterfront corniche, great windsurfing, swimming and local excursions including camel treks available to Bedouin villages and Mt Sinai climbing, you’ll probably love Dahab, just a lot.

CLASSIC DAHAB DIVE SITES
Diving in Dahab is essentially shore-diving. With few exceptions, you’ll be driven by jeep along the coast to ‘gear-up’ at water’s edge to start your dive. Dahab offers around 30 dive sites. Some of the best dive sites are located just a few miles north of Dahab and offer easy to relatively easy shore access.

Eel Garden
Popular site for learner divers. Maximum depth is 17m with a sandy bottom. Good also for snorkellers.

The Light House
Located just offshore at the Lighthouse in Dahab Bay, this site features a sloping reef extending north.

The Bells
A cliff dive only for the relatively experienced. A true vertical wall, full of overhangs and fissures, with lots of swim-throughs and cavelets.

Blue Hole
A dive site with the greatest attraction lying not in the blue hole itself, but on the rich sloping coral reef garden on the outer lip of the hole. Entry to the site is through a large lagoon in the reeftop! This lagoon is the ‘blue hole’. Strict depth limit of 30m, except for those with technical diving certification. Popular spot also for snorkellers.

Canyon
Takes it’s name from a long, narrow canyon which runs north to south from the shallow reef just offshore to depths of around 50m on the reef slope further out. Access to the site is through a shallow 3m lagoon a little way from the shoreline.