Scuba diving in Dahab

Scuba diving in Dahab is available throughout the year. The climate is hot and dry here, air temperatures can reach 40C/104F in August and fall to 20C/68F in the winter. Water temperature averages are 20C/68F in February and 27C/81F from July to October. Water visibility varies depending on the dive site and time of year, but divers can expect 20-60m/65-200ft on average.

A town of Dahab is located on the southeast coast of the Sinai Peninsula, about 80km northeast of Sharm el-Sheikh. Dahab is one of the most popular diving destinations of Egypt. The abundance of dive sites at Dahab varies from shallow coral labyrinths to deep canyons and walls.

Scuba diving in Dahab is the most exciting way to discover the beauty of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. Dahab is a small town situated on the eastern coast of the Sinai Peninsula at the foot of beautiful rose-red mountains. Scuba diving off Dahab is considered the best in the Red Sea. The diving here is mostly shore-based and suitable for divers of all levels. There are amazing reefs, walls and wrecks to explore in the waters off Dahab. The marine life is impressive, with its myriad colors and species as well as rich coral formations. You can expect to see turtles, bluespotted ribbontail rays, jacks, eels, snappers, barracudas, lionfish, different reef fish and colorful corals. Dahab offers a great variety of dive sites to suit divers of all levels. In fact, there are over 50 dive centers in Dahab, so you can choose to take a dive trip there, or book it in advance on divebooker.com. The world-famous dive site, the Blue Hole, is located off Dahab. It is a site for advanced divers that consists of a 130m/427ft-deep underwater sinkhole in a reef table that has an archway in the bottom leading to the open sea. Another famous dive site here is the Canyon – a channel that narrows at one end to eventually become a tunnel. There are also two marine parks in the Dahab region: Ras Mumlach, with a 70m/230ft-deep wall covered in hard and soft corals, and Ras Abu Galum, a wall with drop-offs of up to 90m/295ft. Sites such as the Lighthouse, Eel Garden, The Gardens, the Canyon, the Caves and Abu Thalhal, with their fascinating flora, fauna and corals, are also worth discovering.