Egypt red sea diving
Egypt red sea diving
When practice diving in Egypt?
The best time for diving is from may to august. The high season is between april and October.
The water temperature ranges between 19 ° c in winter (December - January) and up to 27 ° c in summer (July - august).
Visibility: about 20m.
And sometimes 30m.
Diving with rare species in Egypt
Egypt, and the red sea in general, offers a diversity in marine (fauna and flora) impressive. Hard and soft coral and many pelagic species.
You probably come across species like the dugong, octopus, clown fish, scorpion fish, silky sharks, goby, or tortoise.
Moreover, Egypt has created many reserves to preserve the coral and recreate a world diving ideal for scuba diving. Tourism earth is no exception and deserves a detour: desert ..
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Some diving spots in Egypt and red sea
Safaga :
Considered by many divers as the new Mecca for diving. A controlled urbanization has preserved Safaga of mass tourism. Indeed, only a dozen hotels are identified on the bay of Safaga. This has contributed to the preservation of sites that did not undergo the visit of thousands of divers simultaneously. You also shows many wrecks and barriers on the following sites: blue hole, brothers, Elphinstone, Naama bay, Ras Mohamed, Ras um, Sid of Gubal straits, straits of Tiran ...
In the south red sea you can discover the pristine reefs of the fury shoals.
Umm Gamar
Surrounded by massive blocks "punctured", surrounded by glass fish, anthias, true "clusters" of soft corals, fans, scorpion fish, giant moray eels ... And extending by a beautiful fall to about 60m ...
Ras Sha'ab Nugar
Passage frequent eagle rays, turtles ... Beau on depth (12 m).
Abu Nugar
8 pillars laid on a background of 12 - 15m back between 4 and 8 m, surrounded by an abundant life. Anthias, glassfish, soldiers, soft coral, gorgonian small, safe fish, scorpion fish, crocodile fish and large groupers ...
Siyul Gilwa (all levels)
"Lagon", 2 to 4m depth comparable to a aquarium, is plunging by a coral slope up to 25m of substance.
Siyul Kebir
8m plateau extending by a coral slope to about 30m. Life very subscribers, including large groups of fish tick and sometimes sand sharks.
Dolphin house
Two reefs separated by a corridor in which dolphins regularly. Beautiful coral gardens, turtles, small tropical fauna, by 12 m deep, to go to 30m. The dream of divers and photographers!
The el Gouna plus: if the weather allows you can dive on wrecks northern previously only accessible to cruise ships (Abu Nuhas without extra charge).
Giannis (all levels)
Wreck of 100m in length based on a background of 23 m (top to 5m).
Good condition, marine life very developed. Crocodile fish, moray eels, scorpion fish, platax, carangues ...
Carnatic (all levels)
Motorized schooner resting in 25 meters of water, lying on its port side.. It is very easy to enter the calles safe. Life developed, many concretions, rays, platax, moray eels, glassfish, rifle ...
Krissoula
Wreck 3m flush with the surface and down to 27m. All levels. Concretions abundant marine life ... A highly developed dream photographer
Epave "Rosalie Moller" (divers confirmed)
108 m long and 16 m wide, this magnificent wreck is raised on a background of 50 m.
Wreck full of fish, huge , tuna, bonito, barracuda, moray eels giant. (average diving 20 to 25 minutes)