A spectacular drift along a vibrant fringing reef south of Giftun Island. Schooling barracuda, batfish, and the occasional eagle ray patrol the deeper edges while the shallow reef explodes with anthias.

↓ 30m 👁 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Abu Ramada North

The gentler twin of Abu Ramada South — calmer current, shallower reef, ideal for newly-certified Open Water divers and underwater photographers.

↓ 18m 👁 25m Beginner

Hurghada Pinnacle

Erg Abu Ramada

An iconic offshore pinnacle rising from 30 m to within 4 m of the surface. Three towers connected by saddles, festooned in soft coral and patrolled by big fish.

↓ 30m 👁 30m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Gota Abu Ramada

Nicknamed 'The Aquarium' for good reason — the densest, most riotous fish life of any easy reef in the Hurghada area. The first dive every visiting photographer asks for.

↓ 14m 👁 25m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Abu Hashish

A sprawling reef system south of Hurghada with multiple dive profiles in one location — wall, sandy slope, lagoon, and seagrass beds where turtles graze and dugongs occasionally appear.

↓ 25m 👁 20m Beginner

Hurghada Lagoon

Abu Hashish Lagoon

A protected sandy lagoon inside the Abu Hashish reef system — flat, calm, and packed with critters. Our favourite spot for buoyancy training and macro photography.

↓ 12m 👁 15m Beginner

Hurghada Wall

Abu Hashish South

The southern wall of the Abu Hashish system. A vibrant drop-off that descends past 30 m, with reef sharks patrolling the blue and dramatic soft-coral overhangs.

↓ 35m 👁 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Wreck

El Mina Wreck

A 70 m Egyptian minesweeper sunk during the 1967 war, lying on her port side at 32 m. The most dramatic and accessible wreck in the Hurghada area — and a highlight of any Advanced Open Water course.

↓ 32m 👁 15m Intermediate

Hurghada Wreck

Excalibur Wreck

A steel cargo vessel resting upright on a sandy bottom at 18–22 m — ideal for Open Water and Advanced divers alike. Minutes from the Hurghada shore, with dense fish life colonising every surface.

↓ 22m 👁 12m Beginner

Hurghada Wreck

El Malek

A wreck-and-reef combo south of Hurghada Marina. The remains of the El Malek tug rest on a sandy slope at 28 m beside a vibrant coral garden — two dives in one site.

↓ 28m 👁 20m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Shaab El Erg

A big horseshoe reef north of Hurghada with a shallow sandy lagoon that a resident pod of spinner dolphins uses to rest — the best shot at wild dolphins anywhere on our day-trip map.

↓ 28m 👁 20m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Abu Nugar

A cluster of shallow coral heads and small reefs north of Hurghada — easy, bright, fish-filled diving that works equally well as a check dive or a relaxed second dive of the day.

↓ 20m 👁 20m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Abu Galawa

A sheltered reef group north of Hurghada with a sandy eel garden and gently sloping coral — relaxed, photogenic diving that rarely sees current.

↓ 28m 👁 22m Beginner

Hurghada Wall

Umm Gamar

A crescent-shaped island reef north of Hurghada with a sheer eastern wall, three coral towers off the south tip and a glassfish-packed plateau — one of the area's classic deeper reef dives.

↓ 30m 👁 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Pinnacle

Shabruhr Umm Gamar

A line of submerged ergs and a coral ridge just south of Umm Gamar island, scattered with small wreckage — a quieter, deeper alternative to its famous neighbour.

↓ 30m 👁 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Pinnacle

Careless Reef

Two coral pinnacles rising from a plateau between Giftun and Umm Gamar, famous for big morays, turtles and shark sightings in the blue — an advanced site that lives and dies by the current.

↓ 40m 👁 30m Advanced

Hurghada Drift

El Fanadir

A long reef wall running parallel to the coast just off Hurghada — the area's go-to drift dive, with a sloping garden on the inside and a sheer drop on the outside.

↓ 30m 👁 22m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

El Fanous

A shallow reef and lagoon close to Hurghada with table corals, resident turtles and a Napoleon wrasse or two — an easy, sociable site that often gets a dolphin fly-by.

↓ 20m 👁 20m Beginner

Hurghada Lagoon

Turtle Bay

A shallow, sheltered lagoon system near El Fanadir, named for the green turtles that graze its seagrass — calm, warm and shallow enough for snorkellers and first-timers.

↓ 14m 👁 18m Beginner

Hurghada Wall

Small Giftun

The dramatic eastern side of Small Giftun island — a steep wall and plateau swept by current, with gorgonian fans, big Napoleons and the chance of tuna and sharks in the blue.

↓ 30m 👁 28m Advanced

Hurghada Pinnacle

Erg Somaya

A soft-coral pinnacle near Small Giftun that erupts with colour and clouds of anthias — a compact, current-fed site that photographers love.

↓ 30m 👁 28m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Grand Coral

An expansive offshore reef plateau with multiple coral heads, schooling fish, and reliable visibility. A favourite second dive on day-trips north.

↓ 22m 👁 25m Beginner

Hurghada Pinnacle

El Aruk Giftun

A shallow sandy plateau off Big Giftun studded with dozens of small coral pinnacles — a bright, easy 'coral garden' that's a joy to wander and a favourite for photos.

↓ 16m 👁 25m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Magawish

A spread of shallow coral blocks and small reefs around Magawish island, close to shore — easy diving with anemone clownfish, stingrays and the occasional barracuda patrol.

↓ 14m 👁 18m Beginner

Hurghada Wall

Hamda

A coral wall and slope on the north side of Big Giftun, with overhangs and cracks hiding morays and groupers and tuna passing in the blue — a step up from the easy Giftun reefs.

↓ 25m 👁 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Banana Reef

A curved, banana-shaped reef between the two Giftun islands, dressed in soft corals with eagle rays over the sand — a pretty, easygoing mid-depth dive.

↓ 22m 👁 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Lagoon

Torfa El Shahed

A shallow lagoon and pinnacle field near Banana Reef, soft-coral pillars rising into easy water with turtles, rays and anemone gardens — gentle, colourful and forgiving.

↓ 14m 👁 22m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Sabina

A maze-like coral garden between the Giftun islands, all swim-throughs and labyrinthine channels in shallow water — easy to dive, hard to leave, and an easy drift when the current is up.

↓ 14m 👁 25m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Ras Abdalla

A quiet point dive south of Hurghada with excellent macro life — ghost pipefish, nudibranchs, and the occasional seahorse hide in the seagrass beds.

↓ 18m 👁 15m Beginner

Hurghada Wall

Sharm El Arab

A beautiful, lesser-visited reef in the northern Hurghada area. Quiet, photogenic, and packed with coral diversity on a gentle wall.

↓ 25m 👁 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Abu Ramada Gorgonia

A colourful eastern Abu Ramada drop-off south of the plateau, named for its abundant large gorgonian fans and soft corals.

↓ 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Abu Ramada Plateau

An elongated plateau at the northern tip of Abu Ramada Island. The reef begins around 10 m and slopes toward 30–35 m, with strong currents common.

↓ 35m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Abu Ramada Cave

A southeastern Abu Ramada reef site built around a large coral block with a north-facing opening at about 24 m that divers can peer into.

↓ 40m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Carlson's Corner

A sheltered southern Abu Ramada reef suitable for stationary dives and courses, with the remains of a small wreck and a resident napoleon wrasse.

↓ 25m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Dorfa El Fanous East

A sheltered eastern Fanous reef with a starter block and two larger blocks, plus a shallow sandy area that works well for courses and acclimatisation dives.

↓ 25m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Dorfa El Fanous West

A shallow western Fanous route protected by a large lagoon. It can be dived as a stationary dive or one-way drift and is often used for courses.

↓ 15m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

El Fanadir Dacht Dacht

A further southern Fanadir drift site with reef and sand patches. Winter can bring eagle rays and large stingrays, though visibility is not always reliable.

↓ 20m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

El Fanadir Foc

A long hard-coral wall and sandy plateau on the northern Fanadir reef, ending in a steep drop. Camouflaged marine life lives among the coral.

↓ 18m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

El Fanadir Dacht

South of El Fanadir Foc, this reef offers a wide sandy plateau with colourful coral blocks and options for stationary, one-way or drift diving.

↓ 25m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Erg Camel

A reef and sandy slope south of Abu Ramada Cave, where drift diving toward the cave is often preferred because currents can develop.

↓ 40m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Erg Sabina

A small reef between the Big and Small Giftun islands, with a beautiful main reef and a large isolated coral block farther north.

↓ 40m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Fandira

A reef wall north of Small Giftun that runs west toward Shaab Dorfa. It is a calm-day drift site with a plateau and deeper reef edge.

↓ 40m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Giftun Soraya Ham Ham

A classic south Small Giftun drift dive, with a steep wall covered in gorgonians and a plateau where the boat lines allow a stationary finish.

↓ 35m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Manta Point

A northern Shaab El Erg drift site with a broad coral garden and open-water fish life. It has no mooring buoys, so it is dived as a drift pick-up in calm conditions.

↓ 15m Intermediate

Hurghada Wreck

MS Balena

A shallow 40 m wreck near Hurghada harbour, now resting on a sandy seabed around 9 m deep and popular with photographers and explorers.

↓ 10m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

North Umm Gamar

A deep northern reef wall with large coral blocks on a sandy bottom. The current can divide along the wall, so the route is planned around conditions.

↓ 40m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Sachua Abu Galawa

A northern Hurghada reef with a coral wall, soft corals and sheltered lagoon habitat. It can be dived as a stationary dive or a one-way route.

↓ 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Abu Ramada

Also known as Aquarium, this reef has a coral garden on the east side and two large blocks on the west side that divers can circle like a figure eight.

↓ 20m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Abu Salama

A shallow, rounded reef with a broad plateau and a drop-off on its eastern side. Schooling fish and well-camouflaged reef life make it a rewarding easy dive.

↓ 15m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Sha'ab Adel

A mid-sea reef west of Shaab Abu Ramada Aquarium, with scattered coral blocks and no fixed route; choose a route to suit the current.

↓ 25m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Alex

Also called Shaab Nenad, this long, little-touched reef lies between Stone Beach and Shaab Sabina. It is visited as a drift pick-up in calm weather.

↓ 35m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Dorfa

Next to Banana Reef, this site combines a protected lagoon route with coral blocks and gardens to the north and southeast. Good navigation helps on the one-way return.

↓ 22m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Eshta

A small, fish-rich Magawish reef made up of two large blocks and several smaller outcrops on a sandy bottom.

↓ 10m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Helua

A western reef section of the larger Shaab El Erg system, with a shallow channel through a V-shaped coral block and bright, fish-filled reef.

↓ 15m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Shaab James

A long, narrow reef plateau east of Big Giftun, north of Stone Beach. It is usually a calm-weather drift dive over a sloping sandy wall.

↓ 40m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Khalifa

South of Shaab Alex, this drift-only site begins at an attractive coral block around 18 m and continues past coral gardens on a sandy plateau.

↓ 25m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Pinky

A northeastern Big Giftun drift site with a sloping plateau and a reef edge that drops into deeper water. Large fish and turtles are possible sightings.

↓ 35m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Iris

A shallow Abu Nugar reef made up of one small main block and surrounding medium-sized coral blocks, with abundant fish and soft corals.

↓ 15m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Quais Maksur

A large sandy plateau south of Big Giftun with scattered, overgrown coral blocks and unusual formations that reward careful orientation.

↓ 15m Intermediate

Hurghada Wreck

Shaab Rur Umm Gamar

A reef about 2 km south of Umm Gamar, known for an Egyptian boat wreck and a wide plateau broken by caves and overhangs.

↓ 40m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Steeltank

A steep eastern Big Giftun reef south of Shaab Pinky, named for an old aircraft fuel tank on a small plateau at about 28 m.

↓ 30m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Tiffany

A small Magawish reef with two large blocks, seagrass and smaller outcrops. It is usually dived as a stationary site and suits macro photography.

↓ 12m Beginner

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Samir

A coral-rich Abu Galawa reef with a main block and a row of smaller blocks. The exposed location is best visited in good weather.

↓ 30m Intermediate

Hurghada Reef

Shaab Timmi

A deep eastern Small Giftun drift site with a beautifully overgrown plateau of gorgonians and black coral, close to the reef wall.

↓ 35m Advanced

Hurghada Reef

Stone Beach

An eastern Big Giftun reef with a large yellow hard-coral slope below the boat lines, sandy patches and a drop-off with overhangs to the north.

↓ 40m Intermediate

3 sites

Other

Other Wreck

SS Thistlegorm

The most famous wreck in the Red Sea — a British WWII armed merchant ship sunk in 1941, her holds still packed with motorcycles, trucks, rifles and railway locomotives. A bucket-list dive in the Strait of Gubal.

↓ 32m 👁 20m Advanced

Other Wreck

Giannis D

The most photogenic of the four Abu Nuhas wrecks — a Greek cargo ship that struck the reef in 1983 and broke into three. Her dramatically tilted stern, with engine room and mast, is one of the Red Sea's best wreck dives.

↓ 27m 👁 25m Intermediate

Other Wreck

Carnatic

The oldest and most beautiful of the Abu Nuhas wrecks — a P&O steam-and-sail ship wrecked in 1869. More than 150 years of coral has turned her elegant skeleton into a living reef draped in soft corals and glassfish.

↓ 27m 👁 25m Advanced

1 sites

Safaga

Safaga Wreck

Salem Express

A solemn, beautiful, and demanding dive on a 110 m passenger ferry that sank off Safaga in 1991. A grave site treated with respect — and one of the most evocative wreck dives in the Red Sea, run as a day trip from Hurghada.

↓ 32m 👁 20m Advanced

2 sites

Makadi Bay

Makadi Bay Reef

Fort Arabesque House Reef

A gem of a shore-accessible house reef in Makadi Bay. Walk in from the beach, descend over a sloping garden, and find a thriving coral wall ten metres from your towel.

↓ 18m 👁 18m Beginner

Makadi Bay Pinnacle

Gota Abu Makadi

An exposed offshore pinnacle south of Makadi Bay — current-fed, fish-rich, and a reliable spot for pelagics in the blue.

↓ 30m 👁 30m Advanced

1 sites

Sahl Hasheesh

Sahl Hasheesh Reef

Ras Disha

A shore-accessible point dive on the Sahl Hasheesh peninsula. Easy entry, gradual slope, and a small wreck on the sandy bottom for variety.

↓ 18m 👁 18m Beginner

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