5 Stars

All year round

4.5 Hours

All diver levels

From £915

Sheraton Resort

The Sheraton Soma Bay Resort is a stunning beachfront hotel inspired by Luxor's Karnak Temple Complex. The resort’s secluded location on a small peninsula close to Safaga, just 18.6 miles from Hurghada is the ideal gathering place for friends and family where you are just steps away from a family-friendly aqua park, pristine sand and numerous water sports.

Although the hotel’s design reflects Egypt’s ancient history with themes of pharaohs and pyramids, modern facilities and design are featured across the whole building including a large outdoor swimming pool, 18-hole golf course designed by Gary Player, an aqua park and a modern health club and spa services.

At the Sheraton Soma Bay Resort, you can recharge in your spacious room offering a tranquil oasis from your balcony overlooking the pool, the gardens, or the crystal-clear Red Sea waters.

Delicious dining is always on offer! You can choose to dine outdoors on the sprawling terrace of the International Restaurant, overlooking the sea or try the cosy Italian restaurant and watch the chefs prepare authentic Italian fare. Copper Crescent is a popular lunch spot with cool breezes and exotic aromas in the open air. L'Abydos Brasserie is a smart-casual restaurant open for breakfast and dinner, serving delectable cuisine in its dining room and outside on the terrace overlooking the Red Sea. You also have the option to visit the Sea View and the Sea Food restaurant or grab a snack from the Soma Splash Bar at the end of your dive.

The Orca Dive Club Soma Bay is located at the Breakers Soma Bay, a 5-minute walk from the resort over the bridge to the drop-off reef at Ras Abu Soma. Orca Divers will cater to all diver levels and ship you to the reefs of Tobia, Panorama, Abo Khafan or even to the wreck of “Salem Express” where you will have the opportunity to come up close and personal with fish of all kind and sometimes even bigger inhabitants: turtles, barracudas or rays are regular visitors.

Board Basis

Half Board Basis Daily breakfast and dinner
All inclusive Daily meals and on-site local drinks included
Package Price From £915 for 7 nights on all inclusive board basis, flights and airport transfers
Diving £350 for 5 days diving with 2 dives a day
Standard Room

Standard Room

The standard air-conditioned rooms are very spacious and offer a comfortable stay with marble bathrooms, twin single beds, a private balcony and all the modern amenities of a 5-star hotel. Accommodates a maximum of 3 guests in a room.

  • Mini Bar
  • Air conditioning
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • T.V.
  • Balcony
  • Desk
  • 24 hour butler service
  • Sofa
  • Safe
Standard Sea View Room

Standard Sea View Room

The standard sea view room is like the standard room with the only difference being a comfortable king bed and direct views over the beautiful ocean. Accommodates a maximum of 3 guests in a room.

  • Mini Bar
  • Air conditioning
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • T.V.
  • Balcony
  • Desk
  • 24 hour butler service
  • Sofa
  • Safe
Executive Suite

Executive Suite

The executive suite feature one bedroom with a walk-in closet and a king size bed, a separate living room and beautiful views over the hotel’s gardens from the private balcony.

  • Air conditioning
  • Living Room
  • T.V.
  • Balcony
  • Desk
  • 24 hour butler service
  • Sofa
  • Walk In wardrobe
Beach Front Suite

Beach Front Suite

The beach front suite feature one larger bedroom with a walk-in closet and a king size bed, a separate living room as well as beautiful views sea views from the private balcony and pool access.

  • Mini Bar
  • Air conditioning
  • Living Room
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • T.V.
  • Balcony
  • Desk
  • 24 hour butler service
  • Sofa
  • Walk In wardrobe
  • Safe
Beach Front Deluxe

Deluxe Beach Front Suite

The deluxe beach front suite feature one larger bedroom with a walk-in closet and twin or king size beds, a separate living room as well as beautiful views sea views from the private balcony. The marble bathroom has a walk-in shower and a separate bathtub.

  • Mini Bar
  • Air conditioning
  • Living Room
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • T.V.
  • Balcony
  • Desk
  • 24 hour butler service
  • Sofa
  • Walk In wardrobe
  • Safe
Royal Suite

Royal Suite

The royal suite has two bedrooms with walk-in bedrooms and offers both beach front and pool access as well as a separated living room and dining room.

  • Mini Bar
  • Living Room
  • Tea and Coffee Making Facilities
  • T.V.
  • Balcony
  • Desk
  • 24 hour butler service
  • Sofa
  • Walk In wardrobe
  • Safe

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Orca Divers

Soma Bay

ORCA Dive Club Soma Bay is based at The Breakers, a modern lifestyle hotel of superlatives, specially designed for enthusiastic divers, snorkelers, and kite surfers. From the dive centre, it is only a short walk across the 420 metres long jetty that takes you to one of the most beautiful house reefs in the Red Sea and access to the drop-off reef of Ras Abu Soma.

The dive centre has a large open-air area with check-in counter, training rooms, diving bar with a wonderful view over the beach, several drying rooms for guest equipment and a shop with the most important diving equipment, T-shirts and souvenirs.

Catering to all divers, Orca Dive Club is well stocked with rental equipment in all sizes and offers a variety of tank sizes including 8, 10, 12 and15 litre aluminium tanks. They have a dedicated compressor including a nitrox system only for house reef dives and additional compressors and a nitrox membrane system in the Soma Bay Marina for boat dives.

Diving training according to SSI, PADI and CMAS as well as all possible special courses of the associations are also on offer.

The house reef Soma Bay promises spectacular dives. Unlimited diving from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The diving equipment is driven to the end of the jetty with environmentally friendly electric vehicles, so that everyone can start their house reef dive with fresh vigor. In the marina, a 5-minute drive away, the day boats are waiting for the full-day and half-day trips, the speed boats for early morning trips to the panoramic reef, for trips to the nearby reefs such as Tobia Arbaa or for drift dives along the house reef Abu Soma.

Please Note:

All courses include equipment and instructor services. Manuals and certification fees are not included and will be charged at the dive centre. Manuals & Certification Fee 65,00€.

Important Notice:

When diving or snorkelling in Egypt, you must always carry your passport with you as it is a requirement for the boat permissions. Please also be aware that coastguards do carry out random checks and as such anyone who does not have a passport will not be permitted to join the boat. To dive at certain dive sites, you will be required to get a Full Egyptian Tourist Visa.



PADI Open Water Diver (Inc Equipment)

This is the most popular dive program in the world! And can be your chance to have a lifetime of intense adventures.

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge Development ( online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

The Advanced Open Water Diver program gives you the opportunity to take your diving skill to the next level through three new areas of diving.
You complete your Deep Dive, Underwater Navigation Dive, Night Dive and two other dives for a total of five to attain your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

This certification includes five dives, including the Deep Diver, the Underwater Navigation Diver and three of the following: You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a long list of Adventure Dives. There are two required dives – Deep and Underwater Navigation – and you choose the other three, for a total of five dives. During the Deep Adventure Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.

The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the adventures you have – photography, buoyancy control, fish identification, exploring wrecks and many more.

PADI Discover Scuba Diving

This course is a subset of the PADI Open Water Diver course. If you're short on time but really want to become a diver, the PADI Scuba Diver rating might be right for you.

The PADI Scuba Diver course consists of three main phases:

PADI Open Water Referral

This is the most popular dive program in the world! And can be your chance to have a lifetime of intense adventures.

From the beginning to end of the course, you will learn the fundamentals of scuba diving, including areas such as dive equipment and techniques that will give you the confidence and skill to become a responsible diver.

You attain this rating by completing five pool dives and a number of knowledge development sessions with a final exam (which is not rocket science its just diving) and by completing four open water dives.

PADI Bubblemaker

Experience scuba diving under the direct supervision of a PADI Pro. Take your first breaths underwater in water shallower than 2 metres/6ft. For children who are at least 8 years old.

Bubble makers get a chance to:

PADI Divemaster

Be a leader who mentors and motivates others. Gain dive knowledge, supervision abilities, and become a role model to divers around the world.

The PADI Dive master course teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. Through knowledge development sessions, water skills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you develop the skills to organize and direct a variety of scuba diving activities. Topics and practical workshops include: