Red Sea Diving Holidays

Wadi Lahmy Azur Resort

Red Sea, Hamata

The Wadi Lahmy Azur Resort is situated directly north of the peninsula of Ras Banas, a prominent harbour located 185 km from Marsa Alam airport. This ancient city dates back two thousand years.

155 rooms with balcony or terrace
All inclusive board basis
Pool/Pool Bar/Internet/Kids Club
House reef diving
Fresh meat bbq & homemade pizza
Orca divers on-site

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Marsa Shagra

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

The ultimate diving adventure! Enjoy the relaxed, laid back atmosphere of Marsa Shagra, a unique location the likes of which you will not find anywhere else in the world.

Closer to Elphinstone Reef
Unlimited house reef diving
Guided or unguided diving
Ideal for photographers
Natural location & simple luxury
Ideal for diving families

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Marsa Nakari

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

Marsa Nakari is a charming village featuring a sheltered bay just 40 km south of Marsa Alam city. A smaller, quieter and more remote alternative to Marsa Shagra but with all the benefits.

Close to Dolphin House Reef
Unlimited house reef diving
Small and intimate atmosphere
Access to pristine reefs by speedboat
Ideal for all diving levels
Individual and groups welcome

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Wadi Lahami

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

Wadi Lahami is a secluded village in Egypt’s pristine "deep south". This destination is for the true explorer.

Wrecks, reefs, canyons & more
Dive & kite packages available
Personal atmosphere, 60 guests
Flexible itinerary
Fury Shoals diving from land
"Off the beaten track" location

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Marina Lodge At Port Ghalib

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

The Marina Lodge at Port Ghalib hotel is a beautifully decorated new resort offering comfort and a first class service to all guests.

Divers resort by the Marina
203 rooms and suites
Half board basis
A favourite with our customers
Suitable for all types of divers
Emperor Divers next door

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M/Y Emperor Asmaa

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

Join the Emperor Asmaa for a week of thrills. A choice of diving around Sharm or the southern locations like St Johns. Do a Nitrox course for only £99 whilst on your trip including books and cert.

Max 16 guests / 3 dives per day
Southern & Northern routes
Full board inc soft drink
Courses available on-board
Nitrox available on-board
Air-con cabins

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M/Y Emperor Elite

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

Join the Emperor Elite for a week’s adventure. Throughout the year the boat sails on different routes around the southern Red Sea taking in St Johns and the Brother Islands to name a few.

Max 20 guests / 3 dives per day
Premium class Emperor boat
Choice of southern routes
Free Nitrox for qualified divers
Full board inc soft drinks
Rebreather friendly

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M/Y Emperor Superior

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

The Emperor Superior offers guests the chance to dive the big 4 at Abu Nuhas. You can do a Nitrox course on-board for £99. There are a number of routes available so check out all the options.

Max 20 guests / up to 3 dives per day
Choice of routes around Hurghada
Dive the wrecks of Abu Nuhas
Full board basis inc soft drinks
Free Nitrox for qualified divers
Suitable for all travellers

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MY Blue Pearl

Red Sea, Hurghada

The Blue Pearl offers divers a varied base of itineraries from north to south in the Red Sea. You can choose a luxury double bedded cabin as the base for your adventure.

Max 20 guests / Min 3 dives per day
Full board basis inc soft drinks
Various routes available
Choice of cabin types
Nitrox available (charge)
Discounts for single occupancy

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MY Blue Seas

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

The Blue Seas operates in the southern Red Sea and offers trips departing Hurghada and Marsa Alam. The cabin choices provide a nice option for couples with double beds onboard.

Max 20 guests / Min 3 dives per day
Full board basis inc soft drinks
Dive South & St Johns
Choice of cabin types
Nitrox available (charge)
Discounts for single occupancy

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MY Blue Planet I

Red Sea, Hurghada

The baby of the Blue Planet Fleet accommodating a maximum of 16 divers but she is fast! Staff is friendly and have been servicing guests for a number of years offering consistent high level of service.

Max 16 guests / Min 3 dives per day
Full board basis inc soft drinks
Various routes available
NITROX available (Extra charge)
Spacious and beautifully fitted
AC cabins and en suite

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M/Y Golden Dolphin III

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

The Golden Dolphin fleet offer a range of trips across the Red Sea. This boat sets sail for the sites around the Brothers, St Johns and more! The vessel is comfortable and of a good size for divers.

Max 20 guests / Min 3 dives per day
Full board basis inc soft drinks
Free Nitrox for qualified divers
2 suites great for couples
Dive the Brothers/Deep South
Departs Hurghada/Marsa Alam

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M/Y Golden Dolphin II

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

The Golden Dolphin fleet offer a range of trips across the Red Sea. This vessel visits sites in the southern Red Sea. Some special interest trips run on this vessel.

Max 20 guests / Min 3 dives per day
Full board basis inc soft drinks
Free Nitrox for qualified divers
2 suites great for couples
Dive the Brothers/Deep South
Plenty of room to relax on-board

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M/Y Golden Dolphin

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

The Golden Dolphin fleet offer a range of trips across the Red Sea. Departing Hurghada for the southern Red Sea reefs it will give you a week to remember.

Max 20 guests / Min 3 dives per day
Full board basis inc soft drinks
Free Nitrox for qualified divers
Dive the most southern reefs
Departs Hurghada/Marsa Alam
Suitable for all types of traveller

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M/Y Odyssey

M/Y Odyssey has 13 cabins for 26 persons. One of the sundecks features a Jacuzzi for guests to relax when they aren't diving! Golden Dolphin offers free nitrox. There is more than 15 routes to choose from sailing around the Red Sea.

Max 20 guests / up to 4 dives per day
Full board basis inc soft drinks
Free Nitrox for qualified divers
Dive Rocky/St Johns/Zabargad
Departs Marsa Alam
Twin or single cabins

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Red Sea Aggressor

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

The Red Sea Aggressor is a 36 metre boat built and powered for comfort, safety and stability around the Red Sea offering 7 and 10 night itineraries with a choice of 3 routes to choose from.

Maximum 20 guests
4 to 5 dives per day
7 and 10 night itineraries
3 route options
Dive wrecks and reefs
Departs Port Ghalib

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Longimanus

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

Observe and dive the enchanting underwater world of the house reef offering immense coral and fish diversity.

Sharks
Dolphins
Full Charter Option
Suites Available
4 Routes
Full Board

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MY Blue

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

MY Blue, a luxury wooden newly refurbished member of Blue Planet Liveaboards taking divers around the Red Sea on famous routes including the Brothers and North and Wreck Routes.

FREE Nitrox
Full Board
Choice of routes
Newly Refurbished
Up to 24 guests
State-of-the-art technology

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Learn To Dive In the Red Sea

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

The Red Sea is the ideal place to learn to dive. Here you will start your diving itinerary in beautiful warm and colourful waters rich with marine life.

All-inclusive resort
Dive centre: 25 years of experience
House reef diving
Secluded private beach

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Grand Egyptian Museum

The Grand Egyptian Museum is located only 2 kilometers from the Giza Pyramid plateau that is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

Tour Type: Cultural Tours

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Cairo & Giza Pyramids

Meet at Cairo Airport

Tour Type: Cultural Tours

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Luxor & Valley of the Kings

Transfer from Hurghada to Luxor by car.

Tour Type: Cultural Tours

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Southern Africa and Egypt

Fly To Johannesburg and the rest with be taken care of on this very special private tour!

Tour Type: Adventure Tours

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Camel Safari

Available at Al Nahda Resort & Spa

Tour Type: Adventure Tours

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Sea Scope Submarine

Go on a fantastic excursion under water . You can clearly observe and take pictures of the Red Sea's most famous corals, fish and amazing marine life.

Tour Type: Boat Trip

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Horseback Riding

Ride a Camel or Donkey on a Amore Safari at Port Ghalib!

Tour Type: Horse Riding

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Kiteboarding

Hamata Kite Village with Kiterr south of Marsa Alam in Wadi El Gamal National Park. A location perfect for beginners and lessons. Endless space with crystal clear water.

Tour Type: Adventure Tours

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Hurghada

Red Sea

Hurghada is the wreck and liveaboard capital of the Red Sea offering weekly trips out to the “big 4”. Hurghada is also a great place to have a beach diving holiday with the family.

Learn to dive holidays
Family diving
Wreck diving in Sharm/Hurghada
Nightlife in Sharm/Dahab
Relax in Marsa Alam/Hamata
Southern Red Sea Liveaboards

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Marsa Alam

Red Sea

Marsa Alam offers a different experience to other Red Sea resorts as it is more remote. If you are looking for something different to Sharm then check this out.

Learn to dive holidays
Family diving
Wreck diving in Sharm/Hurghada
Nightlife in Sharm/Dahab
Relax in Marsa Alam/Hamata
Southern Red Sea Liveaboards

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Hamata

Red Sea

Hamata is the most southern resort in the Red Sea. The only things here are the hotels and the diving. Perfect for a relaxed trip for all types of divers. You will find reefs in good condition without many other divers.

Learn to dive holidays
Family diving
Wreck diving in Sharm/Hurghada
Nightlife in Sharm/Dahab
Relax in Marsa Alam/Hamata
Southern Red Sea Liveaboards

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Red Sea

The most popular place for UK divers all year round offering a range of diving experiences including reefs, wrecks and varied fish life.

This year round diving destination provides warm water and exciting marine life just a five hour flight away, for these reasons, the Red Sea is largely popular amongst UK divers.

Learn to dive holidays
Family diving
Wreck diving in Sharm/Hurghada
Nightlife in Sharm/Dahab
Relax in Marsa Alam/Hamata
Southern Red Sea Liveaboards

Climate Information

Wildlife Calendar

Insider’s View

The Red Sea’s reefs thrive with marine life! Expect to find colourful soft and hard corals on pretty much every dive you do. The Red Sea is home to full range of diving opportunities including wrecks, wall and drifts dives, beautiful pinnacles, house reefs and an array of day boats and liveaboards to the outer reefs.

The coastline along the Southern Red Sea offers an array of dive sites accessed by shore or day boats, a great choice if you aren’t a liveaboard lover or you are travelling with a young family.

Insider’s View

Collection of toilot bowls from shipwreck

Gallery

Gail

Monday, 14 January 2013

Alan Godden - Red Sea

Trip to Red Sea, Sharm El Sheikh.

Alan Godden - Red Sea

Destination Fact File

The most popular place for UK divers all year round offering a range of diving experiences including reefs, wrecks and varied fish life.

Diving at the Red Sea offers a range of underwater experiences and is only 5 hours away from the UK and with prices starting from around £350 with some late deals and offers under £300. Each region offers a unique set of diving opportunities as well as a plethora of above water cultural activities. The Red Sea is one of the world’s best diving destinations with over 1000 species of fish and 200 types of coral. Above the water the Pyramids, temples of Luxor and the Valley of the Kings, where the tomb of Tutankhamen is located enables a fun packed holiday full of culture and diving adventures. Ultimate Diving tailor makes many holidays to the Red Sea and ancient Egypt at very reasonable prices. If you are looking for something like this or have something in mind give us a call to discuss your thoughts or just browse our hotels for a great diving holiday deal!

Diving in Hurghada is great for wreck lovers as Abu Nuhas is within reach for day boats and is not quite as popular as Sharm from a day boat perspective. Most of the Red Sea Liveaboards depart from its port. There are also good reef dives at Giftun Islands which are about 45 minutes by boat.

In the south of Egypt, Marsa Alam diving is all reefs and walls. It is possible to visit Elphinstone reef where you have a good possibility of seeing sharks and pelagic animals. Marsa Alam is quieter and the town has less to offer so we recommend taking half board at your hotel as it is not as easy as Sharm, Hurghada or Dahab to pop out for dinner. A number of liveaboards depart from Marsa Alam to the deep south to dive Rocky Island and St Johns, Zabargad, Fury Shoals reefs.

Even further south, diving in Hamata offers day boat access to the Fury Shoals and St Johns reef, a highly recommended diving spot, which until the opening of resorts in the area was only accessible from a Liveaboard. The resorts we have chosen both have good house reefs for those who want a bit of everything. Again, the local area is quiet and therefore better value staying on a half board basis. The Lahami Bay resort is the further south resort at the Red Sea and has house reef system with 5 different dives.

Destination Key Information

Currency	Egyptian Pound
Time Difference	GMT +2 and GMT +3 in summer months (last Friday in April to last Friday in September)
Vaccinations	You are recommended to be immunized with the following vaccines before travelling to the Red Sea: Typhoid, Hepatitis A and Polio immunizations are recommended. A Yellow Fever vaccination certificate is required from travelers over one year of age coming from infected areas. Immunization against Hepatitis B is sometimes advised.
Tipping	It is common practice to tip waiters, taxi drivers, pool attendants bar staff and porters. In the Red Sea tipping is known as “Baksheesh”.
Passport & Visas	British citizens do not require a visa for a stay of up 21 days. A 6 month valid passport and returned ticket is required.
Flight Routes	Direct flights from UK airports
International Flight Durations	5 hours from the UK.
Stopover Information	No stopovers are required when flying from the UK.
Luggage Allowance	20KG hold plus up to 7KG hand luggage. We can arrange an additional 10KG at the time of booking when you provide your diving qualification number.
Internal Flights & Luggage	There are no internal flights necessary to reach major resorts, however if you are interested in a twin or multi center holiday we can arrange these for you.
Transfer Information	Our packages include transfers on arrival and departure day. On arrival you will be met by one of our representatives and transferred to the resort. Transfer times are as follows: Sharm El Sheikh to Naama Bay: 15 minutes Sharm El Sheikh to Dahab: 1hour Hurghada to Marsa Alam: 4 hours Hurghada to Hamata: 6 hours Marsa Alam to Town: 30 minutes Marsa Alam to Hamata: 2 hours
Dive Season	Diving activities take part in the Red Sea all year round.

Save 25% Dive The World Club Weeks.

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

For over 30 years, each Aggressor yacht has offered 25% off. Dive the World weeks to reward guests. These weeks are announced once a year and get booked up early. Give us a call today and book your space.

Money savings specials and discounts do not apply
Single supplement available - based on full retail rate.
Non-diver rates and multiple vacation discounts not available on DWC weeks.
Not available for group reservations.

Save 25% on the selected dates (listed below) aboard the Red Sea Aggressor II 18/08/2019 to 25/08/2019 or 22/12/2019 to 29/12/2019

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Special Offer Wadi Lahmy Azur

Red Sea, Hamata

General Condition:

Above promotion is valid only for ALL NEW BOOKINGS effective from 01/08/2018
Above promotion is on Soft All-Inclusive Basis.
Above promotion is valid for Standard Room Garden View & Pool View
Above promotion is valid for West European Market.
Sea View Supplement 3€ per person per night.
Allotment distribution, any other supplements, terms and conditions will remain unchanged as per contract.
The hotel reserves the right to stop the promotion at any time based on 48 hours written communication notice.

Valid for bookings from 01/08/18 till 21/08/18 Travel period: 01/08/18 – 31/10/18 01/08/2018 till 31/10/2018: 25,- € Single Room Supplement : + 10,- € Triple reduction as per contract

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Early Booking Discount save 30% on Wadi Lahmy Azur Hotel

Red Sea, Hamata

General Condition:

Above promotion is valid only for ALL NEW BOOKINGS effective from 01/08/2018
Above promotion is on Soft All-Inclusive Basis.
Above promotion is valid for Standard Room Garden View & Pool View
Above promotion is valid for West European Market.
Sea View Supplement 3€ per person per night.
Allotment distribution, any other supplements, terms and conditions will remain unchanged as per contract.
The hotel reserves the right to stop the promotion at any time based on 48 hours written communication notice.

Valid for bookings form 22/08/2018 till 15/09/2018
Travel period:22/08/2018 - 31/10/2018

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Offer for groups!

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

We are delighted to offer you dive packs to groups based on 8 pay for the same dive pack and we’ll offer that dive pack FREE for 2 persons! Or if you have a smaller groups 4 divers pay and 1 get the same dive pack for free.

Offer valid in all new bookings made from 30/09/2018
Diving services taking place in October and November 2018.

What a great opportunity. Start saving on your group booking!

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Calling ALL Female Divers! Last Minute Bargain - £795

Red Sea, Marsa Alam

We have ONE space available for a female share on-board the Emperor Asmaa on the 11th October 2018 where you can explore the beautiful reefs of Daedalus and Elphinstone.

7 nights on-board the Emperor Asmaa - £795 Only

Female Share Only - Last Place Available

Last minute offer

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