Shams Hotel & Dive Centre

★★★★★ SS Thistlegorm (Wreck)

This is one of the most famous wrecks in the world. This site is suitable only for advanced divers and EAN is highly recommended. on a trip there you do at least 2 dives, inside and outside around. The bridge rises up to 17 m.

★★★★★ Islands

5min drive from the dive center. Entrance via reef top, therefore only diveable at high tide and little wind. Two reefs reaching just below the surface (Islands) border a shallow, labyrinthine hard coral garden. One of the most beautiful dive sites in Dahab.

★★★★★ Tiger house

Located South of the Blue Hole with a nice coral garden and shallow coral reef. Nice shallow area. The entrance is over the reef top, so this dive site can only be dived when there is little wind and high tide. Popular with Tec divers because of a deep canyon.

★★★★★ Blue Hole, Dahab

Located 12km North of Dahab, the famous Blue hole dive site is a large submarine sinkhole, 150m across and 110m deep. The dive can start or end at the blue Hole as you can enter the water north of the sink hole at Ells Bells and multi level your dive to end at the blue hole.

★★★★★ Eel Garden

In Dahab directly, approx. 7min approach. Entrance over wide reef roof, therefore only with little/no wind and high tide diveable. Wide sand field with countless garden eels. Shallow return (7-3m) on a beautiful, brightly coloured reef. Partial counter current on the way back.

★★★★★ Canyon, Dahab

The Canyon is located 1.5km from the Blue Hole. Another geographical marvel, it is a deep fissure in the reef that you reach after entering a shallow lagoon and swimming along a coral garden plateau.

★★★★★ The Caves

25min drive south. Only diveable at high tide and little wind. Large, shallow washouts that you can dive into. Reef slopes quickly, steep wall on the northern side.

★★★★★ The Bells

Located about 35 min drive north of Dahab, the Bells is the starting point dive towards the Blue Hole. A challenging entrance to reach the drop-off wall reaching 100-110 meters. Finish the dive by entering the Blue Hole from the outside wall.

★★★★☆ The Lighthouse

The Lighthouse dive site is about 3.5 km away at the Dahab Bay and suitable for all level of divers. The reef starts north of the entrance with a sandy slope and leads you to big coral columns and bolders, as well as lovely coral wall on your way back.

★★★★★ Jackson Reef

One of the best dive sites in the world. Can be done as a drift or mooring dive. Wonderful coral garden with soft and hard corals. Sometimes challenging currents on the “corners“. Backside of the reef known for hammerhead sharks in July to October.

Mares

★★★★★ Mashraba

A sandy bottom, followed by seagrass, then an artificial underwater museum and finally a wall drop-off. This dive site offers it all, very popular with underwater photography enthusiasts and accessible for beginners and advanced divers alike.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

★★★★☆ Fish and Friends

From the parking lot at Oasis Fighting Cangoroo Camp, walk through a small alley onto the promenade. If you keep to the left, you will reach the entrance via the private beach of the Fish & Friends Dive Center. Starting from seagrass meadows, a small reef stretches north-east to a depth of approx. 22m.

Aqualung

★★★★★ Abu Helal

3 min drive south of the Canyon dive site located about 20 min from Dive Center. Only accessible during higher tide and calm surface conditions.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

★★★★☆ Golden Blocks- Moray Garden

A 100-meters of ultimate beautiful underwater scenes can be experienced doing a drift dive between Moray Garen and Golden Blocks dive sites. With a very easy shore access on both enteries of the dive site, pick the route you want to go with, and enjoy this relaxing dive.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

★★★★★ Ricks Reef

Rick’s reef is located 250 meters north of the Canyon dive site, which makes it perfect to be conducted as a drift dive that allows the divers to reach the lagoon of the canyon. Being one of the less visited dives in Dahab, the reef is in a very good condition.