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Dive the Best Top 3 sites in this area: Big and Little Brothers, Daedalus Reef and Elphinstone on a fabulous Platinum luxury liveaboard - Emperor Serenity.

Elphinstone, with its sheer walls covered in soft corals, offers a likely encounter with Oceanic White Tip sharks.

The Brothers attract an array of marine life from large tuna, jacks and snappers to the occasional hammerheads, silvertips, silky and oceanic white tip sharks and mantas. Even the rare thresher shark can be found here. Sightings of the grey reef shark are almost guaranteed on the North and South Plateau of Small Brother. And dive the wrecks of the Aida II and the Numidia.

Daedalus Reef is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving to be found. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling hammerheads and grey reef sharks.

Note: 50 logged dives required by Egyptian Law


Your special offer includes: shared cabin, 7 nights on board (last night either on board or in a hotel). 6 days diving (min 3 dives/day, last day 2 dives), transfers from airport/boat/airport (Hurghada & Marsa Alam airports), guide, tanks, weights, Nitrox, full board & soft drinks, enviromental tax.

Not included: flight/visa, diving equipment, alcohol, Marine Park fees, port departure fee, tip for the crew.

The dive sites visited by Emperor Divers in Safaga with speedboat 'Mimi' are home to many species of rays. The rare Thorny stingray is found here and in addition to the many Fantail stingrays (photo below) spotted there are also frequent encounters with single or even small groups of eagle rays.

And then we have the 'mystery ray'! It's a large black ray with pointed wings and a very long tail, which is white with black spots at the base. It's been seen swimming in the shallows of the reef and occasionally near the bottom.

Various identification suggestions have included the Southern stingray and the Mangrove stingray - only problem is the former is found in the Bahamas and the latter only exists in the Indo-Pacific!

So far our mystery ray has eluded our budding photographers, but we will keep you posted on further sightings. And any research suggestions are welcome!

Marsa Alam, Nuweiba, Safaga, Sharm El Sheikh (Shark's Bay) are now BSAC Dive Training Centres.

Thirteen instructors from a selection of Emperor's dive centres descended on Sharm to carry out our crossover training to become BSAC Open Water Instructors. The aim of this conversion was for Emperor to become the main BSAC flagship company providing BSAC courses and catering to their members' needs in the Red Sea, and what a success it was.