Sharm El Sheikh - Day Diving & Dive Sites

We want you to be able to enjoy the abundance of wonderful sites, experiences and sealife Sharm has to offer. With our dive centre so close to the jetty, you can’t get more convenient boat diving. And, to make your holiday as stress-free as possible, we transport your diving equipment to our boats so you can relax and look forward to the day ahead!

  • Standard diving in Sharm includes TWO boat dives per day with guide, tanks and weights.
  • All dives, especially Ras Mohamed and Tiran, are weather dependent.
  • Third dives can also be purchased on the boat.
  • Approximate duration is 08:00 to 15:30-17:00 depending on the sites visited.
  • Trips do not include lunch or drinks but they can be bought on board.
  • If you haven’t dived for a while, then we recommend you take a skills refresher as required by your training organisation.
Emperor Sharm Day Boats
Let's dive!

As of 1st April 2023, we will be changing the way we do our first-day dives. We will ask all divers to use our house reef in Naama Bay to do their initial dive and weight check at least. There will be NO weight checks carried out from the boat. We appreciate this is a different approach to how Emperor Divers did things historically but, as we tend to have new arrivals every day, we’ve found the quality of your boat diving has suffered recently. Going forward it brings the exciting opportunity to choose more adventurous dive sites when you are on the boat, knowing every dive can be chosen because it’s the best one to do.

Day Trips

Listed below are some of the dive sites included in a dive package price, visited on a rotational basis:

  • Straits of Tiran: These four reefs – Thomas, Woodhouse, Gordon and Jackson – lie perpendicular to the coast and sit between the Sinai peninsular and Saudi owned Tiran island. They usually provide safe anchorage on the South side from the prevailing winds, and are bursting with reef fish buzzing over vibrant corals. Canyons and local currents can make for fun exploration, and on calm days the North sides can be explored where bigger things can often be found.
  • Sharm’s Coast: Incredible dives such as Ras Umm Sid, translated as the headland of Sid’s mother, home to the largest gorgonian forest in Sharm a school of chevron barracuda and numerous batfish. Or how about Temple? A large rock tower surrounded by a “necklace” of smaller pinnacles sheltered by the headland. Divers either spend the dive winding in and out of these towers on the lookout for critters, the resident crocodilefish, large morays and many more amazing creatures.
  • Ras Mohamed: The meeting point of the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba, this is the tip of the Sinai peninsula and has been a National Park for decades to protect its outstanding natural beauty above and below the waves. While signature dives like Shark & Yolanda are the main draw, inspiring divers with steep drop-offs, legendary visibility and huge schools of fish, there are many other dives such as Ras Gozlani and Ras Za’atar with stunning underwater scenery that need to be seen to be believed.

When visiting Ras Mohamed or Straits of Tiran marine parks, a fee of €7 per day is paid locally

Special Dive Trips

Supplements are added to daily diving rates and paid locally. Special Trips are weather dependent and subject to availability. Minimum numbers apply. Local taxes and marine park fees are not included.

Special TripSupplement
Thistlegorm incl. 12L Nitrox (2 dives)€ 110
Dunraven (2 dives)€ 30
Million Hope (3 dives)€ 30
Dahab (2 dives)€ 70

Click here for your full price list on day diving, additional dives and equipment.

Sharm El Sheikh Dive Sites

Click dive site markers for detailed descriptions. Some dive sites may only be visible on zooming out.

Dive sites & areas that we may visit are subject to weather conditions and may involve additional charges.

Ras Ghamila
Ras Nasrani
Ras Bob
Sharks Bay
White Knight
The Gardens
Sodfa and Tower
Amphoras
Paradise
Ras Umm Sid and Temple
Straits of Tiran
Million Hope
Kormoran
Ras Mohamed National Park
The Alternatives
Stingray Station
Lonely Mushroom
Kingston and Shag Rock
Small Crack
Dunraven
Thistlegorm
Sharm El Sheikh Airport
Emperor Divers Sharm El Sheikh

Learn to Dive Guarantee

Love it or your money back! When having a go at something new it’s essential that you feel confident and comfortable with the idea. The Emperor team is so certain that you’ll love learning to dive with us that, at the end of the first day of tuition if you decide not to proceed, we’ll give you your money back.

Please read our full Terms & Conditions (PDF).