Southern Red Sea Family Adventure

Marsa Abu Dabab

Marsa Abu Dabab is a diver's paradise renowned for its vibrant coral reefs and abundant marine life. This dive site offers an unparalleled underwater experience with crystal-clear waters teeming with colourful fish, majestic sea turtles and, if you’re lucky, the occasional sighting of Marsa Alam’s most-famous dugong, Dennis. Divers of all levels are enchanted by the breathtaking coral formations, intricate caves, and thrilling swim-throughs that characterize this underwater wonderland. The sea grass is not to be missed while green turtles, dark-spotted stingrays and also guitar rays visit Abu Dabab. It’s a must for any divers visit to this region!

Abu Dabab Offshore Reefs

A collection of 6 reefs. Popular overnight location due to close proximity to the famous Elphinstone reef with a very good chance to see Spanish dancers on the night dive. Many swim throughs and caves. Often sightings of reef sharks on the southern outer reefs.

Sataya Dolphin Reef

Sataya Reef (Dolphin House) is a horseshoe-shaped reef in the southern Red Sea, famous for its resident spinner dolphins and vibrant coral reefs.

Fury Shoals

A network of hard coral formations make up the complex reef system of the Fury Shoals. Inhabited by a variety of pelagic fish, dolphins and several species of shark, Fury Shoals is a diverse coral garden and a spectacular dive site. Aside from the endless colourful sea life, the lagoon also contains the wrecks of a tugboat and a sailing ship for your exploration.

For an easy introduction to cavern diving, there is probably no finer setting than the reefs of the Fury Shoals (and the nearby St Johns). At a few special places, divers can explore capacious swim-throughs, gulleys and canyons, at the same time enjoying some of the most impressive hard coral scenery anywhere in the world.

• Abu Galawa Soraya -

  The northern edge of the Fury Shoal group, this reef has a fantastic hard coral garden and the wreck of a private sailing boat on the western side, which is packed with glass fish.

  
  

• Shaab Claude -

  In the centre of Fury Shoal, famous for its large labyrinths of swim throughs. Huge porite corals and a resident Napoleon. Often white tip reef sharks can be spotted as well as an anemone and clownfish settlement on a small pinnacle a little off the reef to the south.

Halg Salmaan

Salmaan's throat - a cut in the reef that doesn't reach the shore - is a site that is relatively undived. 2 very different dive sites are available here, between them a lagoon that often welcomes pods of Spinner Dolphins. Sites include:

• Maksour -

  Arabic for 'broken', Maksour's reef wall is littered with overhangs, cracks and swim-thrus. A small but deep canyon and a pinnacle so large you have to chicane around it are highlights, but start to explore the shallows and you will find a table coral as big as any you've seen before and fire coral formations that play host to pipefish and cleaner wrasse.

  
  

Shaab Sharm

Also named "Gota Sharm". Often used as a stopping point on the trips down/back from St John's to Marsa Ghalib Port, Shaab Sharm is a large oval reef with walls - both a good day or night dive.

Marsa Shouna

Also named "Shouni Kebir". A favourite spot of liveaboards and daily boats alike, Shouna is one of those areas where you can have magic encounters. Sites include:

• Aquarium -

  The name says it all - this is the site to come to for that fish-tank feel. Cleaning stations up and down the reef serve the resident schools of snappers, batfish, goatfish and fusiliers. Crocodilefish, lionfish and scorpionfish lay in wait for the meals to come to them and the keen eye will spot more camouflaged critters on this site than any other.

• Ras Shouna -

  The corner and outside north of Shouna is unique for its sprawling sand plateau. Littered in table corals of all shapes and sizes, pick your depth on the gradual slope and see what's hiding beneath. Blue spot rays are abundant, but certain times of year bring in breeding guitar rays.

• Shaab Abu Khaled -

  Named after one of our captains, this reef is characterised by steep, sloping reef tongues extending down from the reef wall, separated by sandy areas. These sandy areas reflect the sun, lighting up the colourful soft corals and giving another opportunity to see big, sleeping green turtles. Large shoals of unicornfish, fusiliers and red snappers congregate next to the reef wall, and you may even be lucky to see something a little bigger out in the blue.

• Shaab Sireer -

  The 'bed reef' could be named after the lazy speed we find works best to take in the scenery. It’s actually because more often than not we encounter sleeping green turtles at about 20m. Massive male, George, and cute female, Tracy, are the most regularly spotted. Don’t the massive schools of snapper and bream cruising amongst the stunning corals above.

• Shouna Seagrass -

  The fine sand of Shouna supports a lush seagrass bed that runs down the middle of the bay and around two shallow pinnacles. This is a classic dive where you won't have to go far to see large whiptail rays and green turtles. Ghost pipefish, snake eels and shrimpfish are regularly seen but one of the greatest sights is the large school of golden trevallies that hunt in the seagrass like a pack of dogs. Also, for the lucky ones, Dyson our local dugong is spotted here.

Marsa Alam Airport

Port Ghalib