Ras Umm Sid

Done as a boat drift dive or from shore, this dive site offers lots of color and marine life as well as great topography. From the shore, follow the reef on your left for a deep wall dive, but watch for the current at the corner. Follow the reef to your right, you’ll have the bottom beneath you at around 32m.

Summer = resident manta and eagle rays! This site has potential for everything from hammerhead, thresher, and whale sharks, to tiny cleaner shrimp, turtles & blue spotted rays.

Level

Level

Beginner
Advanced

Visibility

Visibility

25 m

Current

Current

Light Current
No Current
Strong Current
Ripping Current

DIVE TYPES

DIVE TYPES

Night Dive
Drift Dive
Snorkeling
Wall/Drop Off
Macro Spot
Cleaning Station

Temperature & Visibility

Dives

Wildlife Diversity

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Dive sites nearby

© Eagle Divers, Sharm El- Sheikh

Temple

Normally dived from the boat, Temple gets its name from the topography of the site which loosely resembles an underwater temple. This ’temple’ is easily dived, starting from the shallows of around 6m, until you make your way through a tiny swim through out in to the blue at which point you’re able to reach 30m+.

© Dive One Academy, Sharm El Sheikh

Ras Katy

A shamandura dive. Moored between the fringing reef and the impressive pinnacle, this dive begins at the 5-meter sandy plateau and is home to many stingrays and crocodile fish.

Paradise

Paradise is a dive site filled with a rainbow of corals. Suitable for all levels of divers and also snorkelers, you can find sandy slopes, caves, and reef, all in one place!

Amphoras

This dive site gets it’s name from the old amphoras remains that can be found here. It is an easy dive with a sandy plateau, pinnacles, and coral blocks.

© Dive One Academy, Sharm El Sheikh

Tower

Tower is a spectacular dive site characterised by a deep canyon whose walls descend vertically for over 120m. It is a lovely drift dive with a strikingly beautiful underwater landscape.

Sodfa

This is an easy dive site suitable for every level of diver and also snorkelers. There’s a sandy plateau and at the drop off you can find shelters full of marine life. There are many coral blocks and pinnacles to explore.

© Dive One Academy, Sharm El Sheikh

Naama Bay

This site really consists of three “gardens:“ near, middle, and far. The most seaward of the gardens is somewhat sheltered from the currents and in the other parts flourishing with daily low & high tides that give these gardens rich life.

Near Garden

This is a very beautiful dive site with a lot to explore. There is a coral garden, pinnacles, a drop-off, and even a dead area. This site is suitable for all diver levels and also snorkelers.

Fiddle Garden

The Fiddle Garden is found right next to the Far Garden dive site. It is a reef wall with a drop-off and suitable for every diver level. The sandy plateau is covered with pinnacles and coral blocks.

© Dive One Academy, Sharm El Sheikh

Ras Ghozlani

One of the most beautiful dive sites in the area. Having been closed to divers for many years due to the turtle nesting beach close by, this site has an extraordinary array of beautiful table corals, glassfish covered pinnacles, and an overall stunning landscape.