30 min by boat from Makadi bay, 5 min north of Ras Disha. Beautiful drop off full of marine life. Can be a bit challenging sometimes because of current and the waves but definitely worth a visit if you are in Makadi.

25 minutes boat ride north of Makadi Bay. Fringing reef along the coast. Reef slope down to 15m depth - plateau down to 22m depth. Steep slope down to about 70m depth. Often light to medium current from the north. Diving is on the outside of the steep slope into the shallow area.

15 min by boat north of Makadi bay, near by the stunning abu hashisch island. Nice, protected lagoon to start the dive that leads to a stunning coral garden full of marine life. The dive is done starting from the lagoon and back inside the lagoon. Easy for divers of any level.

Just outside the bay of Makadi, in front of the Grand Makadi hotel. Shallow sandy bottom turning into a beautiful coral garden. This is usually done as a one-way dive.

Inside the bay of Makadi, in front of the the Fort Arabesque. Sheltered from the north wind, it makes it a good option to dive on rough days. Can be done as a one-way dive or as a stationary dive. gentle slope until 18m and then drop off where you can find greater depth. Suitable for beginners to advanced divers.

Drift dive south of Gota Abu Makadi, nice coral garden at a depth of 20 meters. Good chances of spotting turtles sleeping during the day, easy drift dive that ends at Gota Abu Makadi.

20 min by boat south of Makadi bay. Beautiful drop off starting from the surface to a maximum depth of 80m. Can be done either as a stationary dive or as a drift dive. One of diver’s favorite place around Makadi bay,

Not far from Shaab Sheer we can find Shaab Claude. Shaab Claude sits amidst a chain of 3 block groups, each about 5 to 10 minutes by boat far from each other.

One of the famous dive sites in Hurghada is Small Giftun Drift, also known as the Polics Station. It offers a great wall drift dive finishing with a coral garden plateau and stunning coral reef with lots of marine life of varying types.

The Excalibur or Susana was a dive boat that sank in 1996 following an electrical fire. It now lies at a floor depth of just over 20m making it suitable for OW divers