Every article on the Aquarius Red Sea diving blog — currently 33 guides covering dive sites, marine life, training and gear across all seven Red Sea bases.
Every article on the Aquarius Red Sea diving blog — currently 33 guides covering dive sites, marine life, training and gear across all seven Red Sea bases.
How to book Red Sea diving in 2026 — PADI Travel, Viator, GetYourGuide & Tripadvisor vs booking direct with the dive centre. Honest comparison of price, fees, flexibility, cancellation. Why direct is usually best value for Hurghada & Sharm dive booking.
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Snorkeling or scuba diving in the Red Sea? An honest beginner's comparison — what you see, depths, ages, who each suits, try-dives and certification — by instructors who run boats year-round.
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Complete crocodilefish species guide for the Red Sea — Papilloculiceps longiceps (tentacled flathead). Identification, the lacy eye lappet, camouflage, ambush behaviour, where to spot and photograph them.
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Complete Red Sea anemonefish guide — Amphiprion bicinctus (two-banded clownfish), the Red Sea's resident clownfish. Identification, anemone symbiosis, sex change, behaviour, where divers see them.
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Complete bluespotted ribbontail ray species guide for the Red Sea — Taeniura lymma. Identification, electric-blue spots, venomous tail spines, behaviour, diet, IUCN status, and how divers see it.
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The Red Sea's native lionfish (Pterois miles, the devil firefish) — identification, venom, first aid, ecology, and the native-vs-invasive context every diver should understand.
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The three reef sharks every Red Sea diver encounters — whitetip (Triaenodon obesus), blacktip (Carcharhinus melanopterus), grey reef (C. amblyrhynchos). ID, behaviour, dive sites.
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Both the oceanic manta (Mobula birostris) and the reef manta (Mobula alfredi) live in Egyptian Red Sea waters. Where to see them, when, and how to recognise each species.
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A 70-metre Soviet-built warship sunk by Israeli aircraft in 1970, resting at 25-32m just twenty minutes from Hurghada Marina. Honest guide to the dive, the history, and what to expect underwater.
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A 115-metre passenger ferry that sank in 1991 carrying hundreds of pilgrims home from Mecca. The wreck, the history, and the ethical question every diver must answer for themselves.
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Sharm's most northerly local dive site, accessed directly from our Coral Sea Imperial base. The biggest sea fan forest in Sharm, drift dive to Enterprise Passage, day or night.
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Sharm's fastest, most dramatic drift dive. Hammerhead schools in late summer, walls dropping into infinite blue, the visible remains of the Lara shipwreck.
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