Every article on the Aquarius Red Sea diving blog — currently 60 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 60 guides covering dive sites, marine life, training and gear across all seven Red Sea bases.
Both world-class, very different. The honest comparison — cost, marine life, wrecks vs atolls, accessibility, seasons — from instructors who dive both regions.
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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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Every PADI certification level honestly explained — Discover Scuba, Scuba Diver, Open Water, Advanced, Rescue, Divemaster. Timing, cost, and order that actually makes sense.
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The scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) is the Red Sea's most famous summer shark encounter. Jackson Reef in the Straits of Tiran hosts reliable aggregations August-September.
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After 30 years running boats in both destinations, the honest answer to the most asked question in Red Sea diving — which base is right for your trip?
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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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The truth about the Blue Hole's reputation, the safe recreational route via El Bells, the Canyon's underwater shafts of light, and how to dive both as a day trip from Sharm El Sheikh.
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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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Sharm El Sheikh sits between Sinai's mountains and the Red Sea — daily access to Ras Mohammed, Tiran Island, the SS Thistlegorm wreck and Dahab. Here's why we love diving from this hub.
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Carcharhinus longimanus — the Red Sea's iconic pelagic shark. Season, best sites (Elphinstone, Brothers, Daedalus), behaviour and safe-diving guidelines.
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