Sharm El Sheikh sits at the southern tip of South Sinai with daily access to Ras Mohammed National Park, the Straits of Tiran, and the SS Thistlegorm wreck. Site guides, marine life and trip planning
Sharm El Sheikh sits at the southern tip of South Sinai with daily access to Ras Mohammed National Park, the Straits of Tiran, and the SS Thistlegorm wreck. Site guides, marine life and trip planning for diving in Sharm.
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 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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Carcharhinus longimanus — the Red Sea's iconic pelagic shark. Season, best sites (Elphinstone, Brothers, Daedalus), behaviour and safe-diving guidelines.
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Stenella longirostris — named for their aerial spins. Dolphin House, Sataya Reef, dolphin-watching etiquette and responsible encounter guidelines.
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