The dive begins in a small slot in the reef table about 100m north of the Blue Hole. Descend through the tube-like fissure and, after reaching your maximum depth, ascend slowly while following the reef south to the saddle marking the Blue Hole. A head-first, spiralling descent through the chimney adds a new dimension to the confined space of the tube. The saddle, at approximately 6m from the top of the reef, is one exit point. Current permitting, divers are able to enjoy a relaxing drift along the wall towards the saddle, and then exit through the Blue Hole.

There is a good growth of plate and cabbage coral, black coral bushes, white soft corals and diverse fish life. Like all wall sites, this site should be treated with caution. Refer to your depth gauge, and be careful not to exceed your maximum depth. Current permitting, divers are able to enjoy a relaxing drift along the wall towards the saddle entry to the Blue Hole.

Eel Garden
This is a gently sloping wall dive to suit all levels of divers and offers easy entry and exit through a shallow sandy lagoon, home to several lion fish. As the name suggests there are numerous garden eels that can be seen opposite the wall in the white sloping sand bank. The wall starts at 3m and has a maximum depth of approximately 16 metres.

Exiting the lagoon and swimming across the sandy slopes, viewing the garden eels at close proximity, will bring you to a beautiful garden littered with hard and soft corals and other aquatic life. Divers can then return to the lagoon along the wall which is alive with colour and texture. For those with good air consumption, a drift dive from the Eel garden to the Lighthouse offers a varied and relaxing dive.

The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse, situated at the Northern end of the bay of Dahab, is home to the confined water training area due to its large sandy slopes an gentle drop off. The Lighthouse offers a number of different dives depending on the route chosen. The sprawling coral gardens offer an abundance of marine life and vividly colourful corals, extending far from the shore. The Lighthouse is made up of a large rocky wall that wraps around the point whilst heading north to the
Eel Garden.

The wall and the sprawling coral gardens, which alongside a spectacular variety of corals, can feature here and make it a very popular dive site. The Lighthouse is also a very reputable night dive area where it is not uncommon to see sleeping parrot fish, Spanish dancers, Red Sea lobsters, shrimps, hermit crabs and much more.

Ras Abu Hilal
Ras Abu Hilal translates as `headland of the crescent moon`. It refers to the crescent shaped reef about half a kilometre south of the Canyon. The reef encircles a shallow lagoon at about 12 metres. Outside is a gently sloping bay and on it northern side a broad ridge.

The start of this ridge features one of the finest coral gardens in the Dahab area and this is the main focus of the dive site. This dive can be combined with a visit to the `Huts` which is located just north of Abu Hilal. An easy drift south from The Huts will bring the diver out at Abu Hilal, the exit point can be chosen according to remaining air.

BLUE HOLE
A lot has been written about the Blue Hole. Most of it focuses on the dive sites reputation as one of the worlds most dangerous dives. Well it is. But only when the rules are broken and deep diving, especially on air, is attempted. The reason? `The Archway`. Inside the hole at a depth of 60m, the top of a Cathedral sized archway reveals itself.

The bottom of the arch lies at over 100 mtrs and the whole arch breaks through the Blue hole to the open sea wall. It is the `challenge` of The Arch, dropping down to 60 mtrs and beyond, then swimming through the 25mtrs of archway and finally, (if your lucks in,) ascending on the other side that has led to so many compressed air dives ending in fatality. It is to be stressed that Extended range diving or better still Mixed Gas diving (Tri mix) with the proper training and experience is the ONLY way to reach these depths.

One of the greatest attractions of the Blue Hole lies on the rich sloping reef outside. A shallow lip over the reef table at 6m leads to the outer reef. The reef slope, one of the Red Sea`s deepest and most spectacular drop offs, is rich in hard corals, particularly the section to the south of the lagoon. Triggerfish, jacks, unicorns, parrotfish, angels, grouper and surgeonfish are all part of the variety of fish life on the outer reef.

Snorkelling here can be just as rewarding as diving and it`s a great place to hang out on a non diving day, relaxing in the small cafes that lie almost at the edge of the Hole.

THE CANYON
This site takes it`s name from a long & very beautiful cavern under the seabed and is an essential dive for all fanatics of caves and cavern diving. This cavern lies north to south from the shallow reef offshore. Access to the site is through a shallow (3m) lagoon lying a few steps from the shoreline. Once outside the lagoon, a large coral mound lying some 10m out from the reef face, at a depth of around 14m marks the entrance to the canyon.

An opening, just wide enough to free-fall through comfortably, leads to the first chamber. A careful drop to 30m lands you on the bottom of the cavern. Sunlight penetrates through various large openings allowing excellent visibility throughout the dive. Ascending, the fissure snakes its ways up from the depths, to emerge in a large coral dome, known as the Fish Bowl. This is a smaller cave at the shallow end of the canyon and is filled with thousands of shimmering glassfish.

Continuing through the fish bowl, exit the cave at 18m, and swim back over the Canyon to catch your bubbles forcing their way through the seabed in straight columns reaching to the surface. The lagoon leads out to beautiful coral gardens which can only be fully explored after several visits Caution is required on this dive due to parts of the Canyon having an overhead environment. But with the proper planning and the use of one of our experienced dive guides, it is both a safe and highly rewarding experience.

Rick`s Reef
Located a few hundred metres north of the Canyon. Ricks Reef is a pleasant drift dive following a meandering wall covered in numerous varieties of corals. The wall begins at 3m and has a maximum depth of approximately 18m to its bottom. From there the sandy bottom gradually slopes away dotted with small coral utcrops. Ricks reef also gives the diver an opportunity to inspect The Canyon from above before finishing in the sandy lagoon.

Gabr El Bint
This spectacular diving area, located almost 30 kilometres south of Dahab, can only be reached by unconventional means; the Sinai camel Trek along the coastline, shadowed by the majestic mountains of Sinai, to reach these virgin reefs you need to take a boat or jump onto your favourite Camel. Gabr el Bint is abundant with stunningly rich marine life and offers wall diving, vivid coral gardens and gentle sandy slopes with coral outcrops. This diving experience can be combined with an insight into the culture of the local Bedouin who prepare traditional food and drinks and care for the camels.

SS THISTLEGORM
An enormous and majestic remnant of World War II, the SS Thistlegorm is one of the most sought after wreck dives in the world. Lying at a depth of 30m, it is an underwater museum, with tremendous historic value.

The 5000-tonne, triple engine SS Thistlegorm was a supply ship. Due to strong enemy control around the Mediterranean, the ship was forced to make runs around the Cape of Good Hope, up the Red Sea and the Gulf of Suez, bringing supplies to the 8th army of the Allied Forces in North Africa.

On October 6th 1941 at 01:30, whilst anchored and awaiting orders, German long distance warplanes bombed the ship. Two bombs hit the aft hold containing ammunition, causing a tremendous explosion - the results of which can still be seen underwater today. The doomed vessel did not have the chance to fire a single shot from her anti-aircraft
gun.

Nine men were killed. Angus McLeay, a crewmember, was awarded the George Medal for running barefoot across the red-hot deck, to save a wounded gunner who was trapped.

In addition to the 49 crewmembers, the SS Thistlegorm was carrying a four-wagon train, two Brengun Carriers, 6-ton trucks, Morris Jeeps, BSA motorbikes, aircraft wings, tools, rubber boots, Enfield MK III rifles & other guns and ammunition. For her protection she was carrying two minesweeping drones, a 3.5" gun and her anti-aircraft gun. In addition to it`s historical value, the wreck is bustling with marine life and virtually covered by colourful hard and soft corals. A home for large groupers, and also an active oasis which attracts large schools of fish of all sizes and colours