Red Sea Dive Resort – Dahab

The spectacularly beautiful desert landscape of Dahab with the Sinai mountains as its backdrop offers access to some of the best alternative diving in Egypt. Diving is generally undertaken by foot, small Rib, Camel, Donkey or 4 wheel drive, with an occasional Hard boat to reach the farther away sites.

Dahab is relatively small by Egyptian standards as a resort, the larger area of Dahab which is a collective term for the three original Bedouin settlements of Masbat/Asalah in the northern part, Mashraba to the south, with slightly more facilities and infrastructure and south of this is the area of Medina where the world famous lagoon is located, a great area for Watersports in general.

Dahab means Golden in Arabic and it is well thought that the name of the area takes its name from the Golden beaches.

The Dive area of Dahab is mainly coastal and is made up of many sites including a few examples in the Southern Area – Umm Sid features abundant fish life and a variety of reef structures which are all in exceptional condition as the site was not dived as frequently in the past as others in Dahab.

The Caves – Once in the water the cave is directly below you from the access point and on both the left and right side you will find a shallow reef. The reef that circles the cave is just as attractive as the cave itself with both soft and hard corals being abundant. Here you will often spot large groupers, scorpionfish and morays with a tiger shark spotted on a number of occasions.

Did you know? The Lagoon in Dahab is man made, during the 1960s and 70’s fisherman rested lobster pots close the shore and over time sad built up and created the lagoon, which has been in tact now for over 40 years.