What to do and see in Hurghada, Red Sea and Sinai: The Best Scuba & Snorkeling

February 14, 2022 Hector Krause

Stunning coral reefs and turquoise waters perfect for windsurfing have made Hurghada, on Egypt's Red Sea Coast, a busy resort town. Within easy reach of the stunning Giftun Islands and the Eastern Arabian Desert, Hurghada has seen enormous amounts of development in the past decade—and yes, it does seem overrun with tourists at times. But it’s a relatively easy beach escape for Europeans, and some of the world's best diving and snorkeling sites are just offshore. Walk or catch a cab to explore the old quarter, El Dahar.
Restaurants in Hurghada

1. Blue Paradise Diving Center

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Blue Paradise Diving Center

Where clients come first. Where friendships are born. Simply the Best Diving Holidays. We were established in 1999. Safety, quality, excellent service and personal attention are our trademarks. Within Hurghada we provide all transfers free of charge, using our experienced and safe drivers. Dive guides are always plentiful and well educated. They speak your language! – a must to perfectly understand all briefings and safety procedures. Divers are divided into small groups according to their experience. Our excellent crew keeps an eye on everything and is always there to help you. Our own boat “Basyl” differs from other daily diving boats in Hurghada. It has a big salon, an organized dive deck in Teak wood, clean toilets, a shower on the back deck and a luxurious sun deck with very comfortable pillows. It’s a boat for divers, designed by divers!

2. Dive Point Red Sea

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Dive Point Red Sea

When you want more than just a holiday, come to Dive Point Red Sea. The choice is yours. We are convinced we have every opportunity to give you the holiday you want and deserve. Make your next trip, your best ever! 1992 saw the establishment of the location where thousands have learned to dive or taken the life changing step towards becoming a diving professional, and where hundreds return regularly to enjoy the highest quality of service and the attention of dedicated staff, Dive Point Red Sea. Wherever you are staying in Hurghada and Sahl Hasheesh, we can offer our services to you with FREE transfers from all the hotels. Transfers from the Makadi Bay area are available as well for a nominal daily charge. No matter if you would like to go for daily dive or snorkelling trips onboard our own spacious boats, to one of the more than 60 fabulous snorkel & dive sites around Hurghada, or want to become a diver or a diving instructor or would like to explore the deeper areas with Trimix & CCRs - we offer it all! The complete range of PADI (Recreational and Technical Diving), DAN, IART, IANTD, TDI & RAID courses is available from introductory levels up to Instructor qualifications. Our dedicated and service oriented staff team is the most experienced in the training of PADI Professionals in the Red Sea, consisting of 3 PADI Course Directors and 6 IDC Staff and Master Instructors working fulltime in the field of Instructor training. One example of our continuously developing customer service is the large investment we made in a Nitrox membrane system. The safety of our guests is our major priority and for this reason all Nitrox certified divers, receive SINCE 2001 Nitrox 32 FOR FREE in our dive centers! As a TDI training facility offering also PADI, IART, IANTD & RAID training up to Advanced Trimix Diver we are in the same time THE experts for rebreather diving in Hurghada! Ambient Pressure Inspiration & Evolution, JJ-CCR, Hollis Explorer & Prism2, Poseidon Se7en & ISC Megalodon Rebreathers are available in our rental department including spare parts & service facilities. We have an extensive stock of technical diving rental equipment, a gas filling station with Helium and Oxygen fills up to 250 bar, everything you could possibly want. Top quality storage and cleaning facilities for guest equipment are right in the diving centre as well as toilets and fresh water showers. A complete workshop with trained technicians offers the chance of equipment fixing and servicing. The setup is completed by a full dive store, which offers diving equipment for sale and in the middle of the centre is the "50 BAR Safety Stop" Tiki Bar for the time in between or after dives. All facilities have been planned and constructed by us! As PADI 5 Star Career Development Centers and 5 Star IDC Centers respectively we are able to offer a large variety of services and activities for divers, future divers and non-divers alike. Our goal every day is to provide you with an unforgettable holiday. Its time you chose Dive Point Red Sea!

3. Scuba Hurghada Diving Center

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Scuba Hurghada Diving Center

We organize amazing daily diving and snorkeling trips to the most beautiful places of the Red Sea for the whole family! We also offer all PADI dive courses. Our highly experienced dive team speaks English, German, Dutch and Arabic. If you really want to enjoy your day of diving, snorkeling or just relaxing on our lovely boat, come to our Scuba Hurghada Dive Center and you will be in the safest of hands! Scuba Hurghada Dive Center - Safe Diving, 100% FUN!!

4. FunnyDivers Dive Center

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FunnyDivers Dive Center

Dive To Live! Funny Divers Team organize amazing for whole family daily diving and snorkeling trips, PADI CMAS dive courses. Our team speaks English, German and Arabic. We have own Boat (Funnydivers Boat) want more come and visit us :)

5. Envie D'Egypte

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Envie D'Egypte

EnVie d'Egypte organize hand made tours for individuals who want to discover ancient and recent Egypt's life, with their own rythm. In the same way, Hurghadaventure is specialized for daily tours in Hurghada (diving, snorkeling, quad and others..) and tours starting from Hurghada (Luxor, Cairo and others...)

6. Ramashka Tours

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Ramashka Tours

Our Multi Tours give you the chance to explore Hurghada with an exclusive private and group activities and tours.

7. PADI 5* Panorama Divers

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PADI 5* Panorama Divers

Here you can find new friends, almost everything about scuba&diving education, loads of amazing u/w moments. Feel free to become a part of it Panorama Divers has been around 1992 and is located on the Red Sea coast, in the heart of Hurghada in Egypt.Our Diving Center is an Official PADI 5* Career Development Center number s-3339.We offer a wide scope of services and the best service to our guests. Primarily in our work it is the individual approach and high quality services, rather than the quantity.We invite you to get your diving education with us and enjoy the beauty of the Red Sea. *Diving is more fun when you know what you do*

8. Colona Divers El Gouna

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Colona Divers El Gouna

From the moment we collect you from your hotel in our own private 30 seater bus you will find our instructors, guides and boat crew ready to help you with a big welcoming smile. Our team work well together to ensure your day is fun with both comfort and safety our priority. We visit two different sites every day, such as Siyoul, Galawa and Nugar just to mention a few, we also dive the wrecks at Nuhas, Rosalie Muller and Thistlegorm. As we are North of the busy diving resorts of Hurghada we are fortunate to be able to reach the more exclusive Northern sites. We pride ourselves with the comfort of our fleet. Our boats are all equipped for divers and snorkelers. However, if you wish to come out with us for a relaxing day without getting your hair wet, you will find the boats both spacious and comfortable.

9. Dive Hurghada

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Dive Hurghada

Dive Hurghada Scuba Diving, Diving courses, liveaboard and snorkeling in Hurghada. Diving: Daily diving Introductory diving Night diving Wreck diving Diving courses: PADI Bubblemaker (children only) PADI Open Water Diver PADI Advanced Open Water Diver PADI Rescue Diver PADI Specialties PADI Divemaster Liveaboard Safaris: Get the chance to dive with Sharks, dolphins and dugongs!

10. Orca Dive Club El Gouna - Abu Tig Marina

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Orca Dive Club El Gouna - Abu Tig Marina

The ORCA Dive Club in the legendary "Turtles Inn" is located directly at Abu-Tig marina, the promenade in El Gouna. It is also know for its atmospheric harbour festivals.The diving centre in El Gouna is in the favourable position to access almost 60 dive sites, 10 of which are wrecks - some are even famous. A highlight is surely a visit to the "SS Thistlegorm" probably the most famous wreck in the Red Sea. Also Abu Nuhas with its four well-known wrecks Ghannis D, Kimon M, Chrisoula K and Carnatic are within reach just as much as the 120 metre long Rosalie Moller. In the south, the diving region borders on the legendary northern areas of Hurghada such as the Carless Reef, Umm Gamar or Shaab Rur. The northern areas on the other hand are exclusive for the use of divers from El Gouna.

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