| Abu Hashish has a shallow erg field laying on the south side of the island. You will see lots of blue spotted stingrays, puffer fishes and morays, swimming through a pinnacle landscape. A wonderful drift dive can be made along the eastern wall. Watch out into the blue, there is a big chance to see big fish passing by. |
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| Two small islands surrounded by a single reef. It is a beautiful drift dive along the eastern wall, with big fan corals, overhangs and amazing colours. A dive only for experienced divers, with a lot of big groupers to be seen. The plateau on the southern part has plenty of ergs and lot of marine life, such as morays, blues potted stingrays, lots of anemone and clown fishes. At the end of the plateau is a small drop off. This dive is perfect for beginers as well. |
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| Abu Minkar is a very easy dive spot, which we only use for beginners and diving courses. Its sandy bottom whith a max. depth of 10m and a small wreck in the north/west makes it very easy to navigate. It is a nice spot for snorkelling as well. |
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Fanadir is one of the longest and straightest reefs in Hurghada. Located in the north, out of Hurghada’s bay it is a nice diving place for a calm and relaxed drift dive. Beside the main reef , the sandy plateau is slopping down from 12 to 22 meters, where the drop off starts, going down to 50 meters. Keep your eyes open, you might see stone fishes , scorpion fishes, morays and sting rays on the plateau.
A lot of times an eagle ray is spotted. |
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| El Aruk is a shellow dive with app. 10m-15m. Lots of smaller ergs need good navigation not to loose orientation in between them. Watch your compass and take care of the sometimes quiet strong current. The sandy bottom is the home of a lot of sweet lips and blue spotted stingrays. Hidden in the erg walls are glass fishes and smaller coral fishes. The most famous erg is the split erg El Aruk Macroom. His split is filled with glass fishes, lion fishes and a big grouper is living there. |
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El Mina is an Egyptian minesweeper sunk by Israeli fighters, while lying at anchor in 1969. The wreck lies in 30m on a rock sea bed. The current here can be strong from the north and the visibility poor. There is a large debris field which contains a lot of still active munitions, worth a look but for sure do not touch it. The wreck is only 70m long so there is plenty of time to explore everything including the blast hole on the starboard side, where you could have a look inside.It is not advisable to enter elsewhere on this wreck. There is not so much corals on the wreck but it does have its resident fish life, the blast hole gives shelter to shoals of glassfish and a lone anemone and resident clownfish are also in this area. Have a look up to the surface you might see shoals of jacks and small barracudas.
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Carless reef is a dive spot which can only be reached in good weather condition, as it is unprotected in the open sea. Two large ergs are rising from a shallow plateau, surrounded by walls coming up from the deep. The current at the surface is usually from the north but below it can be from any direction. In the north the drop off is like a forest of corals; in the south the plateau slopes gently away with small pinnacles of corals. There is always lots of fishes of all types arround. Numerous giant morays are leaving here. It is the place to see white tip reef sharks and schooling reef fishes as well as huge groupers. In the early morning quiet often a hammerhead is seen.
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