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Jan 22, 2025

　　Eel Garden takes its name from the countless garden eels that carpet the sea floor. Other highlights include huge coral boulders and dense congregations of barracudas. Located off the Assalah shore. Depth: 5m to 20m. Rating: intermediate. Access: shore.

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　　Bells is a narrow breach in the reef table that forms a pool close to shore. From here, divers can descend through a chimney, exiting onto a ledge at 27m and then swimming south along the reef wall until a saddle at 7m enters into the Blue Hole. Depth: 7m...

　　This underwater Alice in Wonderland–esque site south of Dahab offers an outstanding topography of coral alleyways, amphitheatres, valleys and gulleys. Depth: 5m to 18m. Rating: novice. Access: shore. ...

　　This dive 25km south of Dahab features a dramatic seascape highlighted by a 60m wall cut by numerous chasms, faults and sandy ravines. If you access the site by land, the journey combines a 4WD trip and a Bedouin-led camel convoy. Depth: 10m to 30m. Rating: intermediate. Access: boat or...

　　An impressive entrance through a wide corridor carved into a steeply sloping reef is a highlight of this dive site 15km south of Dahab. Further down you’ll find table corals and two enormous gorgonians. Depth: 5m to 35m. Rating: intermediate to advanced. Access: shore. ...

　　Eel Garden takes its name from the countless garden eels that carpet the sea floor. Other highlights include huge coral boulders and dense congregations of barracudas. Located off the Assalah shore. Depth: 5m to 20m. Rating: intermediate. Access: shore. ...

Lighthouse Reef

　　This sloping reef is home to a bounty of fish life and is Dahab’s main night-diving site. More experienced divers can descend to the sandy bottom, where there’s a profusion of coral towers. Depth: 5m to 30m. Rating: novice. Access: shore. ...

　　One of the area’s most popular dives, the Canyon is a long, narrow trench that runs perpendicular to the reef shelf, and is home to prolific hard and soft corals. It's on the north side of Dahab. Depth: 5m to 33m. Rating: intermediate. Access: shore. ...

　　Carved into a reef, 8km north of Dahab, is Egypt’s most infamous dive site. The Blue Hole is a gaping sinkhole that drops straight down – some say as deep as 130m. Exploring the deeper depths should be left to experienced technical divers, but there's plenty to discover close to...

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