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Dive Sites Around Sharm El-SheikhDiving from Sharm El-SheikhFrom Sharm El-Sheikh you can dive Ras Mohammed, Ras Umm Sid, the Straits of Tiran and wrecks like the Thistlegorm and Dunraven. See also our page on recommended dive operators in Sharm El-Sheikh. Excel Airlines fly from the UK to Sharm El-Sheikh. For price comparisons of other airlines and departure points see Kelkoo. For hotel prices see Agoda's site. For other areas see the diving at Elphinstone, wreck diving in Northern Egypt, diving in Dahab, diving in Jordan, diving in Sudan or diving in Saudi Arabia.
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Sharm El-Sheikh Dive Sites"I loved all the sites, with Shark reef and Yolanda among my favorites. I was impressed with the number of fish and species. I have been to Belize, Roatan and the Bahamas prior to my October trip to Sharm. The numbers of fish in the Red Sea were huge by comparison. See what comes when you protect the reefs for 50 or more years! "
"Getting lost in the colours, a coral grouper under every coral head, the thrill of hammerheads in the summer and fun in the currents!
A beautiful reef and our boat was the only one there so we weren't cramped for space!
A technical dive, looking up from inside Thomas canyon gives you the chance to experience the sheer walls and 4atm of water stained in different shades of blue that you dreamt of after reading those scuba mags in the newsagent as a kid... Absolutly fantastic, might be beyond limits for recreational diving but well worth doing a course just to see it.
Best done as a drift dive dropping in on Anenome City. Then swim across blue for a few minutes to hit shark reef, a huge pinacle with a sandy plateau at about 9m on one side and a drop off to infinity on the other! Whichever side you choose the current will take you on to Yolanda reef, another pinnacle with the scattered cargo of toilets and the remaining part of the Yolanda. Fantastic colour, soft corals, every type of small fish, as well as huge Napoleon Wrasses, turtles, giant morrays, rays, jacks, tuna, barracuda and sharks. Stunning! The exhilaration of the wall followed by the beauty of the corals round Yolanda. Getting lost in the awesome schools of snappers, emperors, unicorn fish, jacks and barracudas in the summer. Wow. In Ras Muhamed national park Shark and Yolanda reef is beautifully preserved. In the summer months many fish school in this area and you have an oppertunity to see the strange cargo of toilets from the wreck Yolanda. A visit to the blue also always uncovers other bigger fish such as shark. Saw two tiger sharks around 2 metres long, about 5-10m away Three reefs together actually. Great diversity of critters and coral. Jay, 2008 I saw my first shark and historical amphoras in Yolanda reef. Alan Welton, 2007
Incredible fish life and drift diving feels like flying. Books to Take
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