| Liveaboard Diving in the Red Sea Egypt- Sharm el Sheikh, Hurghada, Marsa Alam |
The towns of Sharm el Sheikh, Hurghada, and Marsa Alam are major ports for some of the best liveaboard diving in the world. From Sharm el Sheikh liveaboard routes include Tiran, Ras Mohamed, Sha'ab Mahmud, plus Sha'ab Ali and Abu Nuhas in the Strait of Gubal, offering a variety of wrecks and reefs. From Hurghada liveaboard routes include the northern reefs around Hurghada and the Strait of Gubal to the North, and the southern reefs around Hurghada and Brother's Islands to the South. From Marsa Alam liveaboard routes include Elphinstone Reef and many remote islands and reefs in the southern area of the Red Sea near the Sudan border.
The routes to the north departing from Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada are suitable for divers with less experience, except for some of the wreck dives, for example SS Thistlegorm and Rosalie Moller. The southern routes departing from Hurghda and Marsa Alam are only for divers with advanced training and minimum 50 dives experience, or it is possible to join by taking advanced level training while on the trip.
It is possible to find a variety of different quality boats, from standard class to super luxury class, with capacities from 10 to 32 divers. Yachts are available for full charter by the week, and a handfull of operators have spaces availble for individuals to join with range of regularly scheduled trips. Sharm el Sheikh is the only port with a 3-day 'mini-liveaboard' available, offered only by 2 operators, which includes Ras Mhohamed National Park and the SS Thistlegorm wreck.
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| The above map shows all of the liveaboard routes available along the Sinai coast from the Strait of Tiran to the Strait of Gubal, plus the areas in between. After crossing the Strait of Gubal to the main-land coast of Egypt, the liveaboard routes stretch from the Strait of Gubal along the coast of main-land Egypt in the North to the southern Egyptian Border with Sudan. There are endless variations of route combinations that can be arranged with this vast multitude of diving areas. Below are are links to more details about the most popular cruise routes for liveaboard diving in Egypt. |
| The Most Popular Itineraries for Liveaboard Diving in the Red Sea of Egypt |
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