Diving / Mainland Red Sea / Marsa Alam
Deep south · the wild reefs

Marsa Alam — Elphinstone, dugongs & dolphins.

Egypt's pristine south: sheer offshore walls patrolled by sharks, seagrass bays where dugongs graze, and reefs where spinner dolphins rest — the frontier of Red Sea diving.

Type · shore + day-boat + liveaboardLevel · beginner → technicalAirport · Marsa Alam (RMF)Season · year-round
★ We run the whole south as a DMC — reefs, dolphins and liveaboard departures from Port Ghalib — at direct rates.
The dive sites

What you'll dive in Marsa Alam.

Each site gets its own map, photo and dive profile (in production). Depths and levels below.

8 → 40 m+

Elphinstone ReefAdvanced · walls

A legendary offshore pinnacle: two plateaus falling into sheer walls draped in soft coral, with grey reef and — in autumn — oceanic whitetip sharks cruising the blue. The deep southern arch is a serious technical objective.

Map · photo · dive profile — in production
2 → 18 m

Abu DabbabAll levels

A shallow seagrass bay famous for grazing dugongs and giant green turtles, plus guitar sharks and seahorses — one of the few places on earth to reliably meet a dugong.

Map · photo · dive profile — in production
5 → 30 m

Sha'ab Samadai — Dolphin HouseAll levels

A horseshoe reef and lagoon where a resident pod of spinner dolphins rests by day — snorkel and dive around coral gardens and pinnacles in a protected zone.

4 → 22 m

Marsa Mubarak & Dolphin ReefOpen Water → Advanced

Gentle bays and reef systems with dugong sightings, seahorses, turtles and occasional dolphins — easy, life-rich diving straight from the shore.

Above water

Desert & Bedouin

4x4 desert, Bedouin nights and the wild Eastern Desert — the calm, empty south.

Marine encounters

Dolphins & dugongs

Ethical dolphin-house trips and dugong bays — the south's signature wildlife days.

Go offshore

Liveaboard from Port Ghalib

Saturday departures to the Deep South (Fury Shoals, St John's) and Brothers–Daedalus–Elphinstone.

When to dive Marsa Alam

Year-round — sharks in autumn.

Water temperature
22°C (winter) → 30°C (summer)
Oceanic whitetips (Elphinstone)
SEP–NOV
Dugongs & dolphins
YEAR-ROUND
Liveaboard season
MAR–NOV
Where to stay

The hotels Marsa Alam divers use.

Dive-camps and resorts — mostly German, Italian, Swiss and Czech divers.

Hotel / campCategoryBest for
Marsa Shagra Village · Marsa Nakari VillageCamp / ecoHouse reef, serious divers & freedivers
Coraya Bay (Coraya Divers)4★/5★House-reef bay + dive base
Port Ghalib resorts (Marina Lodge, Sea Club)4★/5★Liveaboard port + comfort
The Oasis · Deep South eco-camps3★ / campIndependent & budget divers
Plan my Marsa Alam trip

Reefs, dolphins, or a south liveaboard — we build it.

Hotel or camp, dives, dolphin & dugong days, liveaboard departures and transfers. A real diver replies within a day.

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