Day 1

  • Sha’ab Abu dabbab (one from 7 reefs)
  • Sha’ab Sharm west or Habili Ghadir or Sha’ab Marsa Alam (depending on time and conditions)

Day 2

  • Habili Ali (St. Johns)
  • Small Gotaa or Habili Gaafar(St. Johns)
  • Um Aruk (St.Johns)
  • Um Aruk (night dive)

Day 3

  • Habili Gaafer or Small Gotaa (St. Johns)
  • St. Johns Caves (St. Johns)
  • Paradise Reef
  • Sha’ab Sataya South (night dive) (Fury Shoal)

Day 4

  • Sha’ab Maksour or Sha’ab Sataya South (Fury Shoal)
  • Dolphin house if possible (Fury Shoal)
  • Sha’ab Malahi Or Sha’ab Claudia (Fury Shoal)
  • Sha’ab Shelinat (Wady Gemal)
  • Sha’ab Eldahra (Wady Gemal) night dive

Day 5

  • Sha’ab Sharm East
  • Habili Ghadir or Sha’ab Marsa Alam or Habili Marsa Alam
  • Elphinstone NW
  • Abu dabbab (night dive)

Day 6

  • Elphinstone
  • Elphinstone or Marsa Shona
  • Back to port Ghalib

St. John’s

St John’s is a beautiful reef system which lies approx. 40km north of the Sudanese border and 20km South of Zabargad. It is a vast collection of small reefs offering some of the most remote and rewarding diving in the Red Sea. Habili Ali offers giant gorgonians and black corals whilst Grey Reef, Silvertip and schools of Hammerhead sharks might be found on the west side. Habili Gafaar is a mass of soft corals teaming with shoals of Snappers, Butterfly Fish and Barracudas. Mantas, Oceanic White Tip, Grey Reef and Silvertip Sharks can be seen in the blue. Gota Kebir is a massive reef, famous for its tunnels and south plateau where Jacks and Barracudas can be seen and the occasional Manta. The tunnels are ideal for novice cave divers.

Fury Shoal

At Fury Shoals, dive Shaab Claude with its famous swim-throughs and huge porite corals. White Tip Reef sharks and an anemone and clownfish settlement can be seen a little off the reef to the South. Abu Galawa Soraya has a fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat packed with glass fish.

Elphinstone

Elphinstone Reef, also known as Sha’ab Abu Hamra, is an isolated reef located in the Egyptian Red Sea, about 30 kilometers north of Marsa Alam. This reef is distinguished by its rich biodiversity, with soft corals, particularly Dendronephthya species, dominating the landscape. Elphinstone is a prime destination for diving enthusiasts, featuring steep walls covered in soft corals, creating an ideal environment for observing Grey Reef Sharks patrolling the plateaus. Additionally, Oceanic White Tip Sharks can often be spotted in the area throughout most of the year.

Shab Sharm

Dive Shab Sharm, with its wall dives and White Tip Reef sharks. Oceanic White Tips and Silky sharks can sometimes be found in the blue and turtles often visit the South side before heading further south to Wadi Gamal, with its flowing banks of hard yellow and green soft coral, resident angel and butterfly fish, and in the right season huge schools of placid jack and tuna visit the area.

Gota Kebir

Gota Kebir is a massive reef, famous for its tunnels and south plateau, where jacks and barracudas can be seen and the occasional manta. The tunnels are ideal for novice cave divers. Gota Soraya is rated as possibly one of the best wall dives in the Red Sea, with overhangs and cracks in the reef wall full of glass fish and sweepers and an abundance of corals, Grey Reef, Silvertips and Hammerhead sharks.