Diving in El Gouna

There are around 50 dive sites accessible by the day boats departing Abydos Marina in El Gouna. Most sites are between 1 and 2 hours away offering a range of dive sites from shallow coral gardens to wall dives. El Gouna is also ideally positioned to access some of the finest wrecks in the Red Sea. Abu Nahas is just over 1 hour away and the Thistlegorm can be reached in 2.5 hours.

Shaab Um Gamar

Heading south from El Gouna towards Hurghada, you will find one of the nicest dive sites in the area – Shaab Um Gamar. Shaab Um Gamar is a long isolated reef formed by an underwater mountain. At it’s South Eastern side is a very steep plateau where many species of pelagic hunt for smaller fish. On the western side of Shaab Um Gamar, there is another plateau full of small caves and overhangs.

Abu Nahas

The ‘ship graveyard’ of Abu Nahas has a number of wrecks of ships around 100m in length. The depth of the wrecks range from 5-28m but due to their location, they can only be dived if weather conditions allow. There is an abundance of coral and schooling fish around the wrecks.

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