Umm Sid

Dahab


An impressive entrance through a wide corridor carved into a steeply sloping reef is a highlight of this dive site 15km south of Dahab. Further down you’ll find table corals and two enormous gorgonians. Depth: 5m to 35m. Rating: intermediate to advanced. Access: shore.


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2. Islands

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3. Ruins

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This fenced-off area contains the very sparse ruins of an ancient Nabataean trading post.

4. Lighthouse Reef

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This sloping reef is home to a bounty of fish life and is Dahab’s main night-diving site. More experienced divers can descend to the sandy bottom, where…

5. Eel Garden

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6. Canyon

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One of the area’s most popular dives, the Canyon is a long, narrow trench that runs perpendicular to the reef shelf, and is home to prolific hard and soft…

7. Blue Hole

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8. Nabq Protectorate

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