Artificial reef
down to 16 m
Circle Divers House Reef (Jaz Dahabeya)
Shallow shore dive with a buoyancy park of hoops, an underwater sculpture museum and a 'Nemo House' clownfish bommie.
- Open Water
- Stingrays
Dahab
Diving in Egypt
16 documented dive sites, 9 of them for Open Water divers. Known for turtles, eagle rays and stingrays.
- Best months
- Sep–Dec, Mar–Jun
- Water
- 22–30 °C
- Levels
- Open Water, Advanced
- Diving from
- Shore diving, Dive resorts
- Nearest airport
- SSH
When to go
Pick a month: the diving season, from published sources, and the typical weather.
Pick a month
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Dahab in October
Best season- Sea
- 26 °C
- at the surface
- Air
- 33 °C
- 25 °C at night
- Rain
- < 10 mm
- very little rain all year
- Wind
- 18 km/h
- on average
Typical weather, not a forecast: averages for 2021–2025 (air, rain, wind) and 2023–2025 (sea), data from Open-Meteo (ERA5 / Copernicus, Météo-France). Covers an area of roughly 10 to 25 km around the destination.
Dived year-round (Circle Divers). SSI names March–June and September–December as best for comfortable temperatures; Jul–Aug (very hot air) and Jan–Feb (cooler water) are shown as good.
Dive sites in Dahab
From the easiest to the most demanding. Levels with a dashed outline are estimates we are still verifying.
Open Water friendly
usual dive down to 18 m9 sites
Moray Garden
Walk-in shore dive where holes and cracks hide morays, nudibranchs and scorpionfish, with a school of yellowtail barracuda at 7 m.
- Open Water
- Reef
- Whale sharks
Reef
down to 30 m
Golden Blocks
Easy shore dive named for two pinnacles reaching the surface covered in golden anthias, with a large gorgonian fan at about 22 m.
- Open Water
- Manta rays
Macro
down to 30 m
Bannerfish Bay
- Open Water
- Turtles
Reef
down to 25 m
Lighthouse
Dahab's house reef in the heart of town: a sandy slope to about 25 m with an elephant statue at its deepest point.
- Open Water
- Turtles
Artificial reef
down to 35 m
Mashraba
- Open Water
- Turtles
Reef
down to 14 m
Lands End
- Open Water
For Advanced divers
usual dive down to 30 m7 sites
The Canyon
Descend between narrowing walls from 18 to 30 m in a cave with an open ceiling, where a swarm of glassfish lives at the old exit.
- Advanced
- Cavern
- Anthias
Bells to Blue Hole
Drop through the Bells chimney to a wall at about 25 m, then follow the wall to cross the 7 m saddle into the Blue Hole.
- Advanced
- Blue hole
- Manta rays
Reef
down to 35 m
Umm Sid
Large gorgonian at 35 m, a sand area with tube eels and a shallow area of small boulders.
- Advanced
- Eagle rays
Wall
down to 60 m
Gabr el Bint
- Advanced
- Whale sharks
Rock formations
down to 20 m
The Islands
Shallow 9-20 m reef where you can find shoals of blackfin barracuda and even the odd lone great barracuda.
- Advanced
- Stingrays
Reef
down to 30 m
Eel Garden
- Advanced
- Garden eels
Marine life
When the big encounters happen, month by month.
Reported here, season not documented yet:
- Turtles
- Eagle rays
- Stingrays
- Barracuda
- Nudibranchs
- Octopus
- Scorpionfish
- Seahorses
- Anthias
- Clownfish
- Garden eels
- Moray eels
- Napoleon wrasse
- Whale sharks
- Manta rays
- Reef sharks
- Whitetip reef sharks
- Dolphins
- Guitarfish
- Tuna
Where is Dahab?
- Nearest airport
- SSH
- How people dive here
- Shore diving, Dive resorts
Dahab: frequently asked questions
- When is the best time to dive Dahab?
- The best months to dive Dahab are Sep–Dec, Mar–Jun. Dived year-round (Circle Divers). SSI names March–June and September–December as best for comfortable temperatures; Jul–Aug (very hot air) and Jan–Feb (cooler water) are shown as good.
- Is Dahab good for beginner divers?
- Yes, partly: 9 of the 16 dive sites we document are suited to Open Water divers, including Circle Divers House Reef (Jaz Dahabeya), Moray Garden and Golden Blocks. The others need more experience or a higher certification.
- What is the water temperature in Dahab?
- The water is usually between 22 °C and 30 °C over the year.
- What marine life can you see in Dahab?
- Divers regularly see turtles, eagle rays, stingrays, barracuda, nudibranchs and octopus.
- How do you dive Dahab?
- The nearest airport is SSH. Ways to dive here: shore diving and dive resorts.
About this page
Seasons and marine life come from the sources below. Site levels and depths marked as estimated come from our original catalogue and are being checked one by one. Conditions change: always confirm with a local dive centre.
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Find my next dive tripPhoto credits
- Desert mountains meeting the Red Sea at Dahab's Blue Hole, Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- The Canyon Dahab dive site, Dahab, Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Shore entry to The Bells, Dahab, Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Moray Garden Dahab dive site, Dahab, Egypt, Yvesb, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sunlight and bubbles in deep blue water, Sarah Lee, Unsplash License, on Unsplash
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