Abu Galawa is famous for its tunnels and its interesting World War II wreck (Chinese tugboat “Tien Hsing – 34 meters long – sunk in 1947) entirely covered by soft and hard corals.
South Cruise
This cruise will fill snorkelers as well as scuba divers enthusiasts. Depending the duration of the cruise, the meteorological conditions and the divers levels, we will choose from the following diving spots :
Fury Shoals offers amazing scuba diving opportunities with some of the most pristine reefs in Egypt. Soft and hard corals are unspoiled.
Mikauwa Islands is sheltered and good spot to choose when the wind is strong. The reef is in surprisingly good condition. It is a beautiful spot, with soft coral and an abundance of marine life.
Rocky Island is a small oval shaped barren sand island situated 5kms Southeast of Zabargad. Its steep walls are exposed to strong currents but it is surrounded by a short reef plateau, which makes for a convenient safety stop at the end of the dive.
Shaab Sataya (Dolphins Reef) is a great reef more than 2kms long. The dolphins like this place and spend a lot of time there every day. Therefore, depending on what they want, it will be possible to see them, to swim among them or to play with them. We are committed to approach and swim among these wonderful wild and free beings respectfully and with a deep kindness.
Shaab Maksur is similar but bigger than the famous Elphinstone Reef. This place also offers wonderful drift dives along deep steep walls.
St-John’s Reef is a great reef 21kms long and 13kms wide. It offers amazing dives spots. The fantastic drop offs are covered with big gorgonias and colourful brights soft corals. At the reef itself there is a lot of marine life (turtles, barracudas, sharks) and, in the blue, there are sometimes dolphins and/or mantas.
White Rock is topped off by an irregular rock that looks like a boat. It is surrounded by a fringing reef, drooping to a plateau with beautiful coral pillars rising almost to the surface with an abundant marine life. It is a wonderful spot to perform an amazing and peaceful night dive.
Zabargad (means “Topaz” in Egyptian Arabic) is a superb dive spot and is the largest of Egypt’s 4 Southern Red Sea marine parks. It lies 70kms off the mainland. The island has exquisite turquoise bays, sandy beaches and a 235 meters high hill at its centre. We can still find evidence of an island community that mined the semi-precious stones there.