Sharm El Sheikh is home to some fantastic local diving as well as some impressive shipwrecks, walls and reefs offering around 30 different sites to explore on day trips alone. The boats are large, comfortable and designed specifically for diving. Ras Mohammed National Park offers a number of exciting sites for those on day diving trips. One of Ras Mohammed's most popular dive sites is Shark and Yolanda Reef, where divers can encounter schools of hammerhead sharks, whitetip reef sharks, and barracuda. This site is also home to the remains of the Yolanda, a cargo ship that sank in 1980 and left behind a treasure trove of cargo, including toilets, bathtubs, and even BMWs!
The Strait of Tiran is often sought out by advanced divers.
Sharm el-Sheikh Airport has an international airport receiving flights daily from around the world. The Straits of Tiran can only be reached by an hour and a half boat ride from Sharm el-Sheikh.
Most visitors who wish to dive the Straits of Tiran enter through Sharm el-Sheikh Airport and stay in the city of the same name. The airport welcomes daily flights from around the world as well as commuter flights from Cairo.
Divers may wish to consider a North Red Sea liveaboard rather than taking a day trip from Sharm el-Sheikh. The boat trip from Sharm el-Sheikh takes 1 1/2 hours.
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