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.
This page wouldn't be possible without contributions from the following PADI members: Mohamed Adel Hassan (PADI pro), Eagle Divers, Butterfly Sharm, The Wave Diving Center, Circle Divers, Pyramids Diving Center, Emperor Divers - Sharm el Sheikh, Drakkar Diving School, Shamandura. Disclaimer