3 Days liveaboard from Hurghada
Location
Day 1:Dolphins house + Siyoul kebir + Night Dive:
Pick up from your hotel in Hurghada ,El Gouna,Makadi,Sahel Hashesh,Soma bay or Safaga and drive to the marine. welcome on board, receive your cabin and get theboat instrtcutions then set sailing to the first spot the dolphin gouse in place called Shaab el El erik
This dive site is about 30 minutes away from Hurghada by boat.
Lunch will be served on board- then sailing to the next spot to Siyul Kebira or Big Siyul
Siyul Kebira or Big Siyul is one of the Northern Red Sea Islands where you can dive 4 or 5 different spots around the island. This dive site is for all divers levels while it has walls, coral garden, lots of shallow lagoons.
Siyul Al Kebir:
A sheer wall on the north gives way to a plateau to the east and south. Shallow pinnacles rise up on the south side.
The current can be vicious on the north side.
Depth: 15-30 mType: IslandRecommendations: Best drift driving from north side along the wall. Possible to do from mooring as well.What You Expect To Find: Moray eels, sweetlips, stonefish and scorpionfish.
Dinner will be served on board- overnight on the boat/
Day 2: Abu Nuhas + thistelgorm + Night Dive:
we will sail to Abu Nuhas which is one of the most amazing diving site in North side in Hurghada
After breakfast
just off the north coast of Shadwan Island (the Egyptian Red Sea’s largest island) north of Hurghada, lies Shaab Abu Nuhas Reef. This submerged reef has brought passing ships more than a fair share of bad luck. There are 5 cargo shipwrecks now lying off its northern slopes so if you enjoy wreck diving then this part of the Red Sea is for you. In order from west to east …
The Giannis D, a 100m general cargo vessel built in Japan but under Greek ownership, hit the Abu Nuhas Reef at full tilt on 19 April 1983. The ship, laden with timber, sank to 24m with the stern and bow still intact but amidships is now a crumpled mess. The engine room at a depth of 13m offers easy and superb penetration through clouds of glassfish.
You can investigate the multilevel rooms and passageways here for octopus and giant moray eel. The bow mast extends out horizontally from the boat, creating a great spot to search for scorpionfish, gobies and nudibranchs. To end your dive you can simply climb the main mast up to the shallows at 4m and perform your safety stop there.
The British built Carnatic is one of the oldest wrecks in the Red Sea and is many scuba divers favourite at Abu Nuhas. It hit the reef here on 12 September 1869, laden with gold, wine and cotton on route to India. The cargo ship initially balanced on top of the reef but after 36 hours it succumbed to the elements and its fate, snapping in two and sinking parallel to the reef at 24m. The crew and passengers managed to make use of the delay by escaping on lifeboats to Shadwan Island, 3 km to the south. However, 31 lives were lost on the island due to the cold nights whilst waiting for rescue to arrive. All the gold was remarkably salvaged some 2 months later by another British ship.
Now a century and a half later, this 90m long wreck lies on its port side in remarkably good condition. Its wooden flooring has rotted away to reveal its iron ribbed inner holds, lending the site an eerie feeling of being inside the skeletal remains of some gigantic prehistoric whale. You can dive the entire length of the ship, looking into its holds full of sweepers, glassfish and a few batfish.
The frame is overgrown with soft corals and hydroids and is home to nudibranchs such as the Chromodoris quadricolor and Phylidiella pustulosa. Be careful when you penetrate here since many broken glass wine bottles remain on its floor. You can end your dive by either ascending up the buoy line towards the bow of the boat from 12m or make your way up the adjacent reef slope dominated by fire corals and bicolor pullers.
The Chrisoula K was a 98m Greek registered freighter that sank on 31 August 1981, laden with floor tiles. The ship lies with its stern and propeller at 26m and its bow in shallow water at only 3m. It sits more or less upright but the stern is slowly separating. The wreck offers plenty of swim-throughs and penetration diving opportunities but beware of the numerous obstructions such as fallen beams and poles. Its superstructure is now encrusted with a layer of hard corals, and is home to flatworms, lionfish, Arabian Picasso triggerfish, and clown sand wrasse. Dolphins also pass by here occasionally.
The Kimon M is the deepest of the Red Sea wrecks within recreational scuba diving depths here. Its stern lies on the seabed at 32m, with its bow shallower at 15m. This 120m German cargo vessel sank on 12 December 1978, laden with lentils. Initially the boat sat upright on the reef but later currents and wind pushed the ship into deeper water on its starboard side. Much of its cargo and engine were recovered after its sinking. The wreck harbours several different species of pipefish.
The Seastar is the 5th shipwreck at Abu Nuhas, but since it lies in water 90m deep, it is not frequently dived, and certainly not by recreational divers.hipwreck at Abu Nuhas, but since it lies in water 90m deep, it is not frequently dived, and certainly not by recreational divers.
Lunch will be Served on the boat-After lunch sail to the next amazing diving site The SS Thistlegorm
The SS Thistlegorm is one of the most famous wrecks in the world. Built in 1940, the SS Thistlegorm was a 126 meter long freighter, carrying military equipment during the World War II. The wreck attracts many divers for the amount of the cargo that can be seen and explored. Boots and motorcycles are visible in Hold No. 1. Trucks, armoured vehicles, motorcycles, Wellington boots, rifles, wings, engine exhaust rings and cylinders are visible in Hold No. 2. Off to the port side of the wreck level with the blast area can be found one of the steam locomotives which had been stored as deck cargo and the other locomotive is off the starboard side level with Hold No. 2
Dinner will be served on the boat- Overnight on the cruise
Day 3 : thistelgorm + Small gubal + umm Gamaar:
After breakfast sail to the one of the most amazing diving sport (Gubal Island)Bluff point is a steep wall dive that follows the coastline. There are plenty of small passages and inlets in the rock that hides away a lot of marine life. The reef is full of glassfish, butterflyfish, crocodilefish and a flat-headed scorpionfish. The wreck itself isn't much to look at, but it serves as an attraction for marine life.
lunch will be served on the cruise -After the lunch sail to amazing dive site Umm Gamar
Umm Gamar is also referred to as Umm Gamaar. It means ‘ Mother of the Moon’, allegedly alluding to the crescent shaped wedge of the island. Umm Gamar, surrounded by coral, is approximately 80 minutes sailing from El Gouna to the east and located in open sea. Therefore experience is required for the dramatic deep wall, vertically plungung into deep blue. Descending here is sheer delightful. The moorings are situated over the south plateau. The east side comprosis a stunningly deep wall. It is accentuated by formations of coral of the soft kind. They reach out towards the blue. Photographers won’t be able to ignore the first two formations, perforated with cracks, attracting busy fish life. The next formation features a cavern with a sandy ledgeat its base at around 27 meters.
Then sail back to Hurghada Marina, followed by transfer back to your hotel
