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Liveaboard diving safaris in Egypt: a guide for the 2026 season
A diving safari is the pinnacle of a holiday for every certified diver. Spending a week aboard a comfortable yacht, making three or four dives a day on remote reefs, is an experience you remember for the rest of your life.
10 key tips before you go
- The certification level required: The far offshore routes (Brothers, Daedalus, Elphinstone) call for Advanced OWD and a minimum of 30-50 logged dives.
- The "North and wrecks" route: An excellent choice for a first safari: the sunken military ship SS Thistlegorm and the reefs of Ras Mohammed — a natural step up from the house reefs of Hurghada.
- The B-D-E route (Brothers, Daedalus, Elphinstone): An extreme itinerary for encounters with oceanic whitetip sharks and hammerheads.
- Specialist diving insurance: A compulsory policy covering the decompression chamber and helicopter evacuation (DAN or an equivalent).
- Nitrox (enriched air): Most safari yachts offer nitrox free of charge to certified divers, which reduces fatigue.
- A personal SMB and reel: An essential piece of safety equipment for every diver on open reefs with currents.
- A spare equipment kit: Take spare mask and fin straps, O-rings and batteries for your computer and torch.
- Motion sickness: Stock up on effective seasickness tablets for the first two days of adjusting to the swell.
- Tipping the yacht crew: The accepted tip for the crew and the guides is 100-140 euros per person for the week.
- Environmental responsibility: Gloves of any kind are prohibited, as is touching corals and marine life — the same rules apply on every day diving trip we arrange.
