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Sharm Local Diving


So welcome to Sharm el Sheikh, and if you have just arrived, the chances are that your first day's diving is going to be on a local dive site. There are a few reasons for this. Firstly the dives are gentle! I can't tell you how many guests I have had turn up at the centre a little pale faced (more than just that usual UK office pallor) and nervous, worried that they are going to be chucked in at the deep end (oops bad pun, I know) and maybe a teeny bit rusty in their SCUBA skills. A day of local diving is perfect on day one of their holiday, allowing them to do do the necessary buoyancy checks, and get back in the flow of things, without having to worry about massive drop offs or howling currents. Secondly it is a later start. You have just flown in and usually arrived at some point the night before, so whilst you may not actually get a lie in, you are in the water a little later. It also gives your dive centre a little time to organise your kit and get it to the boat in time for your day of diving. Even long time instructors arrive on day one, and still do a day's local to ease into their week.

As you can imagine, the local sites are also ideal for teaching novice divers. This has resulted in some damage, of course the sites are not going to be as pristine as the national park. But this is one reason we restrict divers to these areas until we are sure their buoyancy is spot on. And why not have a shake down dive on an easy site, where you can bimple along looking for the little things in life?

There is still plenty to see! In fact it was on the local sites that last summer we had a positive whale shark fest! In fact boats were heading back to local sites from Tiran for the last dive, just in case they got lucky, and most of them did! And on some of the pinnacles, you get some great macro opportunities. You would never get the chance in a current to look out for this kind of life. It is here that we'll notice the little stuff like ghost pipe fish, or the hidden stuff like the Red Sea Walkman. The kind of life where you need a bit of time to peel your eyes and really pootle along.

Please don't forget, we do employ a strict no touching, no taking, no fishing, no feeding and no littering policy throughout the whole area, not just the national park.

So all that said, here is a little more info on the sites themselves:

Ras Katy

Temple

Ras Um Sid

Paradise

Pinkys Wall

Tower

Near Garden

Middle Garden

Fiddle Garden

Far Garden


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