Red Sea Diving Safari - Marsa Alam

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Pioneers of diving in the Southern Red Sea

Scuba Diving with Red Sea Diving Safari

Bringing you the highest standards of diving

The diving program of Red Sea Diving Safari is designed to accommodate any level diver from beginner to advanced and all aspects of the RSDS experience promote maximum diving enjoyment.

Our three villages were created in consideration of diving enthusiasts and our diving program covers more than 60 shore-based and off-shore dive sites.Our villages feature superb house reefs which are home to hundreds of marine life species and an excellent variety of soft and hard corals.

Our diving program gives you the options of unlimited house-reef diving, night diving, boat diving and speedboat diving to offshore reefs. We also have options for free divers and technical divers.

We offer different packages in each village to allow you to make the most of the diving opportunities available in the region, and to give you the ultimate flexibility on your diving holiday. Please see our village pages for details about our different diving concepts, diving education, dive sites, diving packages and facilities.

Our diving concept in Marsa Nakari is designed for maximum diving enjoyment and offers 6 different diving profiles on the house reef. Early morning dives start from 6am and the night dive until 8pm.

Our house reef diving concept gives you the ultimate flexibility and independence with your buddy on our house reef. All divers are given a guided orientation dive on the house reef on arrival, and then you are free to dive unguided, within your certification limits, for the rest of your stay. The only time you will be fixed to a schedule is if you sign up to visit a dive site outside the house reef.

You can choose between 2 packages:

Standard Package: 5 days unlimited house reef diving by shore or RIB

This package includes unlimited use of our house reef for five days, air and weights, plus 2 guided orientation dives if required on your first day on the house reef.

Guided Package (Credit system new for 2017!): 5 days unlimited house reef diving by shore or RIB + 8 'credits'

This package includes 5 days unlimited use of our house reef for five days, air and weights, plus 2 guided orientation dives if required on the first day on the house reef. It also includes 8 more 'credits' to be used outside the village so you can build your package as you wish.

If you plan to stay less than 5 days you can still buy unlimited house reef diving per day.

Optional on-site:

Our dive sites are split into Zones: Shore-based diving in “Zone A” and off-shore sites to “Zone B” and “Zone C”. These dives are optional and can be booked and paid for on site, as a supplement on top of the house reef diving package (or redeemed against package credits for those with the Guided Package).

For more information about the dive zones please see the "Dive Sites" section and for pricing please see our price lists.

The house reef of Marsa Nakari features a North and South reef which come together to form a natural sandy-bottomed bay accessible directly from the beach. The bay of Nakari is shallow, starting from 1-10 meters in depth and slowly dropping as it reaches the outside walls of 40-50m in depth. It is home to hundreds of marine life species and an excellent variety of soft and hard corals. Nakari is popular amongst photographers with some unusual macro subjects - those with good eyes will be rewarded! It also features a number of pinnacles and swim-throughs which make for interesting topography.

Elphinstone

Zone C

Elphinstone is a 375m long, off-shore reef with drop-offs descending to over 100m. Elphinstone is ranked...

Marsa Shagra House Reef

Zone A

Marsa Shagra is one of the richest and most pristine house reefs in the south and has been declared a...

Marsa Abu Dabab

Zone A

A short swim into the bay takes you to a large patch of sea grass, where the beautiful dugong, giant...

Marsa Nakari House Reef

Zone A

The house reef of Marsa Nakari offers a very interesting landscape inside the bay and beautiful coral...

Marsa El Foukery

Zone A

This is a sandy bay with a sea grass bed in the center of the bay. The bay slopes down sharply over the...

Marsa Assalai

Zone A

This natural bay makes a very easy and shallow dive. This site is a large sandy bay offering easy access...

Ras Tondoba

Zone B

This site is a beautiful coral garden which is the northern corner of Tondoba Bay. Sightings include...

Shaab Nakari

Zone B

This is a wonderful drift dive with a plateau and drop off in the North goingto the shallower South....

Habili Nakari

Zone B

This site consists of a group of pinnacles that did not yet reach the surface. Huge soft corals in many...

Habili Dori

Zone B

This is a small area to explore with 2 main pillars and some smaller pillars scattered around a sandy...

Habili El Ghadeer

Zone C

This is a reef featuring a maze of pinnacles that look like reef gardens and create a local current....

Shaab Samadai

Full Day Excursion

This site is a local Marine Park Area which is under protection of the government. Permits are required...

Shaab Sharm

Full Day Excursion

This dive is similar to a dive at the famous Elphinstone reef further north. A long reef with 2 drop...

Abu Ghusoun

Full Day Excursion

This is a dive site accessed from the shore featuring a cargo vessel called the Hamaada, which hit the...

Torfa (house reef)

Zone 1

Torfa is our house reef. The RIB will drop you at a certain point and you can either start to swim northeast...

Abu Galawa Big - Tug

Zone 2

The main feature of this dive is a tugboat that sank around 1945. How, is not really known, but it's...

Shaab Claudia

Zone 2

This is a very popular site due to a beautiful canyon system running through the south part of the reef....

Maksour

Zone 3

Named Maksour, meaning "cut", as the south part of the reef looks as it it's been cut down the middle....

Satayah (Dolphin Reef)

Zone 3

This reef is a long, horseshoe shaped reef which is much bigger than it's sister reef Samadai further...

Long Canyon

Zone B

This dive is primarily a canyon dive (hence the name!) through the north reef table at Shaab Abu Dabab....

Om Halhala

Zone B

This site comprises a main reef with scattered pinnacles to the north side. As long as the current allows,...

Shaab Angel

Zone 3

This reef extends from north-east to south-west. We start in the north and keep the reef on our left...

Nakari's Om Halhala

Zone B

Om Halhala is a pretty dive site consisting of a main reef and pinnacles scattered at the north west...

Big Dory

Zone B

Big Dory (Dory El Kebir) is another scattering of pinnacles which are so much fun to explore. We...

See all dive sites.

Diving Center Marsa Nakari

Here you will receive your first day's check-in and briefing and here is were you can easily book your extra diving courses, excursions and activities. You will find folders and posters with dive site maps and descriptions, and course information. Of course our diving office team is always available for questions. At the end of your stay, the dive team will also do the check-out for the diving part of your holiday with you.

Marsa Nakari's Dive Center has a fully equipped equipment room. Full diving equipment can be hired on site (Regulators, BCDs, Full/Short wetsuits, torches, SMBs, Life Jackets, Masks, Snorkel, Fins, Boots, Dive computers & compasses) and is included free of charge for the participants of the PADI Open Water Course. Please note that we need to be informed about equipment requests prior to arrival (please indicate sizes for booties, wetsuits and BCD). Guests with their own equipment should bring thick soled booties, essential for shore based diving. The dive center staff in Nakari is available from 6am - 8pm.

The following equipment is compulsory for every diver:

• Diving computer (except for diving Entry level Diving Courses)

• Delayed SMB (surface marker buoy)

• Alternate air source (octopus or air2)

Weight belts, weights and normal air tanks are included in the price of our dives. For rental equipment prices, please see our price lists.

Baro-Medical Hyperbaric Center

Baro-Medical is our hyperbaric medical center located on the premises of Marsa Shagra Village (approximately 40 minutes drive from Marsa Nakari). Red Sea Diving Safari is a member of Baro-Medical and guests are automatically insured for decompression treatment for a compulsory fee of 7 Euros. This insurance is valid for 21 days for diving accidents only. It includes emergency chamber treatment (1 HBO session), doctor’s fees, diagnosis, as well as equipment and medicines used in treatment. The program does not cover hospitalization or any means of transport of the injured person.

PADI Recreational Courses

Each of our three villages has an onsite PADI diving centre and we are able to offer a full range of PADI recreational courses from Discover Scuba Diving through to PADI Rescue Diver. We have a team of dedicated and experienced PADI instructors, Assistant Instructors and Divemasters. If you'd like to do a certain specialty course which is not listed here, feel free to contact us.

Bubble Maker

Scuba is not just for adults! Bubblemaker is as fun as it sounds – a chance for kids to blow bubbles by scuba diving. Children who are at least 8 years old can use scuba gear to breathe underwater and swim around in shallow water. Bubblemakers...

Seal Team

Scuba is not just for adults! The PADI Seal Team is for young scuba divers who are looking for action-packed fun in a pool by completing exciting AquaMissions. Have you ever wondered what it's like to dive with flashlights, take...

Discover Scuba Diving

Discover the underwater world! Have you always wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater? If you want to try scuba diving, but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is for you....

ReActivate

Improve your skills! Haven’t been diving lately and want a quick scuba refresher? The ReActivate™ program is the perfect way to update your dive skills and knowledge from the PADI Open Water Diver Course before jumping back...

Scuba Diver

The adventure starts here! Get Certified! The PADI Scuba Diver course is a subset of the PADI Open Water Diver course. If you’re short on time but really want to become a diver, the PADI Scuba Diver rating might be right for you   ̶ particularly...

Open Water Diver

The adventure starts here! Get Certified! If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the PADI Open...

Scuba Diver to Open Water Diver

The adventure starts here! Get Certified! This course is for those who wish to upgrade their PADI Scuba Diver certification to the PADI Open Water Diver certification. It involves reading the final two chapters of the Open Water Diver Manual and...

Open Water Referral

The adventure starts here! Get Certified! The PADI Open Water referral course is popular among those who wish to maximise their independent diving time during their vacation. It enables participants to complete the theory and classroom parts of...

Advanced Open Water

Improve your skills! That’s what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. You don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed to advance your diving, so you can start right after earning your PADI Open...

Adventure Diver

Improve your skills! The Adventure Diver course is a subset of the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course. Have you always wanted to try digital underwater photography, fish identification or dry suit diving? There’s a long...

Emergency First Response Provider (EFR)

Improve your skills! Emergency First Response training focuses on building confidence in lay rescuers and increasing their willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency. Course ...

Rescue Diver

Improve your skills! Scuba divers describe the PADI Rescue Diver course as the most challenging, yet most rewarding course they’ve ever taken. Why? Because you learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become...

Nitrox Diver

PADI Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba course. Why? Because scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba...

Night Diver

PADI Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring. Although you’ve been scuba diving at a site many times before, at night you drop into a whole new world and watch it...

Deep Diver Speciality

PADI Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure The lure of the deep. There’s something exciting and mysterious about exploring deeper dive sites while scuba diving. Sometimes it’s a wreck that attracts you below 18 metres/60 feet, and on wall dives...

Drift Diver

PADI Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure The PADI Drift Diver Specialty course teaches you how to enjoy going with the flow as you scuba dive down rivers and use ocean currents to glide along. It feels like flying – except that you’re underwater...

UW Naturalist

PADI Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure Take the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course and you’ll see new things, even on the most familiar scuba diving sites. Why? Because when know more about symbioses, underwater ecology, and aquatic...

Multilevel Diver

PADI Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure In the old days, dive profiles were calculated from the surface down to a maximum depth, then back to the surface. Now, dive computers continually analyze your depth – giving you more bottom time for going...

Boat Diver

PADI Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure Much of the world’s best scuba diving is accessible only by boat. Whether you’ve never made a boat dive or you’ve logged dozens, the PADI Boat Diver Specialty course will benefit you because boats in various...

Peak Performance Buoyancy

PADI Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. You’ve seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover almost as if by thought. They more easily...

Digital UW Photographer

PADI Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure Underwater photography is one of the most popular diving specialties, and with so many underwater cameras to choose from, it has become easier and more fun than ever to capture images of your underwater...

Self Reliant Diver

PADI Distinctive Specialties - Taste the Fun & Adventure Although most scuba dives are made with a buddy, an experienced diver may want or need to make dives without a partner. During the Self-Reliant Diver course, you learn about potential risks of diving alone...

Divemaster

Drive the Dive! Become a PADI Pro! Love scuba diving? Want to share it with others on a whole new level? Take the PADI Divemaster course and do what you love to do as a career. Scuba divers look up to divemasters because they are leaders...

PADI Professional Courses

We offer a range of PADI Professional Courses. Start your PADI Pro career with PADI Divemaster and Assistant Instructor courses in any of our villages, or attend our annual IDC Course in Marsa Shagra Village.

IDC Preparation Program

Become a PADI Pro! The IDC Preparation Program offers a thorough review of your knowledge of the five main areas of dive theory – Physics; Physiology; Dive Equipment; Recreational Dive Planner and General Skills & the...

Assistant Instructor

Become a PADI Pro! As a PADI Assistant Instructor, you not only gain additional experience as a PADI Professional scuba diver, but you also start learning the PADI System of diver education. You can act as an instructional...

OWSI Course

Teach Scuba! The Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program is one of two distinct components of PADI’s Instructor Development Course (IDC)—the core of PADI Instructor training. The first portion is the Assistant Instructor...

IDC Course (AI & OWSI)

Teach Scuba! The Instructor Development Course (IDC) is made up of two parts – the Assistant Instructor (AI) course and the Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) program. Most dive professionals complete the entire IDC...

RSDS IDC Silver Package

We prepare you to be the best! Our packages are designed to help you get the most from your professional development and IDC experience. Combining various elements of our pro courses gives you great value and makes the best use of your...

RSDS IDC Gold Package

We teach you to be the best! Our packages are designed to help you get the most from your professional development and IDC experience. Combining various elements of our pro courses gives you great value and makes the best use of your...

RSDS IDC Platinum Package

RSDS Step to the Pro Package!

A package to take you from recreational to PRO! Our packages are designed to help you get the most from your professional development and IDC experience. Combining various elements of our pro courses gives you great value and makes the best use of your...

RSDS Zero to Hero Package

Take it all the way! This is a unique package for those who are not certified divers but want to spend time learning to dive and following through the PADI educational system, developing and learning to become a PADI Open...

Master Scuba Diver Trainer (MSDT)

The next step up the professional ladder! The PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer rating sets you apart as a dive instructor who takes continuing education seriously and is committed to teaching a variety of courses. (Potential employers like this.)...

Specialty Instructor

Teach Scuba! Specialty instructor courses provide teaching tips and hands-on experience that you can implement right away. With 25 standard PADI Specialty Diver courses, and numerous distinctive specialties, you have...

EFR Instructor Course

Teach Scuba! CPR and first aid are key skills that are important to everyone, not just scuba divers. As an Emergency First Response Instructor, you teach skills based on internationally recognized emergency care guidelines,...

AIDA Free Diving Courses

Our resident AIDA Free Diving instructor is ready to let you experience the underwater world in a different way.

AIDA1 INTRODUCTION TO FREEDIVING

AIDA1 INTRODUCTION TO FREEDIVING This course offers a basic knowledge of freediving and introductory skills such as relaxation of body and mind, finning techniques, duck dives and equalisation.

AIDA2 FREEDIVER

AIDA2 FREEDIVER The static and dynamic sessions in confined water are used to teach relaxation, breathing, finning and safety techniques. In the open water sessions students will apply the skills they have learned in...

AIDA3 ADVANCED FREEDIVER

AIDA3 ADVANCED FREEDIVER The course is designed to further develop skills from previous levels, to acquire new skills and gain a higher knowledge of safety procedures and techniques. The new techniques that are introduced are...

PADI TecRec Courses

We have an onsite PADI TecRec instructor available to teach the PADI Technical Diving Courses. <br>

PADI Tec 40

Start your technical diving journey! The PADI Tec 40 course is where you transition from recreational scuba diving to technical diving. It's a great place to start because it's the first subdivision of the full PADI Tec Diver course and bridges...

PADI Tec 45

Extend your limits - Part two of the PADI Tec Deep Program The PADI Tec 45 course is the second part of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver program. You'll extend your depth limit to 45 metres/145 feet and learn to plan and execute repetitive decompression dives using...

PADI Tec 50

Extend your limits Part 3 of the full PADI Tec Deep Diver program. Develop competency & have the skills to dive to a max of 50 metres/165 ft. Learn how to extend & accelerate decompression stops using up to 2 gases.The...

PADI Tec Sidemount

Learn to dive with sidemount configuration If you've looked into technical diving, you realize that tec divers always wear more than one tank. Sidemount is an increasingly popular way to configure multiple cylinders for technical diving. You can...

PADI Tec Gas Blender

Learn how to blend nitrox and helium-blend gases Being a gas blender is a key job at a busy PADI Dive Center or Resort. This course teaches you how to blend enriched air nitrox and helium-based gases using one or more blending methods.The PADI Enriched...

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Scuba Diving with Red Sea Diving Safari

Bringing you the highest standards of diving

Marine Life Sightings

Whale Shark (On the way to Abu Dabab) (14 March)

Dolphins | Marsa Shagra (01 March)

Night dive at Marsa Shagra (21 April)

Turtle During Night Dive | Marsa Shagra | 11.07.2020 (18 July)

Elphinstone

Zone C

Marsa Shagra House Reef

Zone A

Marsa Abu Dabab

Zone A

Marsa Nakari House Reef

Zone A

Marsa El Foukery

Zone A

Marsa Assalai

Zone A

Ras Tondoba

Zone B

Shaab Nakari

Zone B

Habili Nakari

Zone B

Habili Dori

Zone B

Habili El Ghadeer

Zone C

Shaab Samadai

Full Day Excursion

Shaab Sharm

Full Day Excursion

Abu Ghusoun

Full Day Excursion

Torfa (house reef)

Zone 1

Abu Galawa Big - Tug

Zone 2

Shaab Claudia

Zone 2

Maksour

Zone 3

Satayah (Dolphin Reef)

Zone 3

Long Canyon

Zone B

Om Halhala

Zone B

Shaab Angel

Zone 3

Nakari's Om Halhala

Zone B

Big Dory

Zone B

PADI Recreational Courses

Bubble Maker

Seal Team

Discover Scuba Diving

ReActivate

Scuba Diver

Open Water Diver

Scuba Diver to Open Water Diver

Open Water Referral

Advanced Open Water

Adventure Diver

Emergency First Response Provider (EFR)

Rescue Diver

Nitrox Diver

Night Diver

Deep Diver Speciality

Drift Diver

UW Naturalist

Multilevel Diver

Boat Diver

Peak Performance Buoyancy

Digital UW Photographer

Self Reliant Diver

Divemaster