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Shams Alam Dive Centre - Marsa Alam, Red Sea and Middle East
The Shams Alam Dive Centre is based at the Hotel Shams Alam and is the only diving resort which has direct access to the Wadi Gimal National Park. It’s a fully equipped and well run dive centre with PADI instructors and quality rental equipment.
Location
Based at the Hotel Shams Alam with direct access to the Wadi Gimal National Park.
Facilities & Services
The centre has a reception, classroom, equipment room, workshop, separate compressor and tank room and a large terrace and bar. There is also a spacious dry-room with 2 freshwater pools available where you can clean and storage your equipment. Each of the dive boats are equipped with VHF radio, oxygen and an MFA-box.
Diving
There is a house reef which is located directly at the hotel’s beach, this is the perfect environment for training or snorkeling. There are a number of different dive sites with boat diving trips available for full days, half days and early morning trips. Dive Packs Includes 2 boat dives per day tank/weights.
Dive Courses
Experienced and qualifed multi-lingual staff members guide and monitor all diving activities. Open Water courses includes all equipment rental for for the duration of the course. The length of Advance Open Water courses are 2-3 days.
DIVE INSTRUCTION |
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PADI Open Water Dive Course (4 days) | £325 | |||
PADI Advanced Open Water Dive Course | £239 |
Other advanced and specialist courses include Rescue diver, Emergency First Response, Deep Diver, Drift Diver, Boat Diver, Underwater Navigator, Underwater Photographer, Search and Recovery, Underwater Naturalist and Search and Recovery, PPB and Nitrox. If you are wishing to take a Go Pro course, you can take a PADI Divemaster course.
Dive Packages
BOAT DIVES |
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3 Days (6 dives) | £135 | |||
5 Days (10 dives) | £215 |
PLEASE NOTE
Red Sea diving packages - A government tax fee of minimum 3.00 Euro, per diver per diving day and per snorkel per day on board of a boat, is payable locally on arrival before diving/snorkelling can commence. All rental equipment must be booked and confirmed in advanced with additional payment to your diving package. Please bring your passport along with you for Red Sea boat diving to present to the Captain of the dive boat, as per local Government regulations. Lunch on day boat dives is not included and payable locally. The above fees can change without notice and will be confirmed at the dive centre on arrival.
Fact File
Best Time: All Year Average Air temps: 18-35°C Average Water temps: 18-28°C Visibility: 15-30m Top Dive Sites: Shore dives plus Elphinstone, Marsa Mubarak & Dolphin House Reef (Shaab Samadai). Abu Ghosan shipwreck. More on Dive Sites> |
Great Reasons to Dive in Marsa Alam
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