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Port Ghalib Dive Centre - Marsa Alam, Red Sea and Middle East
The Marsa Alam Dive Centre is a full service PADI 5* IDC centre with their fleet of day boats moored on the jetty at Marina Lodge in Port Ghalib. PADI courses are available for all levels from beginner up to Instructor level. With training pools on site, shore and daily boat diving, you can enjoy the company of other divers and have the convenience of everything onsite.
Location
Dive shop in the Marina Lodge hotel in Marsa Alam with dive boat jetty approximately 100m from the hotel.
Facilities & Services
The centre is professionally run with high quality rental equipment, heated pools for training onsite, air-conditioned classrooms, photo suites, lounge areas and a large dive shop with range of diving accessories, storage, rinse facilities and underwater platforms, a shallow sandy bar for training dives. Plus a diver's bar, to socialise after your diving.
Diving
There are daily boat trips allowing you to dive on famous reefs such as, Elphinstone and Abu Dabab. There are great dive sites around Marsa Alam offering numerous marine life, excellent corals and turtles.There is access to a versatile house reef right on the Marina Lodge Hotel beach. A variety of shore, house reef and boat diving packages make this a great option for flexible diving for all levels. Standard boat diving includes 2 boat dives per day with guide, tanks and weights from approximately, 0800 to 1600-1730 depending on the sites visited. Exact timings will be advised locally at the dive centre.
Dive Courses
PADI dive courses available include Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and Divemaster. Courses should be requested and booked in advance to ensure availability. For all PADI courses students are required to have their own personal manual, available to buy at the dive shop.
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Open Water Dive Course | £325 | |||
Advanced Open Water Dive Course | £269 |
Dive Packages
Includes 2 boat dives per day with guide and tank/weights and transfers from your hotel. Full day diving packages incude two dives, including dive briefings, and the services of the dive guide. Lunch is served between dives and costs from 6 Euro per person, payable to the dive guide. Cost includes unlimited hot and cold drinks.A third dive is often available upon request, bookable and payable locally at the dive centre.
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1 Day | £65 | |||
3 Days | £189 |
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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