About Dahab

This pearl of the gulf actually consists of two villages, the Bedouin village of Assalah is the northern half, with the business and administrative center of Dahab to the south.

Dahab is the Arabic word for gold, and it is almost certain that this locale in eastern Sinai derived its name from the fine yellow sand that colors its beaches.

The combination of golden sand, turquoise sea and a luxuriant strip of palm trees is pulling in the world.

Within just a few miles of Dahab are some great adventure spots.

Excellent dive sites lie both to the north and south, including the famous Blue Hole, one of Sinai's best.

As the Sun goes down you will find many bars, restaurants and bazaars along the beach or span into Masbat which is an exotic blend of Bedouins, Egyptians and Tourists.

You can also join a trip out into the desert at night to a Bedouin Village for a meal and some stargazing.

Oxygene Dahab

At Oxygene Dahab we offer a full range of PADI courses, from introduction through to Dive Master as well as offering guided tours for professionals.
Dahab's clear warm water; colourful coral and abundant fish life have long made Dahab popular with beginners and qualified divers alike.
Whether you would like to get qualified, further your training, dive for fun or just to give it a try, Dahab is perfect for you.
Dahab has sites to suit divers of all levels. We can take you to a wide variety of guided dives, from the beautiful coral formations, spectacular fish life, to the dramatic sites of the ‘Canyon' and ‘Bells/Blue Hole'. (Advanced Divers Only).

Safety First!
As an Oxygene centre, we offer the highest possible standards of professionalism and safety. Our aim is to offer our customers the best possible experience for students and qualified divers alike.
To achieve our aim, we offer our customers the most experienced and professional staff, the highest quality of equipment, along with first class facilities and customer service. This ensures that with us, you will get the safest and most fun dives in Dahab.

Accommodation

Yasmina Hotel **+
Yasmina hotel is a charming three star hotel with a family atmosphere located in the center of Dahab, 200 m from Mashraba beach. The hotel has 27 rooms.

All rooms have: Air condition Private bathroom Satelit TV Minibar Telefon
The Hotel has: Large pool Restaurant Bar Netcafé Massage

From the hotel you are able to reach every activity in Dahab in a short time.
Our dive centre is located close by the pool.

Oricana Hotel***+

Oricana Hotel, which has been recently opened, spreads along the main road, at the southern end of Dahab, lying in an ideal, quiet part and far away from the crowded mass, coming straight from the heart of the village with its entertainment and colourful bazaars.

All rooms have: Air condition Private bathroom Satelit TV Minibar Telefon  Balcony Terrace
The Hotel has: Large pool Restaurant Bar Netcafé Massage

Activities

The Red Sea coastline is filled with a wide range of water sports that are suitable for any age. If you are a novice, we offer beginners classes in most water activities. You can learn how to dive, water-ski or windsurf - to name a few.

If you are interested in seeing the desert you can choose your mode of transportation: foot, camel, jeep, quad runner or with a Bedouin guide..

Camel Safaris
Ras Abu Gallum or Gabr-El-Bint

If you want to dive some pristine dive sites and have always fancied riding a camel, then these safaris are for you. As there are no roads to these sites, either boat or camel can only reach them.

Have you ever seen a camel wearing SCUBA tanks? Well you will on this trip.

The first leg of the journey will be by jeep to rendezvous with the local Bedouins and their beasts. After loading up the gear, we span off along the coast and over the mountains. After a ride of about one hour, we will arrive at the dive sites. Ras Abu Gallum is to the North of Dahab and Gabr-El-Bint is to the South.

The diving at either site is exceptional with large Gorgonian sea fans, multitudes of fish life and spectacular corals. There is also a reasonable chance of seeing less common marine life such as Turtles, Eagle Rays and on occasions, sharks!

Lunch is cooked and served by the Bedouins between dives and you span back in the afternoon after enjoying a wonderful ‘Dahab' experience.

Other Activities

If you despite all odds prefer to take some time off from the reefs, there are several other activities to do in Dahab.

Riding
Riding can be done either on camels or horses. Best done is of cause in the afternoon, enjoying the breezes at the beach from the horse back. Or maybe riding to see Dahab in evening light from the surrounding hills.

Quad-bike safaris
Those less interested in riding animals can choose a quad-bike safari. These are either parallel to the shoreline, up one of the several valleys or around the township.

Kite and windsurfing
The strong dessert winds which can occur in Dahab make the area not only excellent for diving but also a surfer's Mecca. Windsurfing can be done at several spots and kite surfing at a nearby lagoon, which makes it suitable even for beginners.

For these activities, please contact us for further information.

Welcome to one of the most
amazing places for shore diving in the world!

The Islands 
The Islands is one of the most amazing and beautiful reefs in Dahab. It is many peoples favorite place and they just keep coming back here. The name refers to the many corals in the area. Together they create a labyrinth of very interesting rock formations, with natural rifts and some huge brain corals.

The maximum depth is approximately 16 meters, which also makes it good for snorkeling, photography or as a long, shallow second or third dive of the day. However, the labyrinth and especially the entrance and exit point are very narrow and the reef fragile, why you should dive with extra attention and care.

Mashraba Reef
At the southern end of Dahab Bay , lies Mashraba reef, which is a wonderful day or night dive. This dive can be done as either a deep dive or a shallow dive. As a shallow dive, it is an out and back dive along the reef, with a maximum depth of around fourteen meters. Or you could go deeper to an impressive bombie called ‘Romans Rock', and then onto some large coral formations at thirty meters before coming onto a wonderful garden of ‘Table Corals'. At the point of return, you come across one of the most beautiful coral pinnacles in the area, which is surrounded by swarms of Anthias.

The ‘South'

The ‘South' actually refers to the southern region of Dahab, close to the foot of the Sinai mountains, the South includes several beautiful dive sites which you can visit, including:

The Golden Blocks
Shark Reef
Three Pools
Um Sid
The Caves
Murray Garden
When you go South you can spend the whole day diving and in between dives you are able to rest, relax and enjoy lunch in the shade of the Bedouin restaurant.

Canyon

The Dahab Canyon is a classic canyon, and an essential dive for all fanatics of cave and cavern diving. The Canyon is quite a phenomenon. At a depth of ten meters the canyon is virtually closed and it snakes it way down to the depths.

The canyon has three main entry points. The first, at about fifteen meters, is named the coral fishbowl. Below the fishbowl at a depth of about eighteen meters, is a second large bowl. The deepest of all the entry points, opens at a depth of fifty two meters. In between the second and third entry points, the walls have grown together to virtually close over the top of the canyon, forming a tunnel.

The Bells - Blue Hole
 

Just to the North of ‘The Blue Hole', is the dramatic ‘Bells' dive site. Making a giant stride entry from the shore, you drop straight into its mouth, and then you begin your descent through a groove in the reef table. Dropping straight down you may hear other divers knocking against the rock walls; this clanging noise is apparently why this site is called ‘The Bells'. Further down you come to a small archway, which leads you out onto the reef wall at 28 meters. The wall here continues down to around 800 meters! You arrive at ‘The Blue Hole' over a saddle at around seven meters.

Here you will see some wonderful and colourful coral. Swimming around ‘The Blue Hole', we do a safety stop and exit the water.

Other amazing divesites in Dahab
 
Abu Helal / Abu Talha 
Bannerfish Bay 
El Shugurat 
Lionfish Rock 
Red Tooth Trigger Bay
Rick's Reef
Salah's Place
Sha'ab Khanzier
Shoe Stump 
Sinai House Reef

Boat Safaris

As well as our extensive range of courses and guided dive packages, we are also able to offer you some unique and exciting boat safaris. Whether you're here for a few days, a week or even longer there are opportunities for a wide variety of diving expeditions around the Sinai region.
Trips range from one day outings to the Thistlegorm & Ras Mohammed, to a weeks safari exploring the many wrecks, and reefs that make the Red Sea so famous.

All trips include transfer from Dahab to Sharm to catch the boat, then from a brief one hour journey to our closest sites, to four hours or so to the less dived and pristine sites along the Gulf of Suez.

These safaris include amazing wreck dives, including penetration of many of the vessels, beautiful reef dives, potential technical dives (for those more experienced divers) and the opportunity to see an abundance of marine life, including the ‘bigger things' such as sharks, rays, turtles, giant morays and dolphins.

All of our trips are full board, so transfers, dive gear, tanks, weights, food, drinks, snacks and an excellent crew are all provided as part of the service.

Courses

At Oxygene Dahab we offer a full range of PADI courses, from introduction through to Dive Master as well as offering guided tours for professionals.
In our courses the price include,the required materilas and the certification.
Divemaster membership fee is not included...

Introduction Dive: A perfect way to experience SCUBA diving, and ‘get up close and personal' with some amazing coral and beautiful fish. No experience is necessary, just the ability to swim and a reasonable level of fitness. You will have one to one tuition with an instructor, who will guide you around the reef. You just enjoy the tour and get a feel for diving. Total time required is around one and a half hours.

Scuba Diver: The first step to obtaining certification as a diver. This two day course is ideal for those who want to dive, but do not have the time for a full Open Water Course. Over two days, we will train you in aspects of dive theory; introduce diving skills in confined water, before completing two open water dives. This qualification enspans you to dive, supervised, to depths of twelve meters and goes towards obtaining your full ‘Open Water' qualification.

For more certified courses choose from the Activity menu to the left.

Freediving Dahab

Freediving is becoming more and more popular. So, what’s so fascinating about this sport? Is it about how deep you can go, pushing your own limits to the extreme, the physical challenge, or the beauty of the underwater world? It’s probably a combination of all of the above, as well as the amazing feeling of being completely relaxed underwater. When you reach that state you’re just a little bit closer to understand the world of the dolphins. It’s far more than just snorkelling. It’s the ability to remain underwater for a long period of time and to dive to depths that someone without training would only be able to do with equipment. As you develop your freediving skills, you’ll find that you get more satisfaction when exploring the underwater world. And it will increase your safety and relaxation when scuba diving too.

Dahab is the place to learn freediving. Here you find the deep waters strait of shore, no boats needed. Since our instructors Lotta Ericson and Linda Paganelli are living in Dahab since a few years it has allowed them to dive daily and to train frequently with many other top freedivers. Both Lotta and Linda are national record holders in several freediving disciplines.

Lotta who is a world famous Swedish freediver, and former world record holder, started working as a freediving instructor in 2004, when she moved to Dahab with her family. Since then she teaches AIDA courses, organizes record attempts, competitions and other freediving events.

Linda is an Italian freediver who lives in Dahab since 2002, training and teaching freediving. She started working with Lotta in early 2006 when she also becomes a AIDA instructor.

They are now both AIDA MASTER INSTRUCTORS and AIDA JUDGES.

AIDA is the International association for the development of Apnea - is a Worldwide Federation for freediving, established in 1992. It manages and oversees the recognition of records, organizes competitions, and sets the standards for freediving education. AIDA certifies freedivers, instructors and judges.

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