Wild Encounters.Timeless Moments.

Apex encounters in the Red Sea blue.

Marsa Alam is one of the best places in Egypt for shark encounters. From year-round whitetip reef sharks to the legendary oceanic whitetips and hammerhead schools of high season, our waters host ten regularly-sighted species.

Graceful giants and hidden gems.

From the tiny blue-spotted ribbontail hidden in the sand to the soaring reef manta, rays glide through Marsa Alam waters with quiet elegance.

Habituated, photogenic, year-round.

Marsa Alam is one of the world's best places to dive with sea turtles. Two species are resident - green turtles in seagrass bays and hawksbills on coral reefs.

Wild pods, close encounters, year-round.

Marsa Alam hosts two regular dolphin species and one of the most accessible wild dolphin sites on Earth - Sha'ab Samadai.

The Red Sea's gentle sea cow.

The dugong is Marsa Alam's most precious resident and the reason many divers fly here. Globally listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, the Egyptian Red Sea hosts one of the few populations in the world where wild dugongs can be encountered reliably while diving or snorkeling.

1,200+ species. Every dive a discovery.

Hundreds of reef fish species fill Marsa Alam waters. The Red Sea has an unusually high rate of endemism: about 15% of species are found nowhere else.

Big schools, big speed, big blue.

Fast-swimming open-water fish make appearances on most offshore boat dives. Tuna, barracuda, and trevally schools are highlights at Elphinstone, Sataya, or the southern reefs.

Masters of camouflage and intelligence.

Octopuses, cuttlefish, and reef squid are some of the most intelligent invertebrates on Earth. Excellent on shore dives and house reefs - especially at night.

Hidden in cracks. Hunting at night.

Eels poke their heads out of every crevice in Marsa Alam. Garden eels carpet sandy slopes; morays of all colours hunt at night.

The tiny, the weird, the hidden.

For photographers and slow-divers, the macro world of Marsa Alam is a treasure hunt. Crocodilefish, frogfish, seahorses, and a kaleidoscope of nudibranchs reward patient eyes.

The living architecture of the Red Sea.

Coral is the foundation of every dive. The Red Sea has some of the most resilient and biodiverse coral systems on the planet, with 200+ species.

Armoured residents of the reef.

Hidden in coral cracks and night-time emergent, crustaceans range from tiny cleaner shrimp to the spectacular mantis shrimp with the fastest punch in the animal kingdom.

Spiny, slow, and stunning.

Echinoderms - the "spiny-skinned" animals - are some of the reef's most ancient residents. Crinoids waving from coral heads, brittle stars under rocks, and the spectacular blue sea star.