Club Red Sea Dive Centre, a PADI Instructor Development Centre has its feet in the Red Sea water (Arabic: Al-Bahr al Ahmar) in the Centre of Dahab.

The Red Sea is in fact an arm of the Indian Ocean situated between the African continent and the Asian continent. The entrance of the Red Sea is the Gulf of Aden, in Yemen, leading to the Sinai Peninsula with the Golf of Aqaba on the east and the Suez Canal on the west side.

The Red Sea covers an area of about 450'000 km2 for a length of 2’000 km. The maximum depth of the Red Sea is well over 2’000 m.

In spite of that impressive depth, all around the Red Sea there is a large proportion of Coral Reef. The variety of life under water is also astonishing with more than 1000 Species of fish and hundreds of Corals.

It was not before the 6th Century that the Red Sea was starting to get mapped in order to locate Reefs and Currents. Later, the Greeks started to use the Red Sea waters for commercial purposes between Egypt, Europe, Northern Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Ocean. By the 1st Century AD, the whole of the Red Sea was mapped with different routes and harbours. Dahab was in ancient times an old Nubians’ Harbour with part of its ruins just a step away from Club Red Diving Centre.

Throughout the centuries, Romans, Egyptians, Greeks and French, to name but a few, have used the waters of the Red Sea in order to trade between Egypt, Europe and India, Australia or China. With the opening of the Suez Canal (1869) shipping was very much speeded up.

The Red Sea, due to its salinity and its winds, is one of the hottest seas in the World. The temperature varies between 28° Celcius in Summer and 24°C in Winter.

The surface temperatures of the water remain constant to around 200 metres with visibility remaining good all year round. The average visibility for diving is about 15 metres but be careful with the Red Sea current that can be strong and unpredictable.

The region around Dahab gets mostly winds from the North-West. These winds are regular and also ideal for windsurfing or kite surfing. The winds induce currents that play an important role in the Red Sea for the divers as well as consistently moving sediments around.

The salinity of the Red Sea is greater than most of the World average. The reason is :
· The high rate of evaporation produced by the heat and the poor rainfall.
· The Shortage of fresh water entering the Red Sea.
· Only a very small part of the Red Sea is connected with the Indian Ocean, reducing the exchange of water.

The Red Sea has an extremely rich ecosystem with in excess of 1000 species of fish. That diversity is due to its beautiful Coral Reef surrounding the Red Sea and being a natural habitat for underwater life.
Moreover, due to its platform like coral reefs and lagoons, these are often visited by different species of shark, other large fish and mammals.

With such a biodiversity, the Government has established some protected area such as R as Mohammed, Ras Abu Galum, Gabr El Bint and Nebq Reserve.

The Divers will appreciate the diversity od the Red Sea, the natural reserves as well as all of the wrecks you can find around the Red Sea. (SS Thistlegorm, Dunraven (shipwrecks), The Canyon, Elphinstone, The Brothers, The Blue Hole, Dolphin Reef (Dive Sites)

Diving

Discover some of the best diving in the World

Children & Families Welcome

Club Red Sea Dive Centre offers every divers the possibility to leave your child at the Club Red Beach during all of your dives. Emergency First Response trained staff will be looking after your children while you enjoy your dives.

A Bedouin Way of Life

No early pick up…. All our dives are from the shore with travels done by Jeep. You are in charge of your own timetable…. A late evening at the Club red Beach Bar and you can stay for a lazy morning before your dive.

Location

Club Red Dive Centre is based in the Heart of Dahab Mashraba overlooking the Red Sea, next to the Police station and the Fire brigade. As it was one of the first Dive Centre in Dahab, the location is also a prime location close to a European standard Medical Centre.

In the front of the dive centre you have the beach, and in the back, you will find the shopping street. Surrounded by little restaurants and bars this has become a centre in Dahab.

Sites Location

About one minute from the House Reef and up to 15 minutes by Jeep to find most of our dive sites.

Fun & Safety

All of our Instructors and Dive masters are trained to Emergency First Response with most of the instructors trained to Oxygen Provider Level. They are chosen for their friendliness, experience and most of all their diving knowledge. It is the management prime concern to work within the PADI safety standard practice of diving.

We offer small groups, to a maximum ratio of 4 people to an instructores for all of our cours. Club Red Dive Centre is equipped with Oxygen tanks for emergencies, Instructor and staff trained in emergency first response, primary care and oxygen provider for adults care and children care. A European standard dive clinic is within two minutes walk from the dive shop and a modern recompression chamber just 5 minutes drive from the clinic.

Equipment

Equipment is renewed regularly in order to provide some of the most up to date equipment in Dahab.

Equipment Room

All of our dive team is at your disposal to assist in choosing you dive equipment for rental or for any purchase.
We have over 30 complete sets of equipment.

- Aqualung BCDs
- Aqualung and Mares regulators
- Hydro masks & snorkels
- Aqualung adjustable fins & Beuchat booties
- Beuchat full wetsuits 5mm and Manta long john 5mm with shortie 5 mm

- Aluminum tanks 12 liters & 15 liters DIN/INT valves
- Nitrox tanks
- Kid tank 10 litres
- Portable emergency first aid kit and Oxygen kits

Maintenance

All of our diving equipment is maintained within our premises in our maintenance room with qualified staff trained on an ongoing basis.

Facilities

Filling station equipped with Bauer compressor and Nitrox mixing panel   Maintenance Room   Rinsing pool with drying area   Beach Bar   We also have; Lockers for Long term equipment storage, showers and toilets.

Equipement Room   Class Rooms for up to 24 students   Garden Lounge Bar   Tank rack for gearing up

After Dive

If Dahab means Gold…. Club Red means Relax…. Just take a break at our Beach Bar, slightly roasted by the sun or be lazy and put your feet on the table at the Garden Lounge. For the one with ants in their pants, Club Red is organising many trips around the Sinai as well as day or night out to Sharm el Sheik for

Go Karting   Quad in the desert   Horse riding   Wind surf and Kite surf   Bedouin Dinner in the mountain

Aqualand   Night Clubs   Golf 18 holes & Golf Academy   Shopping

Courses 

All PADI courses are given in our Dive Center with exhilarating vista over the Red Sea. You will enjoy quiet location, with no Boat to spoil your enjoyment. Courses are available in several languages.

Club Red provides a full range of exciting diving activities: all PADI scuba courses from beginner up to master instructor level, daily guided dives to the unique dive sites around Dahab, camel diving safaris to Ras Abu Galum and Gabr El Bint and boat diving trips to the famous Thistlegorm wreck, Ras Mohamed or the Straits of Tiran.