Scuba Diving in Safaga

Scuba World Divers Safaga

Mövenpick Resort Safaga, Soma Bay

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Try diving in Safaga and get your internationally recognized scuba diving certification by joining the PADI Open Water Diver Course in Scuba World Divers Safaga.

Our PADI Diving Center in Mövenpick Resort offers a wealth of quality diving and snorkeling sites. Access is easy from our boats and our diving education offers a wide range of PADI diving courses starting from the PADI Open Water Diver level to the Dive-Master Level.

In Scuba World Divers Diving Center in Safaga we are dedicated to making every dive the very best it can be, always. We constantly strive to over-deliver and surpass all expectations to deliver an unforgettable experience.

Diving in Safaga

Safaga has crystal clear waters, abundant marine life and a huge variety of diving environments. One of the most exciting sites is Panorama Reef, which is named for being the largest reef in Safaga with the largest possibility to encounter unique under water.

Another highly recommended dive site is the Abu Kifan; a 300 meters long off-shore reef, got its name from the large gorgonian fan corals. It has a very steep wall which plummet to over 100 meters into the deep at all sides.

Both sites represent a riddle for divers as sometimes you can see different species such as groupers, Barracudas, large schools of Sweet lips and snappers to name a few.

Most of the sites we visit for scuba diving are also suitable for snorkelers. Ask about our programs for Snorkeling and try diving under the supervision of our professional diving team.

Diving at the Salem Express

The Salem Express is a big wreck that makes for a very eerie dive.

The Salem Express is arguably one of the most controversial wreck dives in the Red Sea due to the tragic loss of life which occurred when she sank shortly after midnight on December 15th 1991.

Reportedly heavily overloaded with several vehicles and hundreds of pilgrims returning from their holy pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, she was nearing the end of her journey and approaching port Safaga from the southeast.

A storm had been building for some hours and was now blowing at gale force when the Salem Express struck the southeast part of a reef chain known as Hyndman Reef with catastrophic force. Striking the reef on the starboard side of her bow, slightly below the bow door, she not only ripped a hole in her side, but the entire bow door was forced upward.