Learn to Dive
 

training organization, PADI (the Professional Association of Diving Instructors), from complete beginner to instructor and beyond. They are totally self-contained, fully equipped and dedicated to diver training.

Confined - water training takes place in our training pool and from our beach. Academic training is conducted in our air-conditioned classrooms equipped with video, slide projectors and computer lesson guides. The school has its own dedicated scuba equipment as well as all necessary support materials. We teach in English, German, French, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Hungarian and Arabic.

For young divers who are looking for an action-packed, adventurous program filled with exciting scuba "Aqua Missions". You learn the basics of safe diving and explore different Aqua Missions - or specialty dives - like navigation, buoyancy, underwater photography, environmental awareness and more. Here's your chance to explore cool Aqua Missions
 

Adventure Diver
 

Become an Adventure Diver when you complete any three adventure dives. You can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification in just one day. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your Advanced Open Water Diver certification. Have you always wanted to try wreck diving? How about underwater photography? Here's your opportunity because you can sample three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you like and feel more comfortable in the water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy diving more than ever.
 

Advanced Open Water Diver
 

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is a two-day training class, which provides Open Water divers with well organized, structured and valuable supervised experience. You will complete five ocean boat dives in various underwater activities to increase your experience and capabilities.
 

Rescue Diver
 

This three day course is a very important step in expanding knowledge and experience. As with all PADI courses, it is ‘performance’ based and involves classroom, confined water and beach skill development sessions followed by five open water training sessions. Self-rescue and diver stress, diving first aid, emergency management, equipment considerations, tired diver, panicked diver, response from shore or boat with both a conscious and unconscious victim, distressed diver, surfacing an unconscious diver, unconscious diver at the surface, egress with an unconscious diver, first aid for pressure related injuries, underwater search scenario, response, egress and management scenarios.
 

Emergency First Response
 

Emergency First Response gives you the skills you need to perform CPR and First Aid. Whether you're a diver or a non-diver, Emergency First Response helps you to properly handle potentially life-threatening situations. This comprehensive program contains two core modules that can be taught in tandem or as stand-alone courses: Emergency First Response - Primary Care and Emergency First Response - Secondary Care. Together, these courses provide extensive instruction in CPR and First Aid, as well as providing optional (yet recommended) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and Emergency Oxygen sections. This course is usually conducted over one day.
 

PADI Oxygen Provider
 

The Oxygen Provider course is designed to give students the necessary basic training to administer oxygen to victims of diving accidents. When combined with the Rescue Diver and Emergency First Response courses it provides the best preparation to react correctly to any diving related accident.
 

Master Scuba Diver
 

Master Scuba Diver is the highest level that can be reached in recreational diving and denotes high achievement. To reach this level you must complete all levels of PADI training including Rescue Diver, Emergency First Response and 5 specialty courses.
 

PADI Specialty Courses
 

The purpose of PADI Specialty Courses is to familiarize you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organization, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving. The Specialty Course is a safe and supervised introduction into that area.
Navigation, Boat Diver, Drift Diver, Multilevel Diver, Underwater Naturalist, Search & Recovery, Night Diver, Wreck Diver, Equipment Specialist, Underwater Photography, Project Aware Fish Identification, Nitrox Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Underwater Videography, Deep Diver, Dolphin Rebreather.
 

PADI Nitrox Diver
 

The PADI Nitrox diver course is one day’s training providing recreational divers with the knowledge needed to plan and execute recreational Nitrox dives. You will make two Nitrox dives after the completion of the academic sessions.

All itineraries below give a sample of the routes normally offered by Emperor Divers. Some flexibility is required on routes that can be affected by adverse weather conditions, unforeseen Egyptian Government restrictions and the level of each diver's experience. Your actual itinerary will be confirmed at the time of booking.
 

South Sinai Cruise and beyond: Departing from Sharm El Sheikh. Includes Ras Mohamed, Straits of Tiran and the wrecks of the Thistlegorm & Dunraven.

Whether you're a beginner or an experienced diver, there is always the right dive for your level of experience. And in each dive something beautiful and new to see. We recommend a minimum of 20 - 30 dives or Advanced level to share the experience of the deeper dive sites such as the wreck of the Thistlegorm (max 32mt depth) and drift-dives like Ras Mohamed or the Reefs of the Straits of Tiran (drop-offs/drift diving).

After diving the Ras Mohamed National Park, we pass into the Gulf of Suez and visit the reef system of Shab Mahmoud where one of the oldest wrecks, the Dunraven (sunk in 1889), and the WWII wreck, the Thistlegorm, are located.

Enjoy the excitement of diving the Southern tip of the Sinai and savor the backdrop of a mountainous desert landscape whilst discovering the hidden magical beauty beneath the waves where nature, by contrast, has provided a spectacular display of colorful coral reefs and an array of tropical fish life.
 

Abu Nuhas and Straits of Gubal Cruise: Departing from Hurghada. Includes all the wrecks of Abu Nuhas and, weather permitting, the wreck of the Thistlegorm.

This cruise has something for everyone. Starting from Hurghada and sailing north gives a perfect combination of reef diving and wreck diving. Abu Nuhas has four well-known wrecks - Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K and Seastar, all lying at moderate depths on a beautiful reef covered with a variety of hard corals.

Most of the time, the dives will be done from RIBs.

Night dives can be superb in this area, especially Shab um Usk with lots of Spanish dancers. Gubal Island offers protected anchoring for the night, a small wreck at 8-10 metres covered in pink, magenta and purple soft corals makes for a spectacular night dive and excellent drop-off drift dives on the eastern wall.

Rosalie Moeller is close by, which can be a challenging dive due to her location on the deep windward side of the island and washed with strong currents. It's a short ride to cross the straits of Gubal to visit the most famous wreck of the Red Sea, the Thistlegorm, an awe-inspiring World War II British vessel. Her cargo is full of armaments (Bedford trucks and BSA motorbikes), which were all destined for the British troops in North Africa. She was sunk by the German Luftwaffe and now lies in 30 metres of water. Depending on the experience of divers, weather and current conditions, we also try to offer a night dive here. The Thistlegorm is usually the "border", from here the boat heads back towards Hurghada
 

Panorama Reef and Abu Kafan Cruise: Departing from Hurghada South to Safaga. Includes the wreck of the Salem Express, Middle Reef, Panorama Reef.

The area around Safaga has some great diving, the best being well offshore in the areas of Panorama Reef, Middle Reef and Abu Kafan. Some divers say this equals the great sites of Ras Mohamed and Carless Reef. The whole area is protected and the same rules apply here as elsewhere, so please follow them.

The diving offers a combination of shallow reef dives and drop-offs, as well as the famous wreck of the Salem Express. There is superb wall diving at Panorama, Shab Sheer and Abu Kafan as well as some little secrets like Hal Hal, which can only be dived in suitable weather conditions.

Soft and black corals, fan and huge gorgonians, plus frequent sightings of Jacks, Barracudas, Reef Sharks and occasional Hammerheads, all promise a true adventure.

Note: It is possible to include a visit to the Brother Islands by prior arrangement in this cruise.
 

 Northern Red Sea: Mini safaris: Mini safaris are usually for 3 - 4 days and are perfect for "safari beginners" who are not sure about staying a whole week on board.

This offers a combination of 3 days safari and 4 days hotel, probably with some additional day diving during your hotel stay. Departures are from Hurghada or Sharm El Sheikh.

Mini safaris are usually for 3 - 4 days and are perfect for "safari beginners" who are not sure about staying a whole week on board. This offers a combination of 3 days safari and 4 days hotel, probably with some additional day diving during your hotel stay. Departures are from Hurghada or Sharm El Sheikh.
 

 Brothers and Marine Park Islands Cruise: Includes cruises from Ras Galib with Elphinstone/Brothers Island/Daedalus Reef or Rocky/Zarbagad/St Johns.

The Brother Islands are the pinnacles of two undersea mountains rising from the depths of the abyss, are located about 60 miles offshore and are part of the Marine Park Islands National Park. The islands offer stunning wall diving, with the walls being covered in soft corals and forests of gorgonians, creating a kaleidoscope of ever changing colours. They attract a diverse array of marine species and large pelagics. Large tuna, Jacks and Snappers cruise in the blue, accompanied by Hammerheads, Grey Reef, Silver Tips, Silky and Oceanic White Tip Sharks and Mantas. Even the rare Thresher Shark can be found here.

For the wreck diver, the wrecks of the Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel and the Numibia, a cargo ship, lie on the walls of the Big Brother. Both are covered in a rich growth of soft and hard corals.

Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is a large, oval reef with a lighthouse and is the furthest offshore reef in the Egyptian Red Sea. Its deep walls and drop-offs offer some of the most spectacular diving in the Red Sea. Daedalus has mountainous, pristine, hard coral formations. There is also a strong chance of spotting schooling Hammerheads, Thresher Sharks, Mantas and Whale Sharks.

Moving further south, we reach the spectacular overhangs and deep walls of Rocky Island and the abundance of soft coral and spectacular coral pinnacles at Zabargad. These dives will exceed your expectations.

Cruises to Brother Islands only can also include Elphinstone reef in the itinerary.
 

Requirements
 

The offshore Marine Park Islands - The Brothers, Zabagad, Daedulus and Rocky
Egyptian law requires divers to have a minimum of 50 logged dives.

All other Red Sea Safari areas
Individual bookings: Northern and Southern safari routes contain advanced dives. If you are not sure about the experience level required, please contact us for advice. It is also possible to complete the Advanced Open Water Course whilst on safari.
usually 20kg. BCDs and bottles must be empty, properly closed and carried in the hold. Note: Some content and depth gauges and computers can be affected by low pressure. As with cameras, these should be carried as part of your hand luggage.

Climate: The diving season is year-round with visibility averaging 30m. Water temperatures range from 20ºC in the winter months to 29ºC in summer. The topside air temperatures range between 22ºC in winter to 38ºC in summer. July and August are the hottest months. In winter, there can often be a breeze.
Divers can use LYCRA, DARLEX or POLARTEC suits during late spring, summer and early autumn. During winter, a 5mm two-piece suit is best and for the evenings, a light sweater or jacket is recommended.
 

Enquiries & Reservations
 

For your enquiry please use the form below, or send us an e mail , diving@goldenegypt.net,
We will contact you as soon as possible.