Hurghada: Scuba Diving for Beginners — Red Sea Boat Trip with Lunch & Drinks
Sail out over the Red Sea to two hand-picked reefs, drop in with a private instructor at your side, and surface to a hot buffet lunch on deck. First-timers and certified divers both welcome.
Overview
You wake to a hotel pickup and a short ride to the marina, where the yacht is already warming its engines. Within the hour Hurghada's shoreline shrinks behind you and the Red Sea opens up — that impossible band of turquoise deepening to sapphire as the reefs draw near.
At the first site your instructor runs through the basics, fits your gear and stays at your shoulder as you sink below the surface. The noise of the world switches off. Shoals of anthias hang like orange smoke over the coral, a parrotfish crunches past, and the reef wall drops away into blue. Not diving that round? Slip on a mask and snorkel the shallows, or stretch out on deck and let the sun do its work.
Between dives the crew lays out a fresh buffet lunch and keeps the soft drinks and tea coming. Descend, surface, eat, laugh, descend again — the same easy rhythm that turned Hurghada from a fishing village into one of the world's great dive destinations.
A second dive at a different reef, a warm shower on board, then the slow sail home with the coast glowing gold. No licence needed for the intro option; certified divers get their own guided pair of dives; everyone's back at the hotel by evening. Free cancellation, reserve now and pay later.
Highlights
- Dive or snorkel two hand-picked Red Sea reefs in a single day.
- Descend with a certified instructor at your side — no licence needed for intro dives.
- Watch anthias, parrotfish and coral gardens unfold in crystal-clear water.
- Refuel with a fresh buffet lunch and unlimited soft drinks on deck.
- Certified divers get their own guided two-dive programme.
- Hotel pickup, drop-off and all equipment included.
Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off from Hurghada, Makadi Bay, Sahl Hasheesh, Soma Bay and Safaga.
- Roundtrip yacht cruise across the Red Sea.
- Scuba instruction from a certified diving instructor.
- 2 dives at top Red Sea sites.
- Snorkeling stops at designated reefs.
- All scuba and snorkeling equipment.
- Fresh buffet lunch on board.
- Unlimited soft drinks and hot drinks.
- Shower and bathroom facilities on board.
- Professional guide and instructor.
- All marine-park and tourist taxes.
Not included
- Hotel transfer from El Gouna (add the Extra-Zone Transfer option).
Good to know
- Child price: ages 2-11 · Infants under 2
- Pregnant women.
- Guests with high blood pressure, heart or respiratory conditions.
- Sunglasses, sun hat and swimwear.
- Towel and a change of clothes.
- Camera (a copy of your passport is accepted as ID).
- The intro-dive option needs no diving licence.
- Certified divers must choose the "Two Dives for Certified Divers" option.
- Minimum age for diving is 12 years — younger children can snorkel from the boat.
- Hurghada and El Gouna guests depart from the Hurghada ports.
- Makadi Bay and Sahl Hasheesh guests join the boat at Makadi.
- Soma Bay and Safaga guests join the boat at Soma Bay.