Discover the stunning house reef at Shams Diving Center in Wadi El Gemal, Marsa Alam. Enjoy convenient beach entry into crystal-clear Red Sea waters. Therefore, experience colorful coral gardens, sea turtles, and marine life at your own pace. As a result, our house reef provides perfect conditions for all divers. Our house reef is located directly at the hotel’s beach. It is shelved in different parts through three sandy bays where you can easily enter and exit for swimming and snorkeling.
The north part is shallow and is just used for snorkeling, but not less interesting, as there are lots of shallow lagoons an overhanging parts providing homes to lots of species and shelters for their nurseries in different seasons.
According to the author of Coral Reef Guide Red Sea - Ewald Lieske he counted in only 1 hour snorkeling over 108 different species of fish at our house reef.
For diving we can offer our divers 4 different house reef dives. 2 of them we can start with an easy and relaxed entrance right off our Marina from the diver’s platform. The other 2 sites need a short ride by Zodiac.
This variety of our House reefs encourages us to offer Non Limit dive packages for very enthusiastic divers.
On this unique reefs you can enjoy great reef dives with your buddy, or, if needed, with one of our guides. The house reefs are a perfect environment to conduct the PADI Bubble Maker and Discover Scuba Program as well as confined and Open Water training dives for the several PADI courses that we offer.
If you have not been diving for a while we can offer you the Scuba Review Program at the house reef.
Other great possibilities and dives the house reefs are:
Q: What is house reef diving like at Shams Diving Center in Wadi El Gemal?
A: House reef diving at Shams Diving Center in Wadi El Gemal features easy beach access directly to a vibrant, sheltered Red Sea coral reef. Divers and snorkelers can explore marine life, including green sea turtles, stingrays, and reef fish, making it ideal for unlimited shore diving, check dives, and night dives in Marsa Alam.
