Learn to dive
Dive courses on Egypt’s Red Sea
The Red Sea is one of the best — and best-value — places on earth to learn. From your first breath underwater to going professional, here’s the ladder, with PADI and SSI side by side. Tell us your level and dates and a real dive specialist matches you to the right centre.
Try dive (no certification)
PADI Discover Scuba Diving
Your first breath underwater — no experience, no commitment
Half a day·Age 10+
Entry-level certificationPADI Open Water Diver
The licence to dive anywhere in the world, to 18 m
3–4 days·Age 10+ (Junior 10–14)
Continuing educationPADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Go to 30 m and open up wrecks, walls and drifts
2 days·Age 12+
Continuing educationPADI Rescue Diver
The course that changes how you dive
3–4 days·Age 12+
First professional ratingPADI Divemaster
Turn diving into a career — or a Red Sea season
2–4 weeks (or a season)·Age 18+
SpecialtyPADI Enriched Air Diver
Longer bottom times, less fatigue — the Red Sea favourite
Half a day to 1 day·Age 12+
Breath-hold disciplinePADI Freediver
One breath, no tank — and Dahab is a world capital
2–3 days·Age 15+ (younger for basic levels)
