Wadi Lahami Zone C Dive Sites at Red Sea Diving Safari

Zone C sites are distant off-shore sites by speed boat (extended range min. 6 pax)

*Dives in Zone A, B and C can only be booked/paid on site according to availability and are on top of the diving package.

• Angel

  Location:	12.4 miles from Wadi Lahami
  Access:	RIB dive
  Minimum Qualification:	any level diver
  Depth Range:	5 - 20 m
  Minimum Divers:	6 divers

  Profile:

  This reef extends from north-east to south-west. We start in the north and keep the reef on our left hand side. There are many pinnacles on this side which make up pools between the pinnacles and the reef. We start the dive by entering the first pool, moving from one pool to the other. Sometimes we pass on top of the reef, sometimes though channels until we reach the southwest side of the reef, where we finish our dive. The max. depth in the pools is 19m and they are covered in amazing hard and soft corals with clownfish, sometimes baby white tip sharks and at the end of the dive there are often napoleons and tuna passing by.

• Maksour

  Location:	12.2 miles from Wadi Lahami
  Access:	RIB dive
  Minimum Qualification:	Advanced Open Water Diver and minimum 50 logged dives
  Depth Range:	5-20 m
  Minimum Divers:	6 Divers

  Profile:

  Maksour, meaning "cut" as the south part of the reef looks as it it's been cut down the middle. This can be a very dramatic dive with strong current, sharks and maybe the chance to see hammerheads. This is a drop and go kind of dive, as you want to reach the plateau before the current moves you to the blue. Of course there are days were there is no current. The dive starts by descending immediately to 20m, then moving into the north, reaching a depth between 30 to 40m. Afterwards it's nice to cruise along the east wall which is covered with soft corals. With a deep diving speciality, we can dive through the crack which has its entrance at around 30m and we come out at 40m. We finish the dive at the east wall.

• Malahi

  Location:	12.8 miles from Wadi Lahami
  Access:	RIB dive
  Minimum Qualification:	any level diver
  Depth Range:	5 - 22 m
  Minimum Divers:	6 divers

  Profile:

  Malahi means playground and the best way to dive this site is to try to get lost. There are lots of channels, caves, swim-throughs and holes which lead to the next one - it is like a network of channels. Usually the boat drops us in south and we try find our way back to boat. The guides let you do your own dive if you wish. Outside of this playground the max. depth is 22m. Inside the depth ranges between 5-13m max. The inside is mostly covered in hard corals. We can finish anywhere outside of the playground if you do not find the way back to the boat and the driver will pick you up.

• Satayah (Dolphin Reef) East

  Location:	19 miles from Wadi Lahami
  Access:	RIB dive
  Minimum Qualification:	Advanced Open Water Diver Certification and a minimum of 50 logged dives
  Depth Range:	max 30 or 40 m
  Minimum Divers:	6 Divers

  Profile:

  This reef is a long,  horse shoe shaped reef which is much bigger than its sister reef Samadai further north (Marsa Alam). It is stretching from east to west. We also call it Dolphin Reef and we snorkel here during surface interval with the dolphins if they are present and awake. We have two different dives here: east or west. The east is a deep dive with a drop off and a classical deep dive. You have the reef wall and the deep blue (red) sea. We drop in the north-east of the reef and keep it on our right hand side drifting to east. The reef wall has nice hard and soft corals. During the hammerhead season, you might find some in and around 30-40m. Other than that we can see tuna fish, napoleon, and other big fish.

• Satayah (Dolphin Reef) West

  Location:	19 miles from Wadi Lahami
  Access:	RIB dive
  Minimum Qualification:	any level diver
  Depth Range:	8 - 22 m
  Minimum Divers:	6 Divers

  Profile:

  The West wall dive starts on the south-west side, starting in a shallow pool in 5m with a white sandy bottom. We keep the main reef on our right hand side, aiming to go outside the pool throught a nice hole in 9m. Once we get out, we find in front of us a nice plateau with a sandy bottom and coral patches. There are many blue-spotted stingrays here. The plateau extends a few meters to the west and slopes down to 20 m. We follow the plateau with the reef on our right hand side, going towards the north, moving at edge of reef. After 30 min we return back and leave the reef to our left hand. After the safety stop, we finish the dive safely under boat. During this dive, we have covered the plateau, drop-off and reef - what else could one want?

• Selim

  Location:	from Wadi Lahami
  Access:	RIB dive
  Minimum Qualification:	any level diver
  Depth Range:	15 - 30 m
  Minimum Divers:	6 divers

  Profile:

  This dive is close to Angel and is a reef streching from east to west. It has pinnacles and coral blocks on the north-west side of reef. We start in between these pinnacles in 23m over the bottom, which is covered in very nice soft corals. The north-west slopes down to 45m, where there is a pinnacle with a nice channel containing glass fish. We move around the coral blocks and start to swim back to the reef after a while. Where we arrive at the reef, we find nice coral blocks from 8-18m depth. We take the reef on our left hand side to finish the dive in the west side of the reef, where you can find a black coral tree and ghost pipe fish.