Match the Site to the Diver

Use Abu Dabbab, Marsa Egla, and house reefs for checkout dives, buoyancy resets, camera practice, and easier second dives.
Reserve Elphinstone Reef for the day when you are well rested and diving with a team that listens.

Match the Site to the Diver

Use Abu Dabbab, Marsa Egla, and house reefs for checkout dives, buoyancy resets, camera practice, and easier second dives.
Reserve Elphinstone Reef for the day when you are well rested and diving with a team that listens.

Dive Medical Support

CDWS lists Marsa Alam Baromedical at Marsa Shagra as a key local hyperbaric facility, with 24/7 chamber support on site.
CDWS also lists Marsa Alam Deco International at Port Ghalib Hospital.
Port Ghalib Hospital adds a practical medical anchor near the airport and marina corridor.

Practical Planning

Carry dive accident insurance that explicitly covers hyperbaric treatment and evacuation.
Keep your insurer's hotline saved offline.
If you have any decompression sickness concern after an Elphinstone day, stop diving immediately and activate medical support early rather than waiting to see if symptoms fade.

Expect current, open-water ascent management, surface drift, and zodiac pickups. Follow the shark briefing exactly, keep your SMB ready, and do not overextend depth or bottom time trying to force a pelagic encounter.

At Abu Dabbab, touching, chasing, feeding, or closely approaching turtles, dugongs, or coral is prohibited under the official beach rules, with penalties starting from EUR 500.

The biggest problem in summer is often not underwater. It is the boat deck, transfer van, and beach exposure between dives. Carry water, shade your head, and pace long multi-dive days carefully.

Wadi El Gemal Visitor Code

Official park material tells visitors not to collect rocks or natural material, drive off marked tracks, fish, hunt, feed wildlife, write graffiti, pollute water sources, or disturb turtle nesting sites.

Abu Dabbab Marine Behavior

Official Abu Dabbab terms prohibit touching, chasing, feeding, or closely approaching sea turtles, dugongs, or coral formations. The same rules prohibit collecting shells, stones, sand, or marine organisms, and penalties start from EUR 500.

What Responsible Behavior Looks Like in Practice

Stay horizontal and calm over seagrass.
Give turtles and dugongs room to surface naturally.
Never stand on coral in shallow bays.
Choose operators that brief wildlife etiquette before the water, not only after problems start.

Kontakt	Funktion	Telefon	Erreichbarkeit
Marsa Alam Baromedical	Hyperbaric chamber and dive emergency support	+2 01224362222	24/7 emergency line
Marsa Alam Deco International at Port Ghalib Hospital	Hyperbaric chamber and dive emergency support	+2 012 219 0383	Emergency contact
Egypt Ambulance	National medical emergency service	123	24/7
Egypt Police	National police emergency line	122	24/7
Wadi El Gemal Park Office	Protected-area coordination	(065)344-5981 / 372-0227	Office hours vary

Marsa Alam (Abu Dabbab and Elphinstone)

Marsa Alam (Abu Dabbab and Elphinstone)

Sicherheit und Naturschutz

Wichtigste Risiken

Sicherheit beim Tauchen

Match the Site to the Diver

Sicherheit und Naturschutz

Wichtigste Risiken

Sicherheit beim Tauchen

Match the Site to the Diver

Shark and Wall Protocol

Boat-day Basics

Dive Medical Support

Practical Planning

Sicherheit beim Schnorcheln und Freitauchen

Meeresleben und Schutzgebiete

Wadi El Gemal Visitor Code

Abu Dabbab Marine Behavior

What Responsible Behavior Looks Like in Practice

Notfallkontakte