Dive Spots Sharm el Sheikh

Werner Lau Diving Center and the Sinai Divers present the Dive Resort “The Oasis” in Marsa Alam, Egypt.

This intimate comfortable hotel with house reef does attract the “Lau clients” spoiled by the Maldives, Bali and Sinai. There they also feel comfortable in the South of Egypt. Tranquility, relaxation and very good diving in a small hotel for divers with a maximum of 48 rooms. Wellness is not missing out. A new jewel in the Red Sea. The weel organized Dinving Centre offers dinving course at Pedi or CMAS standards. After the first step in the pool, it starts dircelty with House reef diving.

Dive spots like elphinston, Dolphin House and Abu Dabbab are close to the dive centre and are reachable within short boat trips. The "Oasis" house reef promises beautiful dives, also dives with Nitrox is possible. The leisure time is possible with relaxing at the nice pool, sport or excursion. Several exursions are available: Sunset in the desert, Astro-Tour, combination of the Sunset Tour and the Astro Tour, Shelatin – the door to Africa, The Emerald Cities - National Park Wadi el Gemal, The Gold Tour, A Night in the Desert.
Also well known plaxe in Egypt are Sharm el Sheikh, Dahab, Taba, Hurghada, Brothers, Ras Mohamed and the Thistlegorm.

Ras Umm Sid
	Position : 27° 51.000 N / 34° 19.000 E Access : 38 min.
	Short Briefing :	Difficulty : 2 Current : 1 to 2 A splendid gorgonian forest. Rich in reef and pelagic fauna (jackfish, barracuda, tuna). An interesting night dive during which you can observe Parrotfish sleeping in their lair. Excellent for snorkeling. There may be strong currents, especially near the cape. It is high tide when the rocky bluff on the reef is almost completely covered by the water.
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	Description :	Ras Umm Sid is the name of the promontory with a high lighthouse that marks the beginning of the Strait of Tiran on the western coast. The diving site, easily accessible by land, is immediately east of the lighthouse, opposite the famous Italian restaurant El-Fanar and the African Divers centre. It is renowned for the extraordinary proliferation of gorgonians (Subergorgia hicksoni) that create a veritable forest here, the most beautiful in all the northern Red Sea. Access from the beach, which is facilitated by a small metal ladder, is possible only when the tide is high enough to allow you to swim past the reef platform, which is quite extensive here. The classic dive - weather you choose to dive from the shore or from a boat - is a descent to 25 meters, where you pass through the famous gorgonian forest, and then an ascent to the plateau at 14 meters' depth. Here, among numerous coral pinnacles covered with Alcyonarians, there are several reef fish, Lionfish (pterois volitans) and Parrotfish (scarus sp.). From this point, if you have dived from the shore you can return shallow, keeping the reef to your right at a depth of 5-6 meters to explore the gorges, in particular a small cave populated by a colony of Glassfish (Parapriacanthus guentheri) and Hatchet fish (Pempheris vanicolensis). If you have a boat you can continue in the direction of paradise.