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.

Alternatives & Stingray Station
	Position : 27°43.800´N / 34° 12.000´E Access : 90 min.
	Short Briefing :	Difficulty : 1 to 2 Current : 1 to 2 A sheltered site offering a safe stay. An abundance of marine life, especially groupers and many genera of corals. Offers you the chance to see Leopard sharks. It is better not to make dives if the sea is rough and visibility is poor. Night diving can be effected only in optimal conditions; make sure to bring two torches with you.
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	Description :	Three miles west of Ras Mohammed, a series of outcropping coral pinnacles extends eastwest for about a mile and a half on the southern edge of Sha'ab el-Utat, flanking a large sandy lagoon with an average depth of about ten metres. Local fishermen call this site Saba Erg (the Seven Pinnacles), while divers have renamed it Alternatives because, as it is so well-sheltered, it offers the opportunity to make alternative dives when conditions in the open sea are prohibitive. The classic dive goes around the two middle pinnacles, which are on a line with a fixed mooring. Due to its position this site has tidal currents that greatly influence visibility, which can be quite poor when the current comes from the south, especially if accompanied by wind and waves. If, on the other hand, the sea is calm and the current is either lacking or is coming from the north, you can enjoy Alternatives, which does not offer much as to underwater landscape but is swarming with fauna. Here you can see large groupers (Epinephelus malabaricus, E. tauvina), Bluespotted stingrays (taeniura lymma), calamari, Nudibranchia and many genera of corals, while the deeper water is the home of Leopard sharks. The northwestern part of Alternatives, consisting of a large, roughly quadrangular outcrop, is known as Stingray Station because many Bluespotted stingrays gather here, particulary in the spring months.