Cape Ras Um Sid, the largest and most famous cape in Sharm El Sheikh. Geographically, it is the end of the Um Sid Peninsula and the beginning of the Gulf of Aqaba. A lighthouse installed on this deserted place many years ago showed sailors a place to shelter ships in bays during a storm and the way north towards the Strait of Tirana in good weather.
Nowadays, this place is extremely popular among lovers of exploring the underwater world. The position of this dive site makes it possible to dive on it in the most adverse weather conditions, from a dive boat or from a shore pier. This dive site is open and fun for divers of all levels. Starting from trial introductory dives and including complex technical deep dives with gas mixtures.
The dive site is interesting for conducting training dives in the following specialties:
- Deep Dive
- Drift Dive (diving in current conditions)
- Enriched Air Dive
- Underwater Photography Dive (underwater photography
- Coral pinecles (families of corals fixed in separate groups on separate underwater hills)
- Vertical reef wall (going more than 100 meters deep)
- A vertical giant colony of gorgonian soft corals
- Sandy plateau with huge acropora
- Garden of Coral Porites.
Night dives are held at the dive site Ras Um Sid all year round. Convenient entry and exit from the pier into the night sea, coastal infrastructure, convenient places to assemble equipment, and the rich underwater world attract divers from all Sharm El Sheikh dive centers.
The route of the underwater journey is very diverse. Every 10 minutes of diving, underwater reliefs and landscapes, as if by magic, will change to new ones.
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