Great Places for Diving in Nuweiba

Diving in Nuweiba is likely one of the reason's you're considering it for a destination. Let us clear up the waters for you and tell you your options.

Nuweiba Scuba Diving

Nuweiba, which means "bubbling springs" in Arabic, is a city located on the eastern coast of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Diving in Nuweiba is one of the most popular activities in the area and many of the hotels in the area specialize in diving tours.

The dive sites that you will find are all very beautiful and high quality. In fact, you can find twenty pristine diving spots in the area. The town is smaller and quieter than many of the larger cities that are dive destinations in Egypt.

The fact that the area is quieter is something that many people love about diving in Nuweiba. The following are some of the most popular places to dive around Nuweiba.

The Myserique Dive

The Myserique Dive actually offers two dive areas, Myserique North and Myserique South, each of which has two dive sites. The dives feature clear water, a sandy plateau as well as massive ravines. You can see a variety of coral, including table coral, fan coral, and brain coral. Other forms of marine life that are often seen are large schools of fish, octopus, and moray eels.

The MFO Area

The MFO (Multinational Forces and Observers) Area holds several very popular dive sites that are full of marine life and other things for the diver to see. The sites that people here visit most often are the Pipeline, where you might get lucky enough to see a frogfish, the House Reef, which has scorpion fish, crocodile fish, and coral, and the Sinkers area, where you can see a mooring buoy. The MFO Area has plenty to offer those diving in Nuweiba.

The S.S. Thistlegorm Wreck

The S.S. Thistlegorm Wreck is one of the most popular dive wrecks in the Red Sea, as well as one of the most popular diving excursions for those diving from Nuweiba. It is a full day trip that begins early in the morning and begins with travel to the dive site, which is far off shore. There is usually enough time for two dives so you fully explore all of the sites the WWII wreck has to offer. Some tours even offer a third dive in the Ras Mohammed National Park in the afternoon.

The above are only a few of the wonderful places to go scuba diving in Nuweiba. As you begin to explore the area and everything it has to offer, you are sure to find plenty more great places to dive.

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