Night diving
The reef changes completely after dark. Walk in from the shore with a torch and a private guide, on a coral reef or the Suzanna wreck.
Both start from the shore and both are guided in a small group. Pick the reef for easy, relaxed critter hunting, or the Suzanna wreck for something not every center offers after dark.
Reef night dive
A shallow shore reef a few fin kicks off the beach. Easy, calm and full of life after dark. Perfect for your first night dive or a relaxed evening in the water.
Wreck night dive
A small wreck lying on her side close to shore, now a reef of her own. Torchlight turns the wheelhouse and deck into something out of a film. For confident divers who want more than a reef.
What is night diving in Hurghada like?
Night diving in Hurghada is a guided shore dive after sunset. You walk in from the beach with a dive torch and a private guide, on a shallow coral reef or the Suzanna wreck. A reef night dive is €60 and the Suzanna wreck night dive is €70 per diver. No prepayment, you pay on the spot.
Night diving in Hurghada, key facts
After dark
When the sun drops, the reef swaps shift. The daytime fish tuck into the coral to sleep and the night crew comes out: hunting lionfish, octopus on the move, Spanish dancers, crabs and shrimps lit up in your torch beam. Colours look richer up close under the light.
A night dive is slow and quiet. You cover a small patch of reef, follow your torch and let the little things come to you. It is one of the calmest, most memorable dives you can do in Hurghada, and you do not go far to find it.
We keep it easy. Shore entry, no long boat ride, a small group and a private guide who has dived these sites in the dark hundreds of times. You surface, and the beach and a warm drink are a few fin kicks away.
How it works
No stress and no rush. Here is the whole evening, from meet-up on the sand to a warm drink after.
We meet on the beach before dark. Your guide walks through the plan, the torch signals and the entry, and checks every diver's gear.
Everyone gets a working primary torch and a backup. We wade in from the sand together, no boat and no ladder to deal with.
We drop onto the reef or the wreck and take it slow. Your guide finds the octopus, the lionfish and the sleeping fish and lights them up for you.
A calm safety stop, then we walk back up the beach. Around 45 minutes under water, roughly two hours from meet-up to warm drink.
After dark
The day shift clocks off and the hunters take over. This is what your torch beam finds on each dive.
Wreck night dive
The Suzanna, sometimes called the Excalibur, was a small dive vessel that caught fire and sank in the Hurghada bay in the 1990s. She settled on her side close to shore, and over the years the Red Sea turned her into a reef of her own: soft coral on the railings, glassfish inside the hull, lionfish hanging in the doorways.
At night she is a different animal. Your torch picks out the wheelhouse and the deck, moray eels slide between the beams and crabs work the sand around her. She sits shallow enough for a relaxed dive, which is exactly why a night dive on the Suzanna is special. Not every center runs it after dark. We do, with a guide who knows every opening.
Dive torch
Bring your own primary torch, or rent a proper one from us.
Full dive gear
Mask, fins, wetsuit, BCD and regulator if you need them.
You do not need a night speciality to join. Your guide keeps the group tight, sets the torch signals on the surface and stays right next to you. If it is your first night dive we take the reef, shallow and calm, so you can ease into it.
See PADI coursesGood to know
Yes, you need at least an Open Water certification for the reef night dive. A night speciality is not required, your guide runs the dive. For the Suzanna wreck at night we ask for Advanced or around 20 logged dives.
The reef night dive stays shallow, about 5 to 12 metres. The Suzanna wreck sits a little deeper, around 12 to 18 metres. Both are relaxed, no-decompression dives.
The reef comes alive: octopus, lionfish hunting in your torch beam, Spanish dancers, crabs, shrimps and sleeping fish. On the Suzanna wreck you get glassfish, moray eels and soft coral lighting up under the torch.
You can bring your own primary dive torch, or rent a proper one from us. A torch is essential, so we make sure everyone has one before we enter.
The Suzanna is shallow and easy to swim around, but a wreck at night suits confident divers. If you are Advanced or have around 20 dives you will love it. If not, we start you on the reef, which is calmer.
We enter right after sunset, so the exact time shifts with the season. Tell us your day and we set the time on WhatsApp. Briefing to warm drink, it takes around two hours.
The water is 28°C, the visibility is over 30 m, and a boat with your name on it leaves tomorrow at 8 AM.