The shore entry takes you into a shallow lagoon which leads into the coral gardens beyond. Once outside the lagoon you can turn right to the coral gardens, or left to the canyon itself. You will know when you are near the mouth to the Canyon as you will normally be greeted by the sight of millions of tiny air bubbles perforating up through the sea bed, these are the expelled breath of earlier divers!

For advanced divers the thrill is to explore inside the Canyon. As you drop through the canyon’s mouth, it opens up into a large underwater chamber. The main floor is at 30 meters making it ideal for completing the PADI Advanced Open Water deep dive.

In years gone by we would swim up through the Canyon and exit through a coral dome known as the ‘fishbowl’ Unfortunately, the constant traffic of divers caused this natural formation to partially collapse and it is now strictly forbidden to swim through the fishbowl for safety and environmental reasons. If your guide (from another DC) says he wants to take you through the fishbowl, please refuse to do so!

Upon exiting the Canyon, we head south along the shallow reef wall to the lagoon for a safety stop and out. The Canyon is many people’s favourite dive, not just in Dahab, but anywhere and an experience you will never forget.