Among the exquisite diving site at Marsa Alam are: Elphinstone Reef; is the mythic dive site of the south. The walls plunge deep into the blue, richly decorated with soft, bright pink, red, white and brown corals, sponges, gorgonians and fans, many fish species, including dolphins, jacks, snappers groupers and wrasse may also be seen. Shaab Marsa Alam; l arge reef with lovely corals, goatfish, snappers and jacks. You can also visit Shaab Samadai; which is a horseshoe shaped reef, creates a shallow turquoise water lagoon where a large herd of spinner dolphins live permanently. Others often show up around noon for a rest and to teach their babies how to hunt. Daedalus Reef; a huge round reef with a lighthouse more than 40 miles away from the coast, features an excellent opportunity for spotting big pelagic all around its steep walls with an extreme variety of fish and coral. Strong currents possible.  Shaab Sharm; b ig reef with big walls, hammerhead and grey reef sharks in summer, Malabar grouper, barracudas, and schooling reef fish the rest of the year. Currents, soft corals and giant fans.  Abu Galawa:
On 'Fury Shoal' group, this reef has a good hard coral garden on the north side, and a wreck of an old tug boat fully covered with corals leaning on a pinnacle on the south side. Pay a visit to the numerous diving sites at Marsa Alam like; Shaab Mansour , Zabargat or Zabargad, and Rocky Island, Shaab Claude, Sataya (Dolphin Reef), Habili Gamal, Abu Dabab, Abu Galawa Soraya, Erg Diab, & St Johns Reefs