Dahab’s Blue Hole

Plunge down The Bells, soar along the sheer reef wall and wonder at the mysterious Blue Hole. A truly awesome diving experience!

Scuba Divers at Dahab's Blue Hole
the saddle at Dahab's Blue Hole
Sites de plongée à Dahab

Blue Hole

At Dahab’s Blue Hole nature has created a unique and beautiful geological formation. A must for any visitor

Dahab’s Blue Hole

The Blue Hole is Dahab’s most famous / infamous dive site. Contrary to popular diving legend the Blue Hole is not an inherently dangerous dive site and we dive there, safely, hundreds of times every year without incident.

The reason, for its grim reputation is an archway at around 56 meters. The ‘Arch’ as it is known, is actually a 26-meter-long tunnel which passes through the reef wall to the open ocean. At this depth, in an overhead environment without the correct training and equipment this is an extremely hazardous dive.

To even consider attempting the arch, you need to have the correct technical training.

For divers with deep certification we can do a special dive and drop down to 40m, for an exciting glimpse of the ‘Arch’ … a doorway which many never returned from. This dive is for very experienced divers only.

The Blue Hole for recreational divers is normally coupled with a dive starting at The Bells.

From Bells to Blue Hole

The Bells is an open chimney carved into the sheer reef wall. You enter the mouth of The Bells directly from the shore. You then drop down to a small swim-through at around 28 meters.

The wall drops down an abyssal 800 meters! All divers need to keep a close eye on their buoyancy and depth here it’s a bloody long way down!

We dive south along the magnificent reef wall, gradually coming up to a beautiful coral saddle at seven meters which crosses into the Blue Hole. We can then swim around the edge of the Blue Hole or cross over the deep blue (if there are not too many free-divers in the way!) Here we do our safety stop and exit.

This dive is often done as the “drift-level dive” on the PADI Advanced Open Water course.

deep diver course at Dahab's Blue Hole

PADI DEEP DIVER

Become a PADI Deep Diver and submerge until 40 meters, discovering 10 extra meters of beauty in the famous drift to Blue Hole.

Snorkelling

SNORKELERS

The sheltered waters inside the blue hole are ideal for swimming and snorkeling.
* The water here is very deep and only suitable for confident swimmers / snorkelers.

Freediving courses at Dahab's Blue Hole

FREEDIVING

As well as for scuba diving, Blue Hole offers perfect conditions for freediving.

Environmental Considerations

PROTEGE LA NATURE

Minimise your impact on the underwater world

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