Red Sea & Africa
News and views and special offers plus top travel tips from the best Red Sea and Africa scuba diving destinations, including Egypt, Sudan, Jordan, Mozambique, South Africa and more
Inhambane Seascape named Mission Blue Hope Spot
Sylvia Earle's Mission Blue Foundation has declared Mozambique's Inhambane Seascape a 'Hope Spot' to help protect endangered species
Aqaba’s underwater military museum
The world's first underwater military museum has been created off the shores of Aqaba, including tanks, troop carriers, anti-aircraft guns and a helicopter
Diving Aqaba’s C130 Hercules aircraft wreck
The first scuba dives on the wreck of the C130 Hercules transport aircraft, recently sunk just off the coast of Aqaba, Jordan
Ten of the best places to scuba dive in Egypt
Egypt has long been a scuba diving favourite, and its lengthy Red Sea coastline has a lot of locations to visit. Here's ten of the best.
Aggressor Adventures’ new Red Sea RE Aggressor
Aggressor Adventures' new Red Sea RE Aggressor scuba diving liveaboard will cover Sudan and the Egyptian Deep South
Time is running out for decaying Yemeni tanker
The remains of an abandoned oil tanker off the coast of Yemen is threatening to leak more than 1 million barrels of oil into the water.
Seychelles reaches 30 per cent MPA target
The government of Seychelles has signed into effect 410,000 square kilometres of its waters as marine protected areas (MPAs)
Green Fins Egypt now nationwide
Reef-World Egypt's CDWS have announced that the recently adopted Green Fins initiative will be expanded nationwide
Egypt single-use plastic ban extends to Sharm, Dahab
The Egyptian Chamber of Diving and Watersports has announced that the South Sinai governorate is to implement a ban on single-use plastic
Egypt adopts Green Fins standards for diving and snorkelling
Reef-World Egypt's CDWS announced that Egypt will adopting Green Fins environmental standards to help protect its coral reefs
Egypt’s Red Sea Governorate bans single-use plastic
Egypt's Red Sea Governorate has issued a decree banning all single-use plastics, according to a statement by HEPCA
An introduction to the wreck dives of Aqaba
The Jordanian city of Aqaba hosts some wonderful, and often easy, diving, making Aqaba's wreck dives enjoyable for even the inexperienced
Red Sea’s Brothers Islands reopen for diving
The Egyptian Red Sea’s Brothers Islands have reopened for scuba diving after a three-and-a-half month hiatus. The Brothers Islands, which…
Shark diving safety tips – keeping shark encounters safe and enjoyable
Diving safely with sharks has been the subject of much discussion recently, after the Red Sea’s Brothers Islands were closed…
Brothers Islands closed for diving after oceanic whitetip bite
The Red Sea's Brothers Islands have been closed to divers following a series of biting incidents by oceanic whitetip sharks
Alphonse Island | Diving in the Lap Of Luxury
More turtles than you can count, sailfish, sharks, ancient hard corals and lots of reef fish - DIVE visits Alphonse Island in Seychelles
Seychelles: new MPAs for debt relief
The government of Seychelles has announced a radical plan to fund two new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in return for national debt relief
Dive Briefing: The SS Thistlegorm
On the night of 5/6 October 1941, the ship that would become one of the world’s best-loved wreck dives was sunk by a surprise attack
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