Dive Center


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Orca Dive Clubs

Soma Bay offers exclusive diving and personalized service. Our purpose-built diving center at Soma Bay is one of the largest and most well-equipped in the Red Sea, situated on a 1 km stretch of house reef that is packed with diverse marine life. A 420-meter Jetty extends directly from the Dive Center to the reef with electric cars that are available for carrying equipment (and divers!) for effortless access to the reef. A large turquoise-blue lagoon lies at the front of the reef and provides sheltered waters ideal for training. The diving center also offers spacious changing facilities and showers, classrooms with AV equipment, bar, shop and personal lockers.

A fleet of dive boats access the many beautiful dive sites in the Safaga region from the Soma Bay marina. The dive sites in this area have the advantage of being considerably less crowded that those found elsewhere in the Red Sea and include coral gardens, walls, drop-offs and wrecks suitable for all levels of experience.

Managing the Soma Bay Dive Center is Orca Dive Clubs. Orca has been operating in the Red Sea since 1990 and has a reputation for excellence of service and an exceptionally high repeat guest rate of around 90%.

As well as offering a full range of recreational diving services, the Orca team brings their specialist technical diving skills to Soma Bay and offers IANTD and NRC facilities including rebreather training and try dives.

Our shop, called "The Shark's Bite" offers retail sales of Mares scuba and snorkeling equipment, equipment rental, scuba equipment repair and air fills. Our equipment rental department is always fully stocked; so it is not necessary for divers to carry heavy equipment on long distance travel.

The center also boasts an in-house photo and video facility with skilled photo pros on staff to meet all the needs of the avid underwater photographer or videographer.

For additional information, or to book your dive, please call the Dive Center or Contact Us

T: +20 65 3545-004 / F: +20 65 3544-280



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