A quite infamous dive location, widely renowned among divers all over the world, the Egyptian Blue Hole combines the thrill of cave-like diving with the abundance of marine life typical of the Red Sea, but adds on top of it that note of doomed dive site, a place that hides untold secrets and unimaginable challenges.

Located in the north of the Sinai Peninsula, the Blue Hole is literally what transformed the sleeping town of Dahab into a major diving hub. Here, divers can not only experience this amazing dive, but other famous ones such as El Bells or the Canyon. All dives are extremely close to shore making it very easy to approach them; however, due to extreme depths, a certain experience is recommended, and caution is needed.

Entering the water from the El Bells side, divers can reach The Arch, a 30-meters long natural tunnel sitting at 55 meters and leading you to the Saddle of the Blue Hole which is only 7 meters deep.

Only suitable for technical divers, the bottom of the Blue Hole lies at 110 meters. The exit located at 52 meters is already far beyond the limits of recreational diving, and the dreadful depths testify to the number of casualties that affected dozens of divers in the past decades. Nitrogen narcosis seems to be the culprit of these accidents. Today, a wall of plaques just in front of the Blue Hole entrance reminds us of the reason why it is nicknamed “The Diver’s Cemetery”.