Liveaboard Diving in Fury Shoal

What to Expect on a Fury Shoals Liveaboard

In the deep south of the Egyptian Red Sea lies Fury Shoals, a chain of 20 or so reefs around 30km long. Known as some of the best diving in the Red Sea with some of the most pristine reefs, the Fury Shoals offer something for all levels of diver. Lagoons, drop-offs, wrecks, and stunning reefs will keep even the most seasoned divers happy.

Fury Shoals Underwater

Divers will enjoy unspoiled diving and beautiful reefs. With huge hard coral formations, massive table corals, and colorful soft corals, marine life is plentiful. Anemones, Napoleon Wrasse, Octopus, White Tip Reef Sharks, Barracudas, Giant Trevallies, Tuna, and Dolphins are common.

Dive Sites of Fury Shoals

On the southern tip of the Fury Shoals is Sha'ab Caudia or Sha'ab Claude, a small reef alive with corals and life and amazing swim-throughs. With a maximum depth of around 25m, conditions are usually quite good here and make for easy diving.

Abu Galawa Soraya is a doughnut-shaped reef with an amazing coral garden located in the middle. This is a great place to go critter hunting for Nudibranchs, Shrimp, Scorpionfish, and Octopus. Once you venture outside the coral garden, watch for larger marine life like turtles and white-tip reef sharks.

Sha'ab Sataya is located at the very south of the Fury Shoals reef system and is famous for the large pod of spinner dolphins that hangs out in the natural lagoon. Aside from the lagoon are some great dives with amazing drop-offs and the chance to spot

North-east of Fury Shoals is Shaab Maksour, a reef around 1 and half km long, surrounded by steep walls, it is similar to Elphinstone Reef and sightings of turtles, rays and sharks are known on the the north and south plateaus.

A small Chinese tug boat is located at Abu Galawa Kebir, which makes a great dive as it is a combination of reef and wreck. Start on the reef's outer edge and watch for turtles, rays, and octopus before ending up around the coral-encrusted wreck to hunt for macro life. There are also some great swim-throughs at this dive site.

Getting There

To get to the Fury Shoals dive liveaboards will depart from either Marsa Ghalib or Hamata. Hamata, Egypt's most southerly Red Sea Resort, is located around 180km south of Marsa Alam, and Port Ghalib’s airport is the closest one to Hamata. The land transfer takes around 2.5 hours, or you can get there overland from Hurghada, which takes around 5 hours.


Fury Shoal Diving Reviews

  • 9.1 Superb
  • 83 Verified Reviews
  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • terry M
  • United States United States

Best turtles I’ve seen under water !! 😄

Diving Fury Shoal in May on the Blue Horizon

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Eric T
  • United States United States

Great diving, but need to have good buoyancy.

Diving Fury Shoal in June on the Tillis

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Elizabeth P
  • United States United States

Coral and clear water made dives amazing

Diving Fury Shoal in September on the Blue

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • James H
  • United States United States

I found it to be a really healthy reef system and there was a great selection of dives

Diving Fury Shoal in February on the Turquoise

  • 7.6 Good
  • Mark B
  • United States United States

The Bluewater diving would’ve been exciting, but there were no sharks present due to our water temperatures in the first week in November.

Diving Fury Shoal in October on the Blue Horizon

  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • David W
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Fury Shoal's natural reef systems were diverse, colorful and stunning.

Diving Fury Shoal in February on the Emperor Asmaa

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Tomas S
  • Sweden Sweden

Longimanus and tigersharks :)

Diving Fury Shoal in October on the Emperor Asmaa

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Seo M
  • Switzerland Switzerland

I have a near contact with a hammerhad.

Diving Fury Shoal in May on the Emperor Asmaa

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Annika A
  • Germany Germany

Very nice coral formations and snorkelling with dolphins was great!

Diving Fury Shoal in May on the Emperor Elite

  • 8.4 Very good
  • Kim B
  • Canada Canada

Amazing. We really enjoyed seeing dolphins.

Diving Fury Shoal in September on the Sea Serpent Contessa

  • 8.0 Very good
  • Sujeong O
  • South Korea South Korea

I enjoyed diving in peaceful, sometimes dreamlike point.

Diving Fury Shoal in August on the Blue Melody

  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Joar M
  • Sweden Sweden

Very good. Lots of marine life and cool swim throughs.

Diving Fury Shoal in December on the Emperor Asmaa

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Bernd B
  • Germany Germany

Shaàb Hamam - "Stairway to Heaven" - a wow divesite. Claudio very nice cave and wonderful hard coral garden.

Diving Fury Shoal in July on the Emperor Asmaa

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Thomas W
  • Italy Italy

Pretty and easy dive sites. Plenty of Dolphins. A special experience

Diving Fury Shoal in August on the Aphrodite

  • 8.4 Very good
  • Ralph G
  • Germany Germany

Disappointing nothing special.

Diving Fury Shoal in September on the Golden Dolphin

  • 7.2 Good
  • Olga S
  • Netherlands Netherlands

This diving site was the best of the whole trip. Beautiful caves to swim thru, very nice rock formations and lots of life. Unfortunately we only make 2 dives here !

Diving Fury Shoal in August on the Blue Seas

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Victor R
  • Colombia Colombia

Really good, it feels like you are diving in an aquarium.

Diving Fury Shoal in November on the Emperor Elite

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Mohamed B
  • United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates

beautiful corals, possibly the best dive.

Diving Fury Shoal in November on the Blue

  • 8.4 Very good
  • Matteo C
  • Italy Italy

Great as well lots of marvellous coral garden and related fish

Diving Fury Shoal in November on the Tillis

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Derek M
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Groupers and big napoleon wrasse, lots of perfect corals

Diving Fury Shoal in March on the Blue Seas

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Emily P
  • Malaysia Malaysia

It was a super low maintenance dive site, really loved spending a few dives here.

Diving Fury Shoal in June on the Blue

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Billy L
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Great visibility and lots of fish

Diving Fury Shoal in June on the Tillis

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Nazif E
  • Turkey Turkey

Fury shoal diving is like flying in a supernatural world.

Diving Fury Shoal in July on the Emperor Elite

  • 6.0 Review score
  • kristoffer G
  • Denmark Denmark

okay for small stuff and macro, a little boring

Diving Fury Shoal in July on the JP Marine

  • 8.4 Very good
  • Patrik H
  • Sweden Sweden

More boats but we where alone in the water.

Diving Fury Shoal in October on the Emperor Asmaa

  • 8.0 Very good
  • BRAHIM B
  • France France

Nice for spotting dolphins

Diving Fury Shoal in January on the Tillis

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Joel A
  • Switzerland Switzerland

Good - but we did not get lucky with any big fish

Diving Fury Shoal in February on the Blue Storm

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Michael K
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Amazing such great underwater scenery

Diving Fury Shoal in March on the Sea Story

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Udayan P
  • India India

Amazed and so satisfying to swim with the Dolphins

Diving Fury Shoal in April on the JP Marine

  • 7.2 Good
  • Jan V
  • Mauritania Mauritania

Dive sites like Malahi and Sha'ab Claudio are very interestig and fun because of the caves/canyons that one can explore.

Diving Fury Shoal in October on the Tillis

  • 7.6 Good
  • Stephen W
  • Canada Canada

Better soft corals but limited colorful coral. Reasonable amount of sealife diversity.

Diving Fury Shoal in December on the Blue Storm