When travellers think about Cairo, diving is not the first, or fifth thing they would think about going there for, but there are definitely options. Cairo is the large, bustling capital city of Egypt and is located in Northern Egypt, but not near the coast. It has an international airport, so visitors from all over will pass through this city. Should they be based in Cairo but would like to either do their diving course or go diving for a day or two, there are dive centres here which organise these courses and trips. Booking a liveaboard trip in the Red Sea with a local dive operator is also an option from Cairo. Divers based in Cairo also have the opportunity to dive in the nearby areas including Alexandria, Ain Sokhna and a little further south in the famous dive resort of Sharm El Sheikh on the Sinai Peninsula.

The benefit is that all around in Egypt, the weather is always suitable for diving considering it is a warm climate with no frequent storms or rain, due to it being in the desert. The water temperatures in the diving areas around Cairo vary between 19 and 29 degrees Celsius.

Divers have multiple options of what kind of diving and marine life they would like to see. If divers want to admire flourishing coral reefs, it’s colourful inhabitants and larger marine species, then they should travel down south along the Red Sea Coast to dive hubs such as Hurghada, El Quseir or Marsa Alam, or towards Sharm El Sheikh in the Sinai. Should there be history buff divers, then up North to Alexandria where they can swim through a magnificent collection of historic artifacts.