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The ORCA Dive Club is located directly at Abu-Tig marina, the central promenade in El Gouna. The diving centre is equipped with 150 twelve litres aluminium tanks which have DIN connections. The centre has a total of 30 rental equipment sets some of which are suitable for children. There is also 8 litre steel bottles available for kids
SSI Instruction is prefered at this Dive centre - you can pay and extra fee for PADI instruction if you wish.
The diving centre in El Gouna is in the perfect location to access almost 60 dive sites, 10 of which are wrecks – some are even famous. A highlight is surely a visit to the “SS Thistlegorm”, probably the most famous wreck in the Red Sea. Also Abu Nuhas, with its four well-known wrecks of Ghannis D, Kimon M, Chrisoula K and Carnatic, as well as the 120 metre-long Rosalie Moller. There are also some excellent reef dives south of El Gouna such as the Carless Reef, Umm Gamar or Shaab Rur.