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SSI Concorde Centre, Marsa Alam

A sign at the entrance to the five-star Concorde Moreen Beach Resort & Spa reads, “Here begins the stress free zone” — and the experience fully lives up to that promise.

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A sign at the entrance to the five-star Concorde Moreen Beach Resort & Spa reads, “Here begins the stress free zone” — and the experience fully lives up to that promise. Located roughly halfway between Port Ghalib and Marsa Alam, the resort offers a relaxed Red Sea setting paired with professional dive facilities.

On site, one of the newer centres of ORCA Dive Clubs provides a smooth and well-organised diving operation. The base works closely with its sister centre at the nearby Golden Tulip Resort, allowing selected dive sites and parts of the infrastructure to be shared, giving divers access to a broader range of locations while maintaining high operational standards.

At the Concorde Moreen base, the guiding principle is “easy diving.” Equipment is conveniently transported to the jetty by electric golf cart, ensuring minimal effort for guests. Two powerful compressors operate on site, and Nitrox is available for certified divers. A full range of rental equipment sets is provided in ample quantities.

Dives are conducted with 12- or 15-litre aluminium cylinders, while younger divers are equally catered for with 8- or 10-litre tanks. With efficient organisation, quality equipment and thoughtful logistics, the ORCA base at Concorde Moreen ensures a relaxed and seamless diving experience for all levels.

House Reef, Dive Boats & Dive Sites

The house reef in the bay of Abu Dabab is already a true highlight and offers impressive diving directly from shore. Access to the water is either via a 40-metre jetty or straight from the beach, where a small sandy channel leads divers comfortably through the lagoon to the outer reef. Colourful coral formations and abundant marine life make this an ideal site for both relaxed exploration dives and underwater photography.

For boat excursions, guests are transferred to Marsa Alam harbour, where the dive boats depart for some of the Red Sea’s most iconic sites. Trips are regularly organised to the legendary Elphinstone Reef, famous for its dramatic drop-offs and pelagic encounters, as well as to Shaab Samadai, also known as Dolphin House, where spinner dolphins are frequently spotted.

A minibus transfer also operates to Abu Dabab, a site well known for its rich marine biodiversity. Here, divers and snorkellers often encounter dugongs, large green sea turtles and, on occasion, even elusive cookiecutter sharks. With easy shore access, world-class offshore reefs and exciting marine life encounters, the area offers exceptional variety for every level of diver.

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Courses, lessons & kit

SSI Concorde Centre — Marsa Alam, Egypt

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Dive Lessons

Nitrox Course

day(s)

From £90

Details

Internationally Recognized PADI Certification. Qualifies you to dive to dive on enriched air nitrox up to 40%. The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives. You can typically stay down longer and get back in the water sooner. No wonder many divers choose this as their very first specialty.

Typically when using enriched air divers will get mixes which are either 32% or 36% oxygen, and this makes enriched air ideal for diving at shallower depths. For example, when diving with air to 18 meters/59 feet using the Recreational Dive Planner, you would have a maximum no stop limit of 56 minutes on a single dive. For the same depth, but using a 32% mix of enriched air, you would have a no stop limit of 95 minutes at 18 meters/59 feet. Potentially this means that you would have up to an additional 39 minutes dive time on this profile compared with air, though don’t forget to check your gauges as you will still be breathing through the gas in your cylinder at the same rate.

You will learn techniques for getting more dive time by using enriched air nitrox, enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations, enriched air considerations, including managing oxygen exposure, how to tell what’s in your scuba tank and how to set your dive computer.

Note:

You need to be a certified PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent certification from another organization).

Dive Lessons

SSI Open Water Course (excl. certification and manual fees)

day(s)

From £360

Details

A 4 day learn to dive course with full equipment. This globally-recognized certification program is the best way to begin your life-long adventure as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification.

The 4 day SSI Open water diver course is an internationally valid entry level certification which allows the diver to safely plan and dives with a buddy, independent of supervision of a dive professional, up to a maximum depth of 18 meters.

SSI Open Water Divers are qualified to:

Dive without direct supervision of a Dive Professional up to a depth of 18 metres.
Rent or purchase scuba equipment and participate in dive activities .
Continue further dive training by finishing the SSI Advanced Adventurer certification and taking further speciality dive courses.

To sign up for a SSI Open Water Diver course, you must be at least 10 years old. You need good swimming skills and need to be in good physical health.

The SSI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge Development ( independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving – There are six sections of the Open Water Diver course theory and video that need to be completed.
Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills – these dives are conducted in the swimming pool, to help you master essential underwater and equipment skills.
Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore – you do four dives in the sea to complete the Open Water Diver course.

You learn to use basic scuba gear, including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device and a tank. Your SSI Instructor will explain the equipment you need and may suggest additional educational materials, such as the required logbook.

Rough daily itinerary

Day 1: Theory ( Chapters 1, 2 and 3 ) and Pool Training

8:30 to 1:00 pm: Course registration and completing the first three sections of the Open water course theory and video, followed by some knowledge review quizzes.

2:00 to 4:00 pm: We hit the pool to learn to use the scuba equipment and to practice some essential underwater skills.

Day 2: Theory ( Chapters 4, 5, 6 and Exams) and Pool Training

8:30 to 1:00 pm: Completing the last two sections of the Open water course theory and video, followed by some knowledge review quizzes and your final exams. The exams may also be taken on the last day of the course.

2:00 to 4:00 pm: We hit the pool again to learn to to learn some more skills and to practice and perfect the ones learnt yesterday.

Day 3: Open water dives 1 and 2

8:30 am to 3:30 pm: Meet at the Dive centre, kit up, and head out by boat to the dive site. Do two dives along with your instructor, where you practice your newly learned skills and explore the underwater world. Learn to wash and properly care for you equipment, and log your first two dives.

Day 4: Open water dives 3 and 4

8:30 am to 3:30 pm: Same routine as before, we meet at the dive centre, get ready, and head out by boat to the dive site. You do your third and fourth dives along with your instructor, where you demonstrate your skills, practice and explore the dive sites. When you return, we complete your paperwork ( and final exams, if not completed on day 2 ), log your dives and you are ready to be certified as a SSI Open Water Diver!

Note:

You will be asked to sign an SSI medical form to complete the course. If you think you may have any medical condition that could affect your ability to dive we recommend a Dive Medical prior to booking.
Certification & Material not included.

Dive Lessons

SSI Advanced Course (excl equip & Manual)

day(s)

From £262

Details

SSI Advanced Open Water Diver is the next recognition rating on the path to becoming an SSI Master Diver, and includes four SSI Specialty program Digital Kits. After completing the four SSI Specialty programs that interest you, as well as 24 logged dives, you will automatically receive the SSI Advanced Open Water Diver recognition rating, along with your SSI Specialty program certifications.

Note:

You need to be at least 15 years old and need to have your open water diver, which gives you the necessary core competencies and experience required to move up to the advanced level.

Dive Lessons

SSI Open Water E- learning and Certification

day(s)

From £64

Details

Pre bookable at most dive centres, but also accessible before travel via SSI directly

Note:

to run along side SSI Open Water dive course

Dive Equipment Rental

Diving - Daily Unlimited Equipment Rental (full equipment excluding computer)

day(s)

From £44

Details

Full dive equipment will include BCD, regular set with all gauges, wetsuit, mask, snorkel and fins.
Tanks, weights & air are included as standard in all daily diving as standard. A dive computer is generally at an additional fee per day, and paid locally.

Note:

You must hold a valid dive qualification to rent dive equipment, such as PADI Open Water Course, or SSI, BSAC or CMAS equivalent.
There can be local taxes and fees at some destinations, such as Marine Parks fees, environmental taxes and government taxes - these are not always included in the price.

Dive Daily Diving

Shore dives on house reef or local dive sites (tanks weights and air only)

day(s)

From £152

Details

Where a resort has a safe and accessible house reef the dive centre offer packages to include unaccompanied dives with tanks, weights & air.

Additionally some dive centre will have daily guided dives, or you can pay for a private dive guide to show the best parts of the reef.

No equipment rental is included in this

Note:

You must hold a valid dive qualification, such as PADI or SSI Open Water certification. You must dive within the limited of your qualification.

Dive Daily Diving

Diving - Daily unlimited shore dive (tanks, weights & air)

day(s)

From £160

Details

This is a great value package if you really want to maximum your diving. Most dive centre will schedule 2-3 guided dives per day, or if there is a house reef, you can dive as much as you like with your dive buddy. Unlimited dive packages tend to be restricted to local dive site or house reef, with supplements to pay locally to join boat dives.

Note:

You must be a minimum of PADI Open Water certified (or equivalent). The dive centre reserves the right to charge for a check dive, or review dive, especially if you have not dives for over 1 year, or have less than 30 logged divers. The unlimited shore dive package must be taken in consecutive days