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Learn to dive from Hurghada hotels over three days, with boat training dives on local reefs once confined-water skills are in place. We collect you from your hotel, each morning, and you typically build toward about 18 metres when the instructor is happy.
Hurghada's marina sends you out onto open Red Sea water where confined skills give way to reef dives as your buoyancy and air awareness settle. Your instructor stays beside you from the first shallow session through to open-water descents among coral and tropical fish.
Theory fits around the boat days, whether on deck, at the centre or back at the hotel. Each dive adds a little depth and confidence, building toward around 18 metres on Hurghada reefs by the time the instructor signs off your final sessions.
Hurghada sits on Egypt's Red Sea coast, with a marina belt in front of the hotel strip and reefs a short run offshore. Training uses that open body of water rather than an inland pool week, so you practise in the same sea you will later dive as a qualified Open Water diver. Boat dives run from the local marina out to nearby reefs, with sites chosen on the morning according to wind and swell. The instructor issues tanks, weights and the scuba unit for water sessions, and you should ask what wetsuit is provided when you confirm your place.
Collection covers the usual Hurghada resort belt. Distances along the strip mean pickup windows can stretch, so be ready early at reception and eat breakfast before the van arrives. Tell us your hotel when you confirm so pickup runs smoothly. Traffic along the strip can slow the transfer, and Arriving late at reception cuts into time in the water. After the final dive you transfer back to your hotel; keep the afternoon loosely free in case a weather hold has pushed a session later.
No previous scuba qualification is required. You should be happy in the sea, able to follow an instructor, and ready to spend three days around boats and briefings. Say if you are a weak swimmer so they can use extra flotation in confined water. Mention ages when you confirm your place so the instructor can confirm who can join once they have seen swimming ability. Infants are not a fit for this course.
Wear swimwear under a cover-up, bring a towel and sun protection, and eat breakfast before pickup. Keep all three days free and treat the morning window as the start of training rather than an optional extra. If you wear contact lenses, say so, as many people prefer a mask they already know. Leave valuables in the hotel safe and carry a dry bag for phones on wet decks. Ask when you confirm your place what kit is issued so you're not guessing about wetsuit thickness.
Hotel collection and a three-day Open Water format keep the first qualification simple from a Hurghada hotel. Instructors stay with you from confined water to the boat dives rather than handing you to a crowded day boat with no teaching time. Theory can sit on the boat, at the centre or from the hotel, so the three days stay flexible around how the group is progressing. Daily boat dives put you on real reefs once you leave the shallows, which is the point of an open-water course.
We build the plan around pickup, kit issued by the crew, and a clear path from skill work to signed-off dives. You're not left to find the marina on your own or to guess which boat is yours. Weather holds are handled by shifting a session rather than forcing a dive in poor conditions. Pickup covers the usual Hurghada resort belt, so most hotel guests can join without arranging a separate taxi each morning.
We'll collect you from your Hurghada hotel. Be ready in the pickup window with swim kit and a towel. The first briefing covers how the three days will run, how the kit fits, and how the instructor wants you to signal. Early skill work is confined water, not a deep reef.
Boat dives begin once the instructor is happy with your control. You practise buoyancy, awareness and simple navigation on Hurghada reefs, typically building toward about 18 metres. Stay with the group and watch your air. Surface intervals are for rest, water and the next briefing.
The last day finishes the open-water set, sea state allowing, so you leave with the skills the instructor has signed off. After the final dive you transfer back to your hotel. Keep the afternoon loosely free in case a weather hold has pushed a session later.
No previous scuba qualification is required. This is the first Open Water course in Hurghada, with theory, shallow confined-water work and open-water dives. It is not a single try-dive day.
You should be happy in the sea and able to follow an instructor. Say if you have never used a mask so they can spend extra time on breathing at the surface before you go on a regulator.
Yes. Collection from hotels in the Hurghada area is part of this course. Give your hotel name when you book so the driver can find the right gate, and be ready in the window you are given because traffic along the strip can slow the van.
The three days start at pickup. Arriving late at reception cuts into time in the water, so treat the morning window as the start of training rather than an optional extra.
The course runs over three days, with theory, confined-water training and open-water dives. Open-water sessions are boat dives, typically to about 18 metres once you are ready, not a shore-only week.
Keep all three days free. Study can sit on the boat, at the centre or from the hotel, depending on how the instructor runs your group. Follow the window you are given rather than arriving on your own clock.
Training uses Hurghada reefs on daily boat dives once you leave confined water. The instructor stays with you. Exact sites change with the sea and with how quickly the group is ready to leave the shallows.
You will be on scuba, with briefings before each water session. Stay with the instructor and keep the boat in sight when you surface.
The instructor usually issues tanks, weights and the scuba unit for the water sessions. Bring your own mask if you prefer the fit.
Ask when you confirm your place what is issued so you are not guessing about wetsuit thickness or whether you need to hire extras for the three days.
The instructor will confirm who can join once they have seen ages and swimming ability. Infants are not a fit for a three-day scuba course.
Mention ages when you confirm your place. Junior divers may need a different plan than adults. Do not assume a child can complete the same open-water dives without the team agreeing first.
Lunch is not included. Eat at the hotel before pickup, and carry water and a small snack for the wait and the surface intervals. Do not rely on a sit-down meal between dives unless the crew tell you otherwise on the day.
Soft drinks and extras on the boat, if they are sold, sit outside the course price. Keep all three days simple so you are not hungry between sessions.
Yes. Theory can sit on the boat, at the dive centre or from your hotel, depending on how the instructor runs your group. You still need to be present for the confined-water sessions and the boat dives.
Keep all three days free. Hotel study does not replace time in the water, so treat the pickup window as the start of each training day.
Bring swimwear, a towel, dry clothes, sunscreen and a long sleeve for the boat deck. Soft shoes that can get wet help on the swim ladder. A dry bag keeps phones off wet decks.
Leave valuables in the hotel safe. Eat breakfast before the van arrives, and keep all three full days free. If you wear contact lenses, say so; many people prefer a mask they already know.
The course needs a workable sea. If the outer reefs are too rough, the instructor may keep you in confined water, shift a dive later, or hold a session. You will be told as early as they can once morning conditions are clear.
Have a loose plan around the three days so a weather hold does not wreck the whole course. Three days on the water still needs clear windows, even in Hurghada.
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