Hurghada Snorkeling Boat Trip
Snorkeling in Hurghada
A relaxed full-day boat trip to the clearest snorkeling spots around Hurghada. Float over shallow coral gardens teeming with butterflyfish, anemonefish and parrotfish while an instructor stays in the water with you. Perfect for families and non-divers who still want to meet the Red Sea's marine life.
More About This Trip
You do not need a tank to fall in love with the Red Sea. On this full-day boat trip the captain anchors over shallow, sheltered reefs where the coral starts barely a metre below the surface — places where snorkellers genuinely see almost as much as the divers below them. Expect dense clouds of sergeant majors and goatfish, anemones with their resident clownfish, parrotfish crunching audibly on the coral, and if luck is on your side a turtle or an eagle ray gliding past the reef edge.
The boat typically visits two or three different spots during the day, each chosen for calm, clear water. A guide is in the water with the group at every stop — pointing out marine life, helping nervous swimmers, and keeping everyone comfortably inside the sheltered area. Life jackets and flotation aids are available, which makes the trip genuinely family-friendly; children as young as six are welcome as long as they are comfortable in the water with a parent nearby.
Between swims you relax on the sun deck while the crew prepares a fresh lunch on board, with coffee, tea, water and soft drinks available throughout the day. Masks, snorkels and fins can be rented if you do not have your own. Divers and snorkellers often share the same boat, so mixed groups — one partner diving, the other snorkelling — work perfectly. Pickup and drop-off at all Hurghada hotels is included; hotels in Makadi Bay, Sahl Hasheesh and El Gouna are served for a €20 per car per day surcharge.
Highlights
What's Included
- Snorkeling guide/instructor
- Marine park fees
- Lunch, coffee, tea, water & soft drinks on board
- Free hotel transfer from/to all hotels within Hurghada
- Dive Safe Package — medical care from licensed physicians before, during and after your trip — and a fitness check before you dive whenever you would like one. No extra cost.
Not Included
- Hotel transfer for Makadi Bay, Sahl Hasheesh & El Gouna: €20 per day per car
Dive Safe Package — medical care is on us
Diving with us includes medical care from licensed physicians — before your dive, on the day, and after your trip has ended. If anything comes up once you are back at your hotel, you are still ours to look after: call us and we arrange the doctor, at no extra cost.
A dive medical fitness check before you get in the water is entirely up to you. Some divers simply like the reassurance — say the word and we arrange it with a licensed physician at no extra cost, whenever suits you. And if the physician advises against diving, we refund your booking in full.
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Dive sites in this area
Reefs this trip may visit. The captain chooses each day's sites by wind, current and conditions on the morning — so treat this as the area, not a schedule.
All taxes & equipment included
