Course overview

Discover Dahab after dark with the PADI Night Diver specialty, exploring house reefs like Bannerfish Bay and the Lighthouse where octopus, lionfish and Spanish dancers emerge at night. The calm, shallow shore entries make night diving here relaxed and beginner-friendly.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and conduct safe night dives
• Use dive lights and signalling techniques
• Navigate and maintain buddy contact in the dark
• Identify nocturnal marine behaviour
• Manage entries, exits and orientation at night

Prerequisites

• 12+ years old
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Diver medical signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory & First Night Dive

   Cover night-diving theory then make a guided night dive on the house reef.
2. Day2
   Navigation & Wildlife

   Complete night navigation and nocturnal-life dives.

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