Nigel told us:

I recently spent a week on Emperor Superior on their Simply the Best itinerary. And what a week it was!

Simply the Best focusses on three of the most famous Red Sea dive sites: The Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone. Famous for shark sightings, these sites are on the wish list for many divers.

Aside from the chance of spotting reef sharks, hammerhead sharks, thresher sharks and oceanic white tip sharks, there is so much more for divers to experience. One of the most famous wrecks can be found at The Brothers: the Numidia. This British vessel hit the reef in 1901 and now lies perpendicular to the reef with the bow lying at around 8m, with the rest of the ship descending at a steep angle to a depth of approximately 80m. She is covered in soft coral and home to a huge variety of marine life.

One of the highlights at Daedalus was a dive over a huge anemone garden descending from 3m to around 20m. This area is full of clownfish and is a photographer’s dream.

A trip to Daedalus is not complete without a visit to the lighthouse. The staff of this manned lighthouse are always keen to welcome divers and share some delicious Egyptian tea. The views of the reef from the top of the lighthouse are stunning and well worth the climb of over 150 steps.

Credit must go to the boat crew and Emperor staff. From the professional, knowledgeable and friendly dive guides to the ever-attentive boat crew (which included not one, but TWO pastry chefs: yummy!) everything is geared up towards ensuring that the guests have a memorable and enjoyable experience.

Will I go again? You bet!

To find out more about Red Sea liveaboards, call our friendly team on 01353 659999, or send us an email.

Regaldive currently have some great new dive pack deals for the Red Sea. Divers venturing to Sharm El Sheikh and El Gouna this summer can benefit from dive deals starting from just £27 per day, while those going to Marsa Alam and Hamata can take advantage of dive deals from just £36 per day.

Our new special offers on daily diving with Emperor Divers allow divers travelling to these Red Sea resorts to benefit from these special offers for departures until 1 September 2015.

To receive these special offers, bookings must be received and paid in full by 31 July 2015. This promotion is valid for new bookings only.

For further information, or to book, call our friendly team on 01353 659999!

If you haven’t discovered Marsa Alam yet, this resort is one that really does tick every box. Boat Diving. Shore Diving. House Reef Diving. Dugongs and Dolphins. Sharks. Wrecks. Legendary sites. Marsa Alam has it all!

Well-known as the liveaboard gateway to the Southern Red Sea, Marsa Alam is growing in popularity for its land-based diving. The range of diving here is simply mind-blowing… and unique in the Red Sea. Combine shore dives along the 100km stretch of pristine coastal reef, with boat trips to legendary Elphinstone and Sha’ab Samadai (Dolphin House). Take a jeep safari to visit the stunning seagrass habitat of Marsa Abu Dabbab and say hello to Dennis the Dugong and his turtle friends.

Choose from a great range of accommodation to suit all budgets and holiday styles.  Our Port Ghalib hotels offer the best access to boat diving and evening entertainment in the marina. Or get away from it all at one of our beachfront resorts. We can tailor-make a flexible dive package to combine boat, shore and house reef dive options at most resorts.

What’s more Marsa Alam can be reached with ease from both Hurghada & Marsa Alam airports, allowing greater choice of airlines, flight price and travel dates. 

Discover more about Marsa Alam here... with packages from just £399pp, this destination is sure to exceed your expectations.

If you're looking for cheaper and more flexible holiday options, how about thinking outside the box? With increased flight capacity to Hurghada now available from London Gatwick, Birmingham and Manchester, divers can benefit from more regular and better value flights when travelling to any Southern Red Sea resort via road transfer from Hurghada airport.

For divers looking to get away from the crowds, the vastly undiscovered resort of El Quseir can be reached by road transfer in under two hours from Hurghada. With over 30 dive sites within easy reach of the resort, El Quseir is the ideal location for experienced divers wanting to be at one with the marine life. Underwater photographers can explore the coral covered pinnacles, navigate the labyrinth of coral gardens, and glide through the narrow passages and blind alleys of Serib Kebir, the Rock and Sharm Fungani while admiring the macro life and nudibranchs on offer.

Home to some of the most famous dive experiences in the Red Sea, Marsa Alam can also easily be reached by road transfer from Hurghada airport in around three hours. Offering divers the chance to come face to face with Spanish dancers, turtles, eagle rays, great hammerhead sharks and whale sharks, Marsa Alam combines the very best of shore and boat diving. Located close to the resort is the fascinating site of Sha’ab Samadai, also known as ‘Dolphin House’. This site is frequented by a pod of around 60 spinner dolphins and is home to a network of caves and tunnels, in addition to a carpet of seagrass hiding moray eels, leopard groupers, goatfish, lionfish, masked butterfly fish and much more.

With Hurghada flights, you can travel to the Red Sea on a day that suits you, and get to see more of Egypt on the way to your chosen resort!

Give the Regaldive Team a call on 01353 659 999 to explore your Red Sea options.

There's just a week to go to the dive event of the year at the NEC. SAVE NOW! Our show offers are too good to miss so we have decided to offer them to you right now. These Red Sea offers are valid from TODAY, 18 October 2013, so give us a call and get your booking in early. We expect these offers to fly out the door, so book NOW and don't miss out.

Our incredible Red Sea offers include:

- SAVE up to 30% on Liveaboards - amazing prices starting from £675 fully inclusive!

- FREE Buddy Diving at most Red Sea Resorts

- FREE Buddy Courses at most Red Sea Resorts 

- £20 per day boat & house reef diving with Emperor Divers

For more details please see our DIVE SHOW SPECIAL OFFERS page or call us on 01353 659 999!

"Very relaxed, enjoyable and just what we needed!" That's the verdict on Regaldive guest Don's recent trip to Hamata. Thanks to Don for taking the time to send us his feedback and also these great photos of his week's diving at Lahami Bay Beach Resort.

Read his trip report here

Take a look at his photos here

Hamata really is a wonderful place to dive Egypt as it used to be! Get away from the crowds and experience pristine reefs and plentiful marine life in an idyllic location. Find out more about Diving in Hamata.

In honour of Shark Week, we've compiled the Regaldive Top Five Shark Spots!

Galapagos Islands - One of the three corners of the Hammerhead Triangle in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Here it is possible to dive with hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of Hammerhead sharks that are attracted by schools of fish feeding on nutrient rich up-wellings around the seamounts and isolated islands. The great thing about the Galapagos is that Hammerheads can be seen all year round, although June to November is much calmer weather.

Philippines - Malapascua Island is one of the few places in the world where you can reliably see the very rare Thresher shark.  Twin this with the small island of Cabilao, which offers some fabulous sites for seeing schools of Hammerheads in the winter months from December to April. Shark View Point (also known as Hammerhead Point) is the number one spot for Hammerheads, with sometimes up to 100 on one dive.

Layang Layang, Malaysia - This is a small oceanic atoll, 300km north west of Kota Kinabalu, off the coast of Malaysian Borneo in the South China Sea. Offering complete isolation, pristine reefs and steep walls plunging 2000m into the blue, Layang Layang has gained a well-deserved reputation for the quality and quantity of its pelagic life. Hammerheads are abundant during their mating season (April and May). Grey Reef sharks, Leopard sharks and even Threshers and Silvertips can also be seen here.

Egypt – The Egyptian Red Sea offers a huge variety of potential shark diving locations, however perhaps the most reliable areas for sightings are the offshore islands of the Brothers, Daedalus, Rocky and Zabargad. Here divers frequently encounter Oceanic Whitetip, Thresher and Grey Reef sharks. September and October are the best months for Oceanic Whitetips.

Azores – The new frontier of shark diving in Europe, the Azores is one of the best destinations in the world to dive up close and personal with Blue and Mako sharks. However, tracking down these majestic deep sea creatures is not for the faint hearted. The sharks are typically found around a seamount some 20 miles offshore. The adrenaline pumping dives are carried out in blue water and call for excellent buoyancy skills.