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CIMG2613 Twobar Seabream, Lighthouse Reef
Light House. Photo: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Light House

Dive site · Egypt

Open Water divers and up

Scored for Advanced divers

Is it worth the trip?

90Good out of 100 for your dates

Usually home sucks

Every day scores the same, usually

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 90 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Tue 3 · 90 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Wed 4 · 90 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Thu 5 · 90 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Fri 6 · 90 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sat 7 · 90 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

Sun 8 · 90 out of 100

From the usual week for these dates, not the forecast.

No forecast for this spot on these dates. Usual weather for your dates

The site in five facts

  • Down to 18 mits deepest
  • From the shorehow you get in
  • Open Waterand up
  • Water 26 °C3 mm wetsuit
  • Faces Eswell from there reaches it

Usual weather for your dates

not a forecast
Usual dive conditions at Light House, each day of your trip
DayAir
Mon 2to 8usually26°C

No forecast for this spot on these dates. These are the usual readings for that week.

Visibility about 25 m, usual for the month.

Water about 26°C: 3 mm wetsuit.

Map

the site, its town, photos

Each place wears how it usually is on these dates, from past years' weather: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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Photos of Light House

CIMG2619 Silhouette of Reef and Bubbles
Photo: Tim Sheerman-Chase, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lighthouse Reef, Masbat Bay, Dahab 2020-03-01-1
Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Goby on Whip Coral
Photo: prilfish from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

More diving near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Light House

A reef dive. It goes down to 18 m. You get in from the shore. It suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces E: swell from the E reaches it, and wind from the W blows out to sea. 51 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away. The sea is about 22°C in February, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is Dahab. Within 5 km we also list 2 wind sports spots and 9 dive sites.

  • What it is Reef.
  • How deep Down to 18 m.
  • Getting in From the shore.
  • Who it suits Suits Open Water divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres 51 dive centres or shops within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away.

Water about 26°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Jul, Aug and Sep (over 30 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$791–US$1,600 each

about US$791–US$1,600 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to SSH, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$663–US$1,380
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$27–US$40
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Food7 days eating outabout US$54–US$100
Totalabout US$791–US$1,600

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Dahab

Closest

Dahab

5 min by car · 48 places to stay

about US$20/nightcountry average

See 48 places to stay in Dahab · Booking.com

About Dahab its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$20 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 22h 15m

About 22h 15m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → SSH, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 1h 20m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

  • Lighthouse Dive Centre 0.1 km

  • Scuba Life 0.1 km

  • Adventure Dive Centre 0.1 km

  • Fun Divers 0.1 km

  • Scuba-Too 0.2 km

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few open records near this site to list its animals. Ask a dive centre what you are likely to see.

This week: visibility about 25 m, about usual for the month (satellite plankton reading, 24 Oct). Estimated from the month's typical visibility and this week's satellite chlorophyll against the site's normal; heavy rain before a dive can still muddy it.

The current and the life no free forecast gives. Ask a dive centre before you book.

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