Full-Day SS Thistlegorm Wreck Excursion on Board (Our premium class Vessel)
We are thrilled to present our complete, world-class itinerary for a full-day diving excursion to the legendary SS Thistlegorm aboard our premium daily boat.
The SS Thistlegorm is widely regarded as one of the best shipwreck dives in the world. Because the wreck is located in the Straits of Gubal (approx. 40 miles from Sharm El Sheikh), this trip requires an early morning departure and careful planning.
Here is your complete “A to Z” program for this spectacular diving day:
🚢 05:00 AM – 05:15 AM: Sunrise Pick-up & Port Clearance
- Hotel Pick-up: Our complimentary air-conditioned shuttle picks you up directly from your hotel lobby.
- Port Check-in: Arrive at the jetty. Our teamassistswith security clearances, logbook registration, and transferring your gear bags directly onto the boat.
☕ 05:30 AM – 06:00 AM: Welcome Aboard & Departure
- Step Aboard: You are welcomed Aboardby our captain, crew, andour guide.
- Breakfast & Sailing: As the boatdepartsthe harbor into the calm early-morning Red Sea, a fresh continental breakfast (tea, coffee, juice, croissants, and eggs) is served in the salon.
- Relaxation: Enjoy a2.5 to3 -hours cruise across the Gulf of Suez. You can sleep in the indoor salon areas or sunbathe on the upper decks.
⚓ 08:30 AM: Arrival at the Wreck & Briefing 1
- Site Briefing: Our lead guide conducts a detailed multi-media briefingutilizinga 3D model of the Thistlegorm. This covers the ship’s history, current patterns, mooring points, and emergency protocols.
- Gear-Up: The crew prepares your tanks. Nitrox tanks are analyzed and logged by certified divers.
🤿 09:00 AM: Dive 1 – External Exploration & Cargo Highlights
- The Dive: Giant-stride entry into the blue. Following the mooring line down to the main deck (approx. 20-25 meters).
- What You See: Explore the massive exterior structure, the anti-aircraft guns on the stern, the giant blast split, and the overturned locomotive engine thrown onto the seabed.
- Duration: Maximum 45 minutes (strict monitoring of no-decompression limits).
🥞 10:00 AM: Surface Interval & Mid-Morning Refreshments
- Debrief: Return to the deck ofour vesselfor hot towels and fresh fruit skewers.
- Relax: A mandatory 1.5 to 2-hour surface interval to safely off-gas nitrogen while sharing stories from Dive 1.
🤿 11:45 AM: Dive 2 – Deep Penetration (Hold 1 & Hold 2)
- Briefing 2: A focused briefing detailing the safe entry and exit pathways through the main cargo holds.
- The Dive: Enter the dark corridors of the ship’sholds.
- What You See: Swim past rows of preserved WWII military equipment, including Bedford trucks, BSA motorcycles, Bren gun carriers, airplane wings, and stacks of artillery shells.
- Duration: Maximum 40-45 minutes.
🍽️ 01:00 PM: Freshly Prepared Buffet Lunch
- The Feast: A massive, freshly prepared Egyptian and international lunch buffet is served inour vesselair-conditioned dining room (grilled meats, fish, fresh salads, pasta, and rice).
- Sailing Home: The captain turns the wheel and begins the journey back toward Sharm El Sheikh.
🐬 02:30 PM: Dive 3 (Optional) or Dolphin Spotting
- Depending on the group package: A third dive can be arranged at a beautiful drift reef along the transit back, such as Shag Rock or Alternative Reefs.
- Alternatively, relax on the sundeck as we cruise past pods of wild Bottlenose dolphins.
🛬 05:00 PM: Return to Harbor & Hotel Transfer
- Port Arrival: Our vesseldocks safely back at the Sharm El Sheikhjetty.
- Logbooks & Certification: Sit down with your guide to stamp your logbooks, sign off on your wreck-dive signatures, and download any underwater video footage.
- Drop-off: Our private shuttle transfers you back to your hotel in time for dinner.
📋 Mandatory Prerequisites & our internal safety rules, policy and regulations for this Trip:
- Certification Level: Advanced Open Water Diver (or higher) with a minimum of 20 verified logged dives.
- Must have dived with us at least one dive on our house reef or our Ras-Mohammed / Tiran / Local daily boat prior to join the wreck trip for buoyancy, air consumption, diver level (evaluation and safety).
- Nitrox Certification: Mandatory to maximize your bottom time inside the cargo holds.
- Personal dive computer: Mandatory for your safety and dive planning if you do not have one you can rent one for a discounted price of $5 per day.
- Diving Torch: Mandatory for your safety during the exploration and wreck penetration if you do not have one you can rent one for a discounted price of $5 per day.
- Full Dive Gear : if you do not have your own full gear you can rent it from us for a discounted price of $20 per day only for this trip.
- No-Fly Window: Ensure you do not have a flight departing before 5:00 PM the following day.
Kindly note :
If you are not a Nitrox diver you can conduct the course same day of the trip for special discounted price of $146 including material and certificate.
If you are not an advance diver you can complete your advance course in 2 days if you have a competent buoyancy and good air consumption during the 1st day of the course then you can join the Trip as part of your course for additional fees of $233 excluding equipment and (optional 3rd dive $35).
If you already bought a dive package from us then and you already fulfill all the Mandatory Prerequisites for this Trip then you will pay only trip supplement of $175 excluding equipment and (optional 3rd dive $35).
If you buy this trip as an individual trip your cost excluding equipment and (optional 3rd dive $35) will be $291.
What is included in the price:
Transportation, Two Guided Boat Dives Per Day, Breakfast, Lunch, Drinks, 2 x 12/15 L Nitrox Tanks, National Park & Jetty Fees Weights And Guide.
We wish you an amazing safe wreck dive trip full of fun, adventure and remarkable memories see you onboard!!!
SS Thistlegorm (Wreck Dive)
$290.00
One of the world’s most famous wreck dives, the SS Thistlegorm lies within easy reach of Sharm and regularly ranks among the top global dive experiences.
Built in Sunderland, UK, in 1940, the SS Thistlegorm was a British merchant ship classified as an armed freighter. She sailed from England around the Cape of Good Hope and through the Suez Canal bound for Alexandria, Egypt. On the night of 6 October 1941, during WWII, two Heinkel He 111 bombers dropped two 2.5-tonne high-explosive bombs that sank the vessel. In the 1950s, Jacques Cousteau located the wreck with help from local fishermen.
Today the cargo turns the site into an underwater museum. Inside the holds are Bedford trucks, Universal Carrier armoured vehicles, Norton 16H and BSA motorcycles, aircraft wings for Westland Lysanders, cases of ammunition, Lee-Enfield Mk III rifles, and Wellington boots. Outside, you’ll find four Bren gun carriers, LMS Stanier Class 8F steam locomotives with coal and water tenders, a 3-inch light anti-aircraft gun, and a 4-inch cannon from WWI, reportedly test-fired only once.
To reach this iconic “Old Lady”, boats leave early from Sharm El Sheikh; the crossing can take up to 3.5 hours. Most trips include two dives—one outside (orientation/swim-around) and one inside (guided penetration of the cargo holds). Currents can be strong and the average depth is ~24 m (generally deeper than 18 m). Divers should have confident buoyancy, hold a 30 m certification (Advanced Open Water or equivalent), and use Nitrox on both dives to extend no-decompression limits.
Beyond the history, marine life is abundant: nudibranchs, schooling jacks playing in the current, and crocodile fish resting on the decks bring the wreck to life.
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