April 2010

Nuweiba is a coastal town in the eastern part of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Location is @ 29'2N 34'40E

The town lies on a large flood plain, on the gulf of Aquaba and is located 150km north of Sharm El Sheikh.

To get to Nuwebia you fly into Taba Heights airport, and it is around a 30 - 40 minute coach ride.

All 42 of us stayed at the Hilton Nuweiba Coral Resort Hotel which had a Dive Centre on site.

Diving

The sea and house reef are just a short stroll away from the dive centre and the staff are extremely helpfull. The house reef is nice and you can see many different spicies of underwater creatures from, Stonefish, Parrotfish, Angelfish, morays Eels, Lionfish, Octopus and many more.