PADI Courses in Egypt: Our 14 Best

1.PADI Open Water Diver Course

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 626 reviews · from $411Our pick

Spend three to four days learning scuba skills with Pyramids Diving Center in Sharm el Sheikh. You will complete five theory sessions, five confined-water sessions, and four Red Sea sessions with a PADI professional. Instructors including Amr, Mena, and Mohammed Abdelkarim are noted for calm, patient teaching. Equipment, transport, lunch, and soft drinks are included.

“Great experience getting out PADI Advanced Open Water Certification with Rahma. Sharm El-Sheik is absolutely stunning. I would strongly suggest skipping the shore diving the first day and have the boat dive the two days”

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2.PADI Scuba Diver (PSD)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 116 reviews · from $319

Spend about two days learning scuba skills with a PADI instructor from Pyramids Diving Center. You’ll complete classroom and confined-water training, then make two Red Sea open-water descents to a maximum of 12 meters. Hotel transfers, equipment, snacks, and drinks are included, while the manual, e-certificate, park fees, and photos cost extra.

“Booked deep course, absolutely brilliant instructor called Shams, very knowledgeable, helped with everything and made the dives fantastic, highly recommend.”

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3.Hurghada, Professionals Diving in Open Water Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 80 reviews · 8 hours · from $72

Spend a full day aboard a Red Sea boat with two guided scuba sessions, lunch, drinks, and time to snorkel. Beginners receive close instruction, while certified participants may get more freedom after the first session. Hotel pickup in Hurghada, small groups, and multilingual guides are included, but confirm equipment size and the €4 instructor fee before booking.

“nous devions être 10 sur le bateau et nous étions plus de 20 (plongées à la chaîne).Le « patron »Oussama et sa copine française (diving center COLONA) étaient imbuvables malhonnêtes et agressifs. il y a eu de nombreux soucis (manque d’oxygène, manque d’organisation, eau dans un bidon sal et pas fraîche, …) et tout cela était,d’après eux,de notre faute! nous devions faire deux plongées, la première à été limitée à un check-up de 30min à 14m puis la deuxième 2eme de 20 min à même pas 10m car il n’y avait plus d’oxygène (nous sommes dive master et advance). L'instructeur a même dû prendre le détendeur des secoue d’une personne…”

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4.3-Day PADI Open Water Diving Course

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 78 reviews · 3 days · from $412

Spend three days learning scuba skills in Hurghada with a PADI instructor such as Khaled or Achmed. You receive private instruction, equipment, hotel transfers, lunch, drinks, and two underwater sessions each day. The course leads to certification for depths up to 18 meters, but budget separately for the PADI manual, registration, certificate, and daily marine taxes.

“Be aware that you have to pay additional 115€ to get the PADI certificate. There was no lunch for all of the 3 days (nothing was prepared or offered). On the last day the taxi brought me to the wrong place (I almost got registered to a boat dive) but got help to get to the right place. The PADI E-Learning access, which is needed contains the theoretical Exam, was only given after day 1. It should take at least 10 hours (if done correctly, reading and listening to all material) and I had to rush to all the questions and skip most of the material in order to be…”

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5.PADI Advanced Diving Course in Hurghada – Learn Scuba Diving

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 63 reviews · from $344

Spend two days completing five PADI Advanced adventure sessions in Hurghada with an English-speaking PADI IDC Staff Instructor. Groups are limited to four students, with equipment, bottled water, and private transport included. You will complete deep-water, navigation, and elective sessions, while PADI materials and certification cost an extra £140 per person.

“Had such an amazing weeks diving with Dale and Emma at Dive UK Hurghada! They were both so friendly and helpful, communication was great throughout the trip as well as before and after the holiday! They take small dive groups which Read more”

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6.PADI Open Water Diver Course in Hurghada – Learn Scuba Diving

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 59 reviews · from $482

Spend three mornings learning scuba skills with Dive UK Hurghada and instructors including Steve, Emma, Wessam, and Magot. Your group can include no more than four students. Training covers video study, PADI reading, shallow-water skills, six sessions underwater, site exploration, and a final exam. Equipment, bottled water, and private transport are included. PADI materials and certification cost an extra £140.

“My son came to do his PADI Junior Open Water on Feb 2024 and was taught by Emma. As a former instructor I think I am a bit more fussy... but Emma was great with my son and took him through the course... and his first qualified dives he lookRead more”

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7.Course for Padi OW in Red Sea and Sinai

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · from $450

Learn scuba skills in Hurghada with Sea Secret Diving, from classroom theory and equipment practice to controlled-water training. Instructors including Ashraf and Mohamed are mentioned by name in course feedback. The package includes scuba equipment, lunch, drinks, and air-conditioned transport, with a possible $5 marine-park fee and $10 transfer charge outside Hurghada.

“the trip was amazing. Diving with an instructor and in a group was great. very professional instructor, helped in a crisis situation. everything was safe.”

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8.Sharm: Introductory Dive from the Shore & PADI Courses

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 19 reviews · from $47Best value

Start with a shallow-water scuba session at Fanar Beach in Hadaba, guided in Arabic, English, or Russian, with Italian also noted in the program details. You receive equipment, hotel transfers, and site instruction. For certification, choose the two to three day PADI Open Water course, which includes training to 18 meters, lunch, soft drinks, and an exam.

“To start with our driver stayed out of sight of the front of our hotel and was annoyed that we were late despite us having been waiting outside and being oblivious that he was parked out of sight. Got to dive centre to be told our instructor had overslept (11am). Got driven to a different dive centre which was park of a hotel complex where my male partner was looked after and acknowledged and I was completely ignored (female). We have dived a few times but I have some anxiety due to injuring my ears previously. They would not listen to me and ignored me. After seeing dive tanks being…”

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9.Dream to Dive full Course & private Dive Instructor PADI

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 13 reviews · from $593

Spend about three days learning scuba skills with a private PADI instructor near Hurghada. You’ll practice mask clearing, regulator recovery, buoyancy, and emergency procedures in confined water, then use your equipment during two supervised open-water sessions. Pickup, transport, bottled water, and gear are included, while PADI registration and some resort transfers cost extra.

“Una experiencia única en uno de los mejores sitios del mundo para bucear a un muy buen precio y el personal un encanto”

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10.PADI 3 Days Open Water Course

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $357

Train with a PADI instructor in Sharm El Sheikh over three days. You’ll study theory, complete quizzes and an exam, practice in a pool, then make eight open-water descents to work on buoyancy, safety, and navigation. Equipment, hotel transfers, and air-conditioned transport are included. The group is limited to eight people.

“Staff and course were very good as well as the price. Everything was 10/10 from start to finish and I would highly recommend to all first time divers such as myself”

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11.PADI Diving Courses Package

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 6 reviews · 2 - 3 days · from $351

Choose a trial scuba session, a three-day PADI Open Water course, or a two-day Advanced course in Sharm el Sheikh. You may train with instructors such as Yasser or Ahmed, beginning with theory and pool work before heading to Ras Muhammad. Boat days include open-water practice, lunch, and clear Red Sea scenery. Equipment and certification fees cost extra.

“Incredible, Yasser was an awesome scuba teacher/guide! Very knowledge, kind, and helpful! We started off in the pool, the next day off the shore diving, then 3rd day from a boat. Learned a lot, a very good teacher.”

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12.PADI Diving Courses packages

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 6 hours · from $351

Spend about six hours learning scuba skills with a PADI-certified instructor in Hurghada. Your day includes theory, pool practice, open-water sessions, lunch, snorkeling, and a boat ride. Hotel pickup is included inside Hurghada, while equipment rental and PADI certification fees cost extra.

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13.PADI Bubblemaker

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $129

PADI Bubblemaker introduces children to scuba in Hurghada under close instructor supervision. Kids use size-appropriate equipment, practice breathing underwater in water shallower than 2 meters, and learn basic mask and regulator skills. Pickup covers Hurghada, Sahl Hasheesh, and Makadi, with certification included.

“Nejlepší dive centrum na světě byla jsem velmi spokojena a mám první certifikat bubble maker moc děkuji”

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14.Scuba Diving Open Water PADI Course – Sharm El Sheikh

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $420

Train with a PADI instructor in Sharm El Sheikh over three to four days. You will study theory, practice in a pool or shallow water, then complete boat-based sessions at Ras Mohammed National Park. Tamer, Khaled, and Ahmed are among the named instructors. Expect 7 to 8 underwater sessions, with a maximum depth of 18 meters.

“Amazing. So cool! The training was great, my instructors were Khaled and Ahmed. Both absolutely amazing!!! So calm, funny and cool. They were patient and were kind, I qualified!!”

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