Top 10 Water Activities in Sharm el Sheikh
Snorkeling in Sharm el Sheikh
Egypt is famous for its warm Red Sea waters and beautiful coral reefs. Every Red Sea resort offers variety of sea trips to experience while holidaying in Egypt. If you are in Sharm el Sheikh you can take a daily boat trip to Tiran island, it will let you swim in the vicinity of the island, snorkel at different coral reefs and even try introductory scuba.
The trip is offered on different boats, the cheapest one is on a standard yacht with standard lunch boat trip to tiran island or Ras Mohammed boat trip are most popular one , and more luxury trip can be taken on a Pirates boat stylized as an old pirate’s boat with more options for lunch and drinks. If you do not want to spend one full day in the sea then a short, just some hours cruise can be taken on a luxury Nautilus boat, including many options of food and drinks, Jacuzzi on board and opportunity for snorkeling at some reefs, the boat will move in the vicinity of Sharm el Sheikh.
Scuba Diving
Sharm el Sheikh is the one where can you find the most beautiful coral reefs around the world, if you do enjoy scuba diving, there is not better place than Sharm el Sheikh, the beautiful dive sites here it even more interesting, you may want to consider going for a dive with sharks!
The dive sites around Sharm el Sheikh area are considered by many one of the best scuba diving places available in the world. It attracts divers, photographers, marine scientist and leisure seekers from all over the world, hoping to experience and explore the incalculable wonders of the colorful abundance of marine life and the Red Sea's beautifully stunning coral reefs
Glass boat excursion
A glass boat is a boat with a part of its bottom made of glass below the waterline allowing passengers to observe the underwater environment from within the boat. Glass Bottom Boat tours run every one hour from 10 am to 3 pm daily, 365 days a year, the glass boats are equipped to accommodate wheelchairs on board due to the historic nature of the boats as well as it can be access only via floating pontoon. It is a perfect trip for children and people who do not want to be wet or to swim.
The Red Sea is considered one of the seven wonders of the underwater world and you will not find a bitter place do see such a colorful coral reefs and different variety of fishes more than here.
Banana boat
Banana boa is also known as a water sled and often referred to simply as a banana, is an inflatable recreational boat meant for towing. It was invented by Glenn Matthews in the late 1980s. Different models usually accommodate three to ten riders sitting on a larger, main tube and resting their feet on two laterally flanking tubes which stabilize the boat.
The main tube is often yellow and banana-shaped. Some models have two main tubes. During the ride, the driver of the powered boat attempts to flip the banana boat upside-down by doing sharp turns. Riders should always wear life jackets for safety reasons.
Riding in a banana boat is considered to be a safer activity than water-skiing or other towed-water sports, and is similar to tubing. It is generally safe to ride at 4+ years.
Tube boat
Tube boat ride or Tubing is also known as biscuiting. It’s where a large circular rubber tube is towed behind a boat at fast speeds. Generally considered a novice or child's water-sport due to the lack of skill involved. The general aim is to hold on as long as possible without falling off due to the boat's sharp turns.
More experienced biscuiters also try to jump the boat's wake and become airborne. Also a very simple and novice trick for beginners would be the barrel roll, once the tube is on the outeredge of a corner going faster than normal, a rider can intentionally roll off the tube to try and roll from upright to upside down and back again all in the same motion.
A pedalo trip in Sharm el Sheikh
A pedalo (British English) or paddle boat (US, Canadian, and Australian English) is a small human-powered watercraft that a person drives by pedaling, which turns a paddle wheel. The paddle wheel of a pedalo is a smaller version of that of the paddle steamer. A two-seat pedalo has two sets of pedals, side by side, designed to be used together. Some models have three pedals on each side to allow a person to pedal from the center when boating alone. Pedalos are suited to calm waters, such as in ponds and small lakes.
Kayaking in Sharm el Sheikh
Kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle. The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler. Their cockpit is sometimes covered by a spraydeck (or "skirt") that prevents the entry of water from waves or spray and makes it possible for suitably skilled kayakers, to roll the kayak: that is, to capsize and right it without it filling with water or ejecting the paddler.
Man sitting with legs covered in boat that tapers to a point at each end holding long, pointed, wooden pole Inuit seal hunter in a kayak, armed with a harpoon. Some modern boats vary considerably from a traditional design but still claim the title 'kayak', for instance in eliminating the cockpit by seating the paddler on top of the boat ("sit-on-top" kayaks); having inflated air chambers surrounding the boat; replacing the single hull by twin hulls ("W" kayak), and replacing paddles with other human powered propulsion methods, such as foot-powered rotational propellers and 'flippers".
Kayaks are also being sailed, as well as propelled by means of small electric motors, and even by outboard gas engines, when possible. The kayak was first made and used by the native Ainu, Aleut and Eskimo hunters in sub-Arctic regions of northeastern Asia, North America and Greenland.
Parasailing tour in Sharm el Sheikh
Parasailing is known as parascending, or "parakiting" is a recreational kiting activity where a person is towed behind a vehicle (usually a boat) while attached to a specially designed canopy wing that reminds one of a parachute, known as a parasail wing. The manned kite's moving anchor may be a car, truck, or boat. The harness attaches the pilot to the parasail, which is connected to the boat, or land vehicle, by the tow rope. The vehicle then drives off, carrying the parascender (or wing) and person into the air. If the boat is powerful enough, two or three people can parasail behind it at the same time. The parascender has little or no control over the parachute. The activity is primarily a fun ride, not to be confused with the sport of paragliding.
Para-sailing became a very popular activity in Sharm-el-Sheikh. In reality it is a gentle ride in the sky that gives you access to unforgettable aerial views over Sharm-el-Sheikh and provides you with the most amazing experience of flying through the air parachute attached, all without the extremities of throwing yourself from a plane and enormous heights. It is a very attractive activity to those interested in extreme sports.
Water skiing Sharm el Sheikh
Water skiing is a sport/game and recreational activity and is popular in many countries around the world where appropriate conditions exist - an expanse of water unaffected by wave motion. Rivers, lakes, and sheltered bays are all popular for water skiing. In this kind of water sport an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface. The sport requires exceptional upper and lower body strength, as well as good balance and muscular endurance.
Standard water skis were originally made of wood but now are usually constructed out of fibreglass-based composites. They are of similar length to downhill snow skis but are somewhat wider. Instead of a rigid binding, they have rubber molded binding, in which the skier's feet are placed. Skiers are pulled along by a rope with a handle fitted at one end and attached to a powerboat at the other.
Windsurfing
Windsurfing is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. This sport involves travel over water on a small 2-4.7 metre board powered by wind acting on a single sail. The sail is connected to the board by a flexible joint. The sport is a hybrid between sailing and surfing. The sail board might be considered the most minimalistic version of the modern sailboat, with the major exception that steering is accomplished by the rider tilting the mast and sail or, when planning, carving the board, rather than with a rudder.
Windsurfing can be said to straddle both the laid-back culture of surf sports and the more rules-based environment of sailing. Although it might be considered a minimalistic version of a sailboat, a windsurfer offers experiences that are outside the scope of any other sailing craft design. Windsurfers can perform jumps, inverted loops, spinning maneuvers, and other "freestyle" moves that cannot be matched by any sailboat.
The boom of the 1980s led windsurfing to be recognized as an Olympic sport in 1984. However, windsurfing's popularity saw a sharp decline in the mid-1990s, however, starting in the 2000s, large numbers of avid windsurfers started giving up the sport and switching to the sport of Kitesurfing. In Egypt the best place to experience windsurfing is Dahab lagoon and Ras Sedr.