Diving here is available year-round, although there is some variation in water temperature. The high diving season is considered to be from the end of March to the end of November. The water temperature is at least 24-25C+/75-77F+, and the chance of storms is relatively low. The hottest period is from the end of July to the beginning of September, when the water temperature is about 28C/82F even at 30m/98ft deep. . In the winter months from December to March, the water cools down to 21C/69F, and there is less marine life inhabiting the reefs. Visibility is great: depending on the site and the weather, it can vary from 20 up to 60m/65-196ft.
What to see
Divers can expect to see some types of soft corals, scorpionfish, triggerfish, Napoleon wrasses, groupers, several types of sharks, hatchet fish, glass fish, stonefish, lionfish, snappers, barracudas, jacks, trevallies, turtles. During this hottest time, divers have a chance to spot pelagic fish like sharks, large schools of jacks, tuna, hammerhead sharks, whitetip sharks, and manta rays at the reefs of Tiran and Ras Mohammed.