Safaga, or Port Safaga  is a resort along Egypt’s Red Sea coast. It benefits from its proximity to the airport of Hurghada.

North of the town, there are reefs. A few kilometres offshore lie the best diving grounds, the main attraction here are the coral pillars. Diving around Safaga involves a few hazards, with the strong currents and aggressive hammerhead sharks.

It is a marine port connected by a regular cruise shuttle service line with Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Safaga City is considered one of the most important therapeutic tourist centres as special medical researches have proved the potential of attracting international tourism to Safaga.

Main activities in Safaga are windsurfing and diving/snorkelling, usually in connection with boat trips. Safaga has several diving centres, serving groups, but usually with openings for individual travellers.

Safaga is  home  of the most outstanding diving of the Red Sea, with the bay’s chain reefs of Tobia Arbaa, and the impressive walls of Panorama and Abu Qifan towering reefs, where often big pelagics such as tunas, sharks and mantas can be spotted.

Safaga is also a good starting point for a day trip into the Eastern Desert to check out the granite quarries of Mons Claudianus, or to the sights of Luxor, one of the most impressive sights of Egypt, only 220 km (137 miles) away.

Safaga is especially popular for those who enjoy kite surfing and windsurfing (it hosted the 1993 Red Sea World Windsurfing Championships) and provides some good snorkeling and scuba diving with its waters rich in corals, fish and dolphins.