JORDAN DIVE CENTERS

All the dive sites in Jordan are located very close to the shore line so both boat and shore diving access the same sites, it is just a matter of which mode of transport is preferred. The diving along this coast line is very good relative to other diving in the Northern Red Sea. It is an excellent choice for both beginners and the more experienced diver. There is some especially exciting diving close to the Saudi border where you will find deep walls only very recently discovered! There is also one of the best wreck dives in the Red Sea here, the 'Cedar Pride' - this is an astonishing dive!!

Based at the Alcazar Hotel together they offer an ideal holiday combination, a 'diver friendly' hotel, a private beach club and escorted shore diving. A full range of PADI training courses is offered for both beginners and experienced divers wishing to advance their diving skills. All instructors are professionally qualified with PADI and/or BSAC. Two dives a day is the norm, with night dives arranged several times a week. Divers leave from the hotel each morning and can return for lunch between dives or stay down on the reef edge at the beach club, Club Murjan. Sailing and windsurfing are also available. Seastar currently dive more than 20 different and varied sites to suit all levels of experience. All sites start virtually at the waters edge and are easily accessed from the shore. A fast road connects the access points to the dive sites and even the most distant sites near the Saudi border can be reached within 20 minutes

A unique diving facility opened in 1990 and is Jordan's only BSAC Premier School. It is an excellent training facility in a perfect situation at the water's edge with a home reef area on its threshold! The Royal Diving Centre is a purpose built complex with a private jetty, compressor room, equipment storage, lecture rooms, café, and large swimming pool with sunbathing area. You will be collected from your hotel each morning by the dive centre transport.

As well as the home reef area immediately in front of the Royal Diving Centre, there is an extensive and prolific reef stretching along the coastline on either side. Dive sites can be accessed by boat or from the shore. The Royal Diving Centre has always specialised in BSAC training but PADI courses are also available with the centre's permanent professional instructors. This is an independent dive centre not affiliated to any particular hotel although they work closely with the Golden Tulip to provide a great value diver / hotel package.