PADI diving courses
The world’s most recognised diving certification. Take your PADI course in Hurghada with the same small-group instruction, Red Sea dives, equipment and support that define every DiveRED course.
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Small groups, experienced instructors and all-inclusive Red Sea training.
Open Water Diver
The world's most popular scuba certification. In 3 days you'll learn the theory, master the core skills in confined water, and complete four open water training dives on Hurghada's house reefs — emerging as a fully certified PADI or SSI Open Water Diver, qualified to dive to 18 metres anywhere in the world.
Advanced Open Water Diver
Build on your Open Water certification with five adventure dives over two days. You'll go deeper (to 30 m), navigate underwater with confidence, and choose three specialty dives from a menu including wreck, night, drift, peak performance buoyancy, and underwater photography.
Rescue Diver
Learn to prevent and manage diving emergencies. Over 3 days you'll practise self-rescue, recognise and assist stressed divers, perform tired-diver tows, manage panicked divers at the surface, and orchestrate a missing-diver search. You'll finish a calmer, sharper, more confident diver — the kind every dive buddy wants beside them.
Divemaster
Over 10–14 days (or spread across a longer stay) you'll make 60+ dives, refresh every rescue skill you know, learn to plan and lead certified divers, map a dive site, run a specialty workshop, and assist on real student courses. You'll finish as a PADI, SSI or SDI Divemaster — globally recognised as a dive professional and qualified to guide certified divers anywhere in the world.
Emergency First Response (EFR)
A one-day course that teaches you to act in the first minutes of a medical emergency: high-quality CPR on adults, children and infants, AED use, choking response, bleeding and shock control, burns and fracture care, and emergency oxygen administration. No diving experience and no medical background needed. You train on manikins, real AEDs and a full first-aid kit, then finish with an on-boat emergency scenario. You earn an international EFR certification (PADI or SDI) that is valid for two years and is the prerequisite for the Rescue Diver course.
Deep Diver Specialty
A two-day specialty that extends your maximum depth from 30 to 40 metres and teaches you the gas-management, narcosis-recognition, and ascent-planning skills you need to dive deep safely. Four guided dives on Hurghada's most dramatic deep sites.
Enriched Air Nitrox
A one-day theory specialty that teaches you to dive safely with enriched air mixes (up to 40% oxygen). No additional in-water training required if you already hold Open Water — just theory, an exam, and a practical analyzing session. The benefits last for the rest of your diving life.
DPV / Scooter Diver
Two days, four dives, one underwater propulsion vehicle. Learn to pilot a DPV (diver propulsion vehicle / scooter), conserve gas, and explore vast stretches of Hurghada reef that are normally out of reach for finned divers.
Bubblemaker (Kids 8-10)
A safe, joyful, and gentle introduction to scuba diving designed specifically for children aged 8 to 10. Conducted in shallow water (max 2 metres) by a certified instructor, in 1:1 or 1:2 ratios. Children leave with a Bubblemaker certificate and a story they'll tell forever.
PADI Tec 40
The gateway to the PADI TecRec ladder. Tec 40 takes you from recreational no-stop diving into the technical world: limited decompression to 40 metres, a single deco gas (EAN50), and the backmount-with-stage skills — or sidemount, your choice — gas planning and team procedures every tech diver needs. Four training dives over three days with a dedicated technical instructor, small ratios and all gear and gas included.
PADI Tec 45
The middle rung of the PADI TecRec ladder and the point where you become a true decompression diver. Tec 45 removes the training-wheel limits of Tec 40: dive to 45 metres, run full staged decompression with a single deco gas, and manage a stage cylinder. Four training dives with a technical instructor, small ratios, and all rigs (backmount or sidemount), stages and gases included.
PADI Tec 50
The final rung of the PADI Tec Deep Diver pathway and a full technical qualification. Tec 50 certifies you to plan and run decompression dives to 50 metres using two deco gases up to 100% oxygen — the depth and gas skills that open the Red Sea's signature deep wrecks and walls. Four training dives with a technical instructor, small ratios, and all rigs (backmount or sidemount), stages and gases included.
PADI Tec Trimix 65
The deep-diving qualification beyond the Tec Deep ladder. Tec Trimix 65 introduces helium to your breathing mix so you can dive to 65 metres with a clear head, minimal narcosis and controlled oxygen exposure. You'll learn trimix blending theory, best-mix selection and extended decompression. Training dives with a technical instructor at strict small ratios, with rigs (backmount or sidemount), stages and trimix fills included.
Tec Sidemount
Sidemount rigs your cylinders on your hips instead of your back — independent gas supplies, superb trim, easy valve access and a lighter walk to the boat ladder. This technical sidemount course teaches the configuration, gas-management and failure-handling skills to run staged decompression dives in sidemount. Four dives with a technical instructor, sidemount rig and gases included — and it can be integrated with Tec 40 to earn both at once.