Welcome to Red Sea Research

About Us

Red Sea Research centre is dedicated to providing comprehensive diving research courses, enabling qualified and non divers to participate as volunteers in worthwhile environmental projects. RSR is based in the coastal town of Dahab, situated on the Gulf of Aqaba’s Western shore on the peninsular of Sinai, Egypt. With an average of 355 days of sunshine, a warm climate, favourable environmental conditions and easy access to dive sites. Together with our wealth of local knowledge, these attributes allow us to conduct marine research all year round, along with the diversity of marine life and habitats, it makes Dahab the ideal location for a variety of environmental studies.

It is the goal of Red Sea Research Centre to train students to acceptable standards in the fields of benthic, topographical, and bathymetrical surveying methods, and to gather relevant scientific data to facilitate the research organisations conducting marine environmental research in the Red Sea. We will also train students in the safety, planning, methodology and the practical applications of Lift-bag use relevant to environmental projects. We hope to set the base line standard of reef ecosystems, to ascertain any changes for the benefit of future environmental research to conducted in South Sinai.

The scope of our courses will expand as students gain knowledge and experience through actively participating in research projects, which will help us understand the complexities of marine environments and the ecosystems they sustain, with the aim of preservation through understanding, experience, and the responsible management of the underwater environments that people take so easily for granted. Once certified, our students will be informed; via news letter, and will be invited to improve their knowledge and skills by participating in future research projects.

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Getting there. The nearest international airport is Sharm El Sheik, (only one hour away by car) and reached by most international airports. This makes the Red Sea Research centre, the most cost effective and easily accessible destination for volunteer research diver training and serious marine research.

At Red Sea Research we have developed a modular research diving course designed to train volunteer divers to a level of competence in research diving methodology, terminology and practices in marine biological, bathymetric and geographical surveying techniques, to the standards required by the marine environmental organizations conducting research within the Red Sea. The centre actively participates in several ongoing research projects covering most aspects of marine research.

Red Sea Research is based at Club Red, Dahab. A long established, fully equipped dive center and meets all European and international safety requirements. The centre also has lecture and research facilities to accommodate scientific field trips, gap year students and volunteer divers wishing to participate in legitimate Marine research projects.

The courses are designed to enable qualified recreational divers to take part in marine research projects and do so with the minimum of additional onsite training or supervision. We will teach divers to understand the terminology, procedures and methodology of International marine research authorities conducting scientific studies in the Red Sea. We will train divers to the level of competence required to be a useful asset to any marine research project, while practicing and conducting surveys and data retrieval techniques on several active research projects.

Our course will increase the student’s environmental awareness while promoting organisational skills, problem solving abilities, self confidence, and the social and technical skills needed to allow a student to work as part of a Marine scientific research team. The courses are separated into modules; each module is divided into academic and practical sessions specifically designed to compliment the preceding module. There will be a pre requisite academic and practical evaluation to determine each student’s capabilities and skills. Once a student has reached an acceptable level, they will be allowed to conduct supervised surveys on behalf of the Egyptian National parks.

Pre-requisite: Students must be qualified to dive to 20m with a minimum of 20 logged dives. Scuba courses can be provided to non divers if required.