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You're Diving 84km
from the Nearest Shore.
Daedalus, the Brothers, Elphinstone. The sites that make a southern Red Sea trip worth the flight are also the ones furthest from help. Out there, your insurance is part of your kit, same as your computer and your SMB.
What Actually Happens When a Dive Goes Wrong
Most of us go years without making a claim, and that's how it should be. But picture it: you're tied in at the Brothers, there's a bit of swell running, and someone in your group surfaces with tingling in one arm and a headache that won't go away. The next couple of hours go very differently depending on whether there's a policy number in their logbook.
Egypt has good recompression chambers in Hurghada and Marsa Alam. Not offshore. Getting a diver there takes hours and costs money, and in most cases the chamber wants paying before treatment starts.
Normal travel insurance almost never covers what we do. Read the small print and you'll find something like "recreational scuba to 18m" or "excludes diving below 30m". Plenty of dives on a southern itinerary go past that on a perfectly normal profile.
We've been running safaris since 2008. We've watched insured guests get treated quickly and fly home fine. We've also watched what happens when there's no cover. Buy the policy.
WHAT IT COSTS WITHOUT COVER
Same Hit, Two Divers, Two Very Different Days
This is why we don't make exceptions.
Without insurance
Day 4 at Daedalus, symptoms after the second dive. The crew puts the diver on oxygen and calls the chamber in Hurghada, five hours away by boat. The chamber asks for a €4,000 deposit before they'll start. The diver can't cover it, so family at home start trying to wire money. With a spinal hit, every hour of waiting counts.
This happensWith DAN or Diveassure
Same dive, same symptoms. The policy number goes over the radio to the chamber before the anchor is up. DAN's hotline deals with the chamber directly, and treatment starts the moment the diver arrives. Eight weeks later they're back in the water on another trip.
How it should goOn This Boat, It's Not Optional.
The Egyptian coast guard checks every guest's paperwork on Day 2, and dive insurance is on their list. No insurance means no diving, and we can't refund dives you miss because of it. It's the same reason we check your cert card: we want everyone back on the boat after every dive, and home safe at the end of the week.
The Two Providers We Recommend
Both accepted by the Egyptian coast guard · Both cover liveaboard diving · Both do the job
DAN — Divers Alert Network
Ask any instructor which dive insurance to get and most will say DAN. They've been doing dive emergency response since 1980, and theirs is the number chambers and liveaboard crews call first.
- Full DCS and recompression cover, no session limit
- Evacuation from offshore dive sites, worldwide
- 24/7 hotline answered by dive medicine doctors
- Recreational, tech and Nitrox diving all covered
- Annual plans with unlimited dives, better value than single-trip cover
- Known and accepted by the coast guard and hospitals in Egypt
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Diveassure
Made for people who dive from boats. Most travel policies treat diving as an add-on. Diveassure starts with diving and builds the rest around it, trip cancellation included.
- DCS, barotrauma and other diving injuries
- Evacuation cover that includes remote offshore sites
- Trip cancellation and curtailment as standard
- No depth limit, so tech and Nitrox are fine
- Optional cover for lost or damaged gear
- Certificate arrives instantly by email, just forward it to us
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What to Check in Any Dive Policy
DAN, Diveassure or someone else: read the policy for these before you pay.
DCS cover with no session cap
Some cheap policies stop at one or two chamber sessions. A bad hit can need more than that. Look for no limit.
Evacuation from the dive site
Some policies only pay for transport between hospitals. You need cover that starts at the boat.
No depth limit, or at least 40m
A 30m cap rules out a lot of normal Red Sea liveaboard diving. Know where your limit is before you descend.
Nitrox covered
We fill Nitrox 32% free on every dive. A few older policies still exclude enriched air, so check.
A 24/7 emergency line
If something happens at 3am at anchor, someone has to pick up. Make sure the line is staffed around the clock.
Instant digital certificate
We need your policy details before departure. A certificate you can download straight away makes that easy.
WHAT STANDARD TRAVEL INSURANCE USUALLY LEAVES OUT
What Guests Ask Us Before Every Trip
Straight answers.
Get Insured, Then Book Your Safari
Or the other way round. Just have both sorted at least 10 days before you fly. Questions? Message us on WhatsApp.