The Umbi Seafood Restaurant is said to be Sharm's best kept secret! The raised outdoor verandah is on the beach with stunning views over to Tiran Island. The restaurant has a true Bedouin feel with its beautiful sandstone cobbled floor, wooden and tile tables, and atmospheric lantern lighting. There is also an indoor dining room with a natural rock wall and ambient lighting making it the perfect place to relax after a hard day diving!

There is a buffet breakfast which is served here daily. You will find a wide selection of fruit, yogurt, cereal, breads and pastries. There are also hot food options and a choice of freshly cooked eggs.

Lunch and dinner menus contain a selection of freshly caught fish and seafood. Umbi’s star Chef also creates a variety of dishes from across the globe such as pasta dishes, pizza, burgers, sandwiches, and salads along with tasty tagines, grilled meats, and plenty of vegetarian options.

There is also a Beach Bar offering lunchtime treats, coffee, cold drinks, fruit juices and milkshakes. It is open from 8am until late afternoon.

Sharks Bay have a Bedouin Tent that has wonderful beach views and is located next to the Seafood Restaurant. Here you can enjoy shisha (wate r pipe) alongside Arabic coffees, Bedouin tea and a variety of hot and cold drinks. This is the ideal place to end your day catching up with friends by moonlight, relaxing with the sound of the lapping waves in the background.

With the enormous diversity of the Sharm El Sheikh dive sites and the surrounding areas of the South Sinai, there really is something for every level of diver to enjoy, non-divers are always welcome on-board to snorkel at suitable sites. Many of the most popular Red Sea wrecks can easily be reached on a daily diving trip from Sharks Bay Umbi. Every week there is a scheduled departure to the world-famous World War II shipwreck SS Thistlegorm along with regular trips to the steamship SS Dunraven, popular for both its interesting history and teeming marine life. Other wrecks such as the Rosalie Muller, Carnatic and Giannis D can be dived from one of our Freedom liveaboard boats.

Each diving day starts around 8am with a stroll along the beach from the dive centre to jetty. The daily diving boats leave from the jetty just 70m from the PADI 5* Dive Resort which is great news for divers as no need to worry about lengthy transfers each morning. Furthermore, as the resort owns the jetty, their boats are usually the first to get away! On your journey to some of the best dive sites in the Red Sea your guide will brief you about the day and various safety procedures. After the first dive a delicious hot buffet lunch is provided on board. Afterwards you will generally move to a second dive site for the afternoon dive. Occasionally the plan may alter due to weather conditions or at diver’s requests. Finally, the daily diving boats arrive back at the jetty between 4pm and 5pm.

The standard 5-day package offers 2 dives a day at a variety of sites within the National Park. This includes the world-famous dive sites of Ras Mohammed and the Straits of Tiran. In the summer, the team arrange special daily diving trips to try and spot the elusive hammerhead sharks at the back of Jackson Reef in Tiran. The beautiful house reef is the perfect choice for people who do not always want to commit to a full day on the boat but still want to enjoy their Red Sea diving. With plenty to see, the house reef is a great place for underwater photography and snorkelers as well as for people who want to learn to dive or increase their diving knowledge with one of the PADI diving courses. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to experience the Sharks Bay Umbi house reef at night and watch a whole new underwater world come to life under the glow of your torch beam. Everything changes as daytime creatures retire and the nocturnal ones wake up.