Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Israel

This site is great for beginner divers. There are several dive shops that will rent out equipment to any certified diver. It is extremely easy to find the site. There is a buoy tied to the ship and you can leave your car keys and get directions at any of the local shops. This dive site can be dived at any time of day or night (please notify a dive shop and they will notify the authorities) I love this site because it is just really cool and an easy dive. From Eilat airport: take the road south towards the coral beach reserve. Continue driving about 3 miles south towards the Taba crossing. Take a left into the "Reef" hotel. You can park anywhere in the "Village Beach" parking lot and gear up. Take the walkway to the left of the restaurant entrance right into the water. The dive site is located at a depth of 20 meters. It is a sunken, decommissioned missile boat. Have fun.

Bottlenose dolphins enclosed in a natural pool by nets. Shore entry from Dolphin Reef Dive Centre

This is a large pinnacle with two big cracks. Just north of he Princess Hotel. The Lighthouse is also known as The Caves.

The 46m long Sufa Missile Boat sunk in 1994. Approx 1 mile south of Dolphin Reef. The wreck is only 50m offshore. Satil Wreck is also known as Sufa Wreck, Sufa Missile Boat, Soufa.

Coral beach is a wide sloaping coral reef. There are coral pinnacles over a sandy seabed. The depper pinnacles are the better ones. Approx 200m south of the Aquasport Dive Center

The 15m long Yatush Gunboat was intentionnaly sunk in august 1987 for divers. Approx 400m south of the Sufa Wreck, just in front of the Aquasport Diving Center. Yatush Wreck is also known as Yatush Gunboat Wreck, Yatouche.

Just 50m north of the Egyptian border.

South of Coral Beach dive site. Need to pay an entrance fee (natural reserve). Moses Rock is also known as Nature Reserve.

Very nice living corals. Jacks, barracudas, Whitetip reef sharks. Many table top corals. Needle fish, Unicorn fish and Moray eel. Moses rock, a tower, surrounded by schools of fish. South to Moses Rock dive site. Entrance fee (marine reserve). Site is reachable either by boat ride, or by swimming south from the reserve entrance.

A nice Mediterranean rocky reef with a system of small caves and creeks. Ask for directions at the dive club inside the marina, which is adjacent to the site.

Dive the submerged Ceasaria old city Dive site is marked with numbered signs. 2 Dive areas - Old City, Caverns. Numbered signs start after encircling the Wave barrier. Ceasaria Maritima Old City is also known as קיסריה.

This is a 40m long wreck lying parallel to the slope. About 3 miles west to the Jaffa harbour. Wreck marked by a buoy. Approx 15min by boat. Sea Wolf is also known as זאב הים.

The site is centred around a big underwater wall covered with corals and plants. Many sea creatures are attracted to the site: squids, small rays, sea-turtles and big fish. The site is part of the Achziv National park. The Site is accessible via the various diving clubs which take out boats to this areas. It is a little far to swim from the coast. IDF Navy Permission is recommended and for some sites required in this area.

artificial reef-building University Beach area

There are a number of entry points to the sea along the beach here. use the drift to have a long and scenic dive. Veronica Beach is also known as Neptune's table; חוף ורוניקה.

Caves is also known as מערות.

Swim North East from the Satil Wreck, about 50m and you are in the area. Paradise is also known as פרדייס.

The caverns have been created by the sea currents. The dive's peak is the big pool inside the Rosh Hanikra visitor park. The site is inside the Rosh Hanikra visitor site. Access to the site is by swimming from the steps before the entry to the site - or by boat in proximity to the cave enterence. Diving in the site requires IDF Navy clearance and the dive needs to be done with a local diving instructor to my knowledge.