Ras Mohammed is the reason divers come to Sharm El Sheikh at all, and that reason is under the surface rather than on it. The park occupies the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula, where the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba meet, and where the reef stops being a slope and becomes a wall dropping into deep blue.
The current runs along that wall and carries the fish past you, which is why divers describe it as the reef bringing the show rather than the other way round.
How do you get there?
From the water — on a day trip from a Sharm jetty: that is how snorkellers and divers reach it. Every one of these trips is a full day of about eight hours — you leave in the morning and come back in the afternoon — and the boat, not you, deals with the park entrance. There is no two-hour boat version of it.
The five ways in, from €25
| Trip | Operator | Price | Who it is for | Park fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Island & Ras Mohammed snorkelling | Shark Divers | €25 pp | Snorkellers, no certificate | Extra, amount not published |
| Ras Mohamed yacht trip | Hero Diving Center | $35 pp | Anyone; version with an intro dive at $45 | Extra, amount not published |
| Ras Mohammed boat dives | Cinderella Eldawley | €80 pp | Certified divers, two dives | Extra, amount not published |
| Full-day boat diving | Mr. Diver Red Sea | $95 pp | Certified divers, two dives | Included, with the jetty fee |
| One day boat diving | Aqua Sharm | €80 pp | Certified divers, two dives | €10.00 per day, plus 14 % VAT on the total |
What is the park fee, exactly?
It is the entrance charge for the protected area, collected per person per day, and it is not part of the dive price at most centres. Two operators print the number: Aqua Sharm lists a national park fee of €10.00 per day, Story Divers lists 7 €/day. Cinderella, Shark Divers, Hero and the rest name the fee without an amount — so before a booking we ask the operator for the current figure in writing and pass it on.
Who puts the fee inside the price?
One operator removes the question entirely. Mr. Diver Red Sea includes the National Park and jetty fees in its $95, along with transport, breakfast, lunch, drinks and two 12/15-litre nitrox tanks — nothing is collected at the pier. That is unusual enough in Sharm to be worth the comparison.
The park fee is almost never inside the dive price. Only Aqua Sharm (€10 a day) and Story Divers (7 € a day) print it; the rest name it without a figure, so we confirm the amount in writing before booking. The one exception is Mr. Diver, whose $95 already covers the park and the jetty.
Diving it
For certified divers the standard format is two guided dives across a full day. Cinderella Eldawley quotes €80 per person for exactly that, from a centre holding 4.9 on Google from 2,860 reviews as of 3 September 2026 — one of the largest review counts in town.
Aqua Sharm's boat day is also €80, with guide, 12-litre tanks, weights and a transfer from any hotel in Sharm included, and the park fee, lunch and 14 % VAT added afterwards. Mr. Diver's $95 sits above both on the sticker and below at least one of them once the extras land.
Snorkelling it
You do not need a certificate to see Ras Mohammed. Shark Divers run a full day to White Island and Ras Mohammed for €25 per person, which is the cheapest entry to the park in the catalogue; note that snorkelling equipment is not listed as included, so bring your own mask if you have one.
Hero's yacht day is $35 per person, from a centre with 4.9 from 776 reviews, and there is a separate product at $45 that adds an introduction dive — booked in advance rather than paid for on board.
Why is it a wall here and not a sloping reef?
The park sits exactly where the two gulfs meet, and that is the whole geography of the place: deep water arrives close to shore, so the reef has no shallow apron to speak of and turns into a vertical face. For a snorkeller that means the interesting part is directly below you rather than a long swim away. For a diver it means depth is available immediately, and the guide's briefing about the current is not a formality.
How do you count your day honestly?
Three things decide what your day at Ras Mohammed costs: whether you dive or snorkel, whether the park fee is inside the price or collected at the gate, and whether your centre adds VAT. On the cheapest boat, €25 plus an unpublished park fee is still the least you can pay to be inside the park. On the dearest, $95 with everything named is the most predictable. Both are honest answers — they are just answers to different questions.
All figures are the operators' own published prices as of 3 September 2026, in the currency each operator quotes. Where a fee is named without an amount, we confirm the current figure in writing before your booking.
Updated 3 September 2026.
