Tourists wearing snorkeling equipment around coral reefs in the Red Sea in Egypt

Clutching to rubber tubes while snorkeling in the Red Sea near Sharm el Sheikh

Tourists in the water of the Red Sea in the Ras Muhammed protected marine park, near the Egyptian town of Sharm el Sheikh. They are here for the snorkeling, with a number of coral reefs nearby (if you look closely, you can see a coral reef just next to these tourists, something that looks shining under the water). Most of this set of tourists are not wearing life vests, and if they do not know swimming, the rubber tube provides an excellent device to help them float. In the photo, you can see some of these tourists with their head under the water, trying to look at what was under the water surface while some of the others are either tired or taking a break and have their heads out of the water.

Man wearing the snorkeling equipment including the life vest, with the head out of the water

A man with his head out of the water. He is wearing the entire snorkeling equipment, with the goggles, air tubes, and the life vest (and that too, a bright colored life vest). This is winter, but the temperature of the water in the Red Sea near Sharm el Sheikh is incredible, and the water was very comfortable. This photo is almost like a poster for doing snorkeling, and was taken in the Ras Muhammad national park in the Sinai peninsula, of a tourist who had come here from Sharm el Sheikh to do snorkeling in the coral reefs in the region.

View of the backside of 2 people swimming face down in the Ras Muhammad national park in Egypt

2 people swimming in the Ras Muhammad protected national park near the town of Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt, near the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula. This is the typical pose of people doing snorkeling, with their eyes covered by a goggle and an air tube projecting up in the air. Both of them are wearing life vests and one of them is also wearing flippers, which can make swimming easier, but which need to be handled properly (however, flippers can hurt very badly if you accidentally tread on somebody's foot with them).

Tourists gathered around a rubber tube in the Ras Muhammad national park in Egypt in the Red Sea

A number of tourists gathered around a rubber tube in the water. This is in the Red Sea, in the Ras Muhammad protected marine park near the town of Sharm el Sheikh. A large number of tourists come to the marine park, for doing snorkeling near the coral reefs. Some of the coral reefs here are small in section, which means that one can easily cover some of these reefs in a few minutes, but with the number of colorful fish around these reefs, one can just be there and watch these fish.

People near Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt, in the coral reefs of the Ras Muhammed marine park

Tourists in different physical modes while doing snorkeling in the Ras Muahmmed marine park in Egypt

Tourists floating, getting ready to float and standing, all in the Ras Muhammed marine park near Sharm el Sheikh in the Red Sea in Egypt. They are all very close to a coral reef, since if you look behind these people, you see a shine in the water, which is that of a coral reef very close to the water surface. All 3 of them (2 ladies and 1 man) are wearing the essential snorkeling equipment (goggles and air tube) while the man is not wearing a life vest and the other 2 are (although in the case of one of them, the life vest has climbed up on the shoulders and does not appear to have been properly fastened).

Man wearing snorkeling equipment emerging from the water and can see the feet of another person wearing a flipper

A man emerging from the water, wearing the goggles and air tube which form the essential part of snorkeling equipment, in the Ras Muhammed protected marine park, near the tourist town of Sharm el Sheikh in the Red Sea. There are a number of coral reefs in the region, and hence there are a number of people who come here to do snorkeling. In this photo, the leg of another person doing snorkeling can also be seen, along with the flipper that they are wearing. The flippers make you more graceful in the water, but can be a pain outside the water, and can hurt badly if you hit somebody with this flipper.

Can see just the back of multiple people wearing snokeling equipment and looking into the water

A large number of people wearing the goggles and air tubes that are a part of snorkeling equipment and currently doing snorkeling in the Ras Muhammed marine park (a protected marine park where no commercial activities are allowed except for tourism). This is a typical posture of people doing snorkeling, where nothing can be seen of the people except for their backs and hair, and the air tubes rising into the air.

Snorkeling in the Ras Muhmmed marine park near Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt

Snorkeling tourists grouped around a rubber tube near Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt

Snorkeling in the waters of the Red Sea in the Ras Muhammed protected marine park near Sharm el Sheikh is very popular. The marine park, located at a distance of between 12-15 km from Sharm el Sheikh is a protected place, with no commercial activity allowed in that area. There are a number of coral reefs located in the marine park, and they attract tourists who come here to snorkel. In this photo, you can see many such tourists clutching onto a rubber tube for support (in fact, two rubber tubes). Some of the tourists are looking into the water, while others are standing upright. In the background, one can see a shine under the water level, which is a coral reef.

Man wearing snorkeling equipment heading towards a rubber tube in the Ras Muhammed park

A man wearing the goggles and air tube which is part of the snorkeling equipment. However, he is not wearing a life vest that many others who do snorkeling end up wearing. There is a rubber tube right in front of him, and this rubber tube acts as an excellent flotation device. The man seems to be heading towards the floating tube, and although this photo shows only one person, the other photos shows a number of tourists all around. If it was only one person, it might end up seeming a bit lonely. The water here is deeper than the height of the person, and hence for those who do not know swimming, the use of either a life vest or such a rubber tube can become essential.

2 people seemingly collaborating while doing snorkeling in the Red Sea

Overall 3 people in the photo, all of them snorkeling in the protected marine park of Ras Muhammed near the Egyptian tourist town of Sharm el Sheikh, all near the Sinai Peninsula. It is always interesting to see people doing snorkeling, since if you have not done it or have not seen it being done, it can look very strange. In this photo, there are 3 people, all with their heads under water and wearing life vests and having air tubes coming out of the water. Snorkeling is only meant to be a water surface sport, since the air needs to be taken from just above the water surface, and hence the look. In addition, in the photo, there seems to be 2 people collaborating on the process of snorkeling, looking at the same thing. From this photo, it is not apparent the level of coral on the surface, although in most of these cases, the coral can be very close to the water surface.

Just heads visible above water while doing snorkeling in the Ras Muhammed marine park in the Red Sea

Another view of heads of people doing snorkeling in the Red Sea, near Sharm el Sheikh, in the Ras Muhammed marine park in Egypt. The typical pose of people doing snorkeling is that of their hair being visible, since they are face down in the water, wearing protective goggles, and with an air tube protruding from the top so that they can get air from above the water surface. It is a very pleasant feeling, relaxing in the water, wearing a life vest and watching the colorful coral reef and the colorful fish that live there. Of course, it will not be pleasant if sharks arrive there, but it very rarely happens, although sharks did attack swimmers in Sharm el Sheikh a couple of years back.

The Ras Muhammed marine park near Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt

People wearing snorkeling equipment and clustered around rubber tubes in the Ras Muhammed marine park near Sharm el Sheikh

Tourists gathered around rubber tubes inside the Ras Muhammed marine park near the tourist town of Sharm el Sheikh, located in the Red Sea near the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula. There are a number of coral reefs in the area, and tourists come here for snorkeling, to enjoy the coral reefs and the colorful marine fish found around these reefs. In the photo, you can see these tourists all gathered around the rubber tubes, which provide a lot of moral support for people who are not comfortable in water that is deeper than their height. What makes an interesting angle is when you look behind the people and you can something shining in the background, which is the presence of coral reefs almost at the water surface.

Girl standing up in the water while the rest of the tourists face down during snorkeling near Sharm el Sheikh

I liked this kind of a photo. There are a number of tourists in the protected marine park called the Ras Muhammed marine park (which is a protected place where there are no commercial activity allowed including fishing, except for tourists - and further, there are a lot of restrictions with the tourists not allowed to even carry back pieces of coral from this location). This is a famous site for snorkeling, with a number of coral formations and the varied and colorful fish that are found in such locations. In this photo, all these visitors are wearing snorkeling equipment, and except for this girl who is standing in the water, everybody else is face down in the water, breathing through their air pipes.

Man wearing snorkeling equipment clutching onto a rubber tube meant for floating

A man at the Ras Muhammed marine park near the Sharm el Sheikh tourist town. Sharm el Sheikh is located on the Red Sea, located close to the southern point of the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. The waters close to Sharm el Sheikh have a lot of attractiveness for tourists, given the excellent water temperature in water, and also the snorkeling and scuba diving that is done close by. In this photo, the rubber tube along with a man wearing snorkeling equipment is shown. The man is not wearing any life vests, so it seems a bit strange that he is clutching onto this tube, except if it is being done for just getting some support rather than to float.