Blue Ocean Dive Centers & Resorts is a Red Sea diving network with dive centers on Abu Dabbab Beach in Marsa Alam and at Old Palace Resort in Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, plus its own lodge and liveaboard. Founded 14 years ago, Blue Ocean runs daily boat trips, speedboat diving and shore diving to well-known Red Sea sites such as Elphinstone Reef, Abu Dabbab, Daedalus Reef, the Brothers Islands and Shaab Sataya, as well as overnight mini-safari trips it pioneered from Marsa Alam. The centers offer the full PADI course range from Discover Scuba and Open Water through Advanced, Rescue, specialties and professional-level Go Pro courses (Divemaster, Instructor Development, IDC Staff Instructor), taught by a multilingual international team. Guests can also stay at the eco-style Abu Dabbab Lodge, a 62-bungalow property on Abu Dabbab Bay nature reserve, and join the liveaboard Lady M on multi-day itineraries. Blue Ocean and its Abu Dabbab operations have won TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice and Certificate of Excellence awards, and the centers also run a marine ecosystems conservation program and rent a full range of dive equipment.