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Originally Posted by chinacat46
I've heard it's best to do a liveaboard out of Hurghada. Get to the good stuff and get away from the crowds.
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The liveaboards out of Hurghada and Sharm are pretty much the same. There isn't much of an advantage departing from Hurghada vs Sharm (or vice versa) if you are just there to get on a boat.
Most of Northern Red Sea liveaboard itineraries out of Sharm and Hurghada overlap on about half their route anyway.
So leaving on a liveaboard from either location is fine.
I would just avoid going to Hurghada if you were only going to do day boat stuff... It would be just as crowded as Sharm, but the reefs in Hurghada are more kicked over and the diving isn't as diverse because you don't usually go to the Straits of Tiran on a dayboat from Hurghada. (And Jackson, Thomas, and Woodhouse Reefs in Straits are great!!)