I have dived in the red sea dozens of times over decades. There are many solid dive operations. It's probably at least a notch or two above the rest of (edit: E

I have dived in the red sea dozens of times over decades. There are many solid dive operations. It's probably at least a notch or two above the rest of (edit: Egyptian) society since it's a bit of a bubble that works mostly with foreigners. Still not up to western standards but also not as bad as you make it sound. It's one of the world's most popular diving destinations and incident rates aren't that high. There are many good instructors but you do have to be more careful. These days there are a lot of Russians due to the war with Ukraine I imagine some of them have found work in the dive industry. The last time I visited was 2 years ago and there were certainly a lot of Russians but I didn't dive with them. EDIT: I generally dislike Egypt, everyone smokes, an oppressive government. Third world. I'm not sure I'll go diving there again. But my experience with boat diving has been good, that's the only part of Egypt I like ;) I've had dives in Hawaii that felt less safe with instructors chasing people that bolt to the surface and other near misses and generally questionably run operations. I think the key in these third world countries is to chose specific operators.