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Dive in the Red Sea
There are 2 means to acquaintance diving Egypt:
Red Sea live aboards on the added hand , are consistently a top best for those who appetite to see added than any land-based break can offer. These dive cruises can booty you about the best of the Arctic (Sinai Peninsula and the Hurghada wrecks) or the Southern Red Sea. Breathtaking diving, absurd boats and alarming boarded backdrop all anticipate you here.
Diving
Season
The Red Sea is a accomplished best for diving any time of year but the baptize temperatures do alter significantly. From June to August the baptize can ability 30°C but it avalanche to a arctic 22°C in February. Do accompany an adapted acknowledgment clothing for the time of year - arctic hemisphere winter = 5 or 7 mm abounding length, arctic hemisphere summertime = 3 mm shortie to long.
Air temperatures in Egypt ability 40°C (104°F) in August and abatement to 20°C (68°F) in the winter (December to February), which may additionally behest back you travel.
Whale bluff division occurs from the end of May until the end of July back this majestic animal can be spotted mainly in the arctic Red Sea but additionally actuality and there in the south. To attestant the charge runs you charge to go amid the end of December and the alpha of February.
Reef Summary :
Good for: Wreck diving, value-for-money, visibility, bank dives and ample animals
Not so acceptable for: Small animals
Depth: 5m - > 40m
Visibility: 20m - > 40m
Currents: Gentle - strong
Surface conditions: Calm, can be inclement in some places
Water temperature: 22°C - 30°C
Experience level: Beginner - advanced
Number of dive sites: >200
Access: Egypt live aboards and Red Sea day trips
Recommended breadth of stay: 1 - 2 weeks
Explore Egypt Underwater
The Red Sea is a accomplished best for diving any time of year but the baptize temperatures do alter significantly. From June to August the baptize can ability 30°C but it avalanche to a arctic 22°C in February. Do accompany an adapted acknowledgment clothing for the time of year - arctic hemisphere winter = 5 or 7 mm abounding length, arctic hemisphere summertime = 3 mm shortie to long.
Air temperatures in Egypt ability 40°C (104°F) in August and abatement to 20°C (68°F) in the winter (December to February), which may additionally behest back you travel.
Whale bluff division occurs from the end of May until the end of July back this majestic animal can be spotted mainly in the arctic Red Sea but additionally actuality and there in the south. To attestant the charge runs you charge to go amid the end of December and the alpha of February.
Reef Summary :
Good for: Wreck diving, value-for-money, visibility, bank dives and ample animals
Not so acceptable for: Small animals
Depth: 5m - > 40m
Visibility: 20m - > 40m
Currents: Gentle - strong
Surface conditions: Calm, can be inclement in some places
Water temperature: 22°C - 30°C
Experience level: Beginner - advanced
Number of dive sites: >200
Access: Egypt live aboards and Red Sea day trips
Recommended breadth of stay: 1 - 2 weeks
Explore Egypt Underwater
• Hurghada
Abu Nuhas Rosalie Moller
• Sharm El Sheikh
• Dunraven • Ras Mohammed
• Shag Rock • HMS Thistlegorm
Abu Nuhas Rosalie Moller
• Sharm El Sheikh
• Dunraven • Ras Mohammed
• Shag Rock • HMS Thistlegorm
Southern Region
• Red Sea South
1 - The Abu Nuhas Wrecks In the Shadwan Channel, aloof off the arctic bank of Shadwan Island (the Egyptian Red Sea's better island) arctic of Hurghada, lies Shaab Abu Nuhas Reef. This abysmal beach has brought casual ships added than a fair allotment of bad luck. There are 5 burden shipwrecks now lying off its arctic slopes so if you get pleasure bones diving again this allotment of the Red Sea is for you. In adjustment from west to east ...
The Giannis D, a 100m accepted burden barge congenital in Japan but beneath Greek ownership, hit the Abu Nuhas Beach at abounding angle on 19 April 1983. The ship, burdened with timber, sank to 24mwith the ascetic and bow still complete but amidships is now a channelled mess. The agent allowance at a abyss of 13 m offers accessible and superb assimilation through clouds of glass fish.
You can investigate the multilevel apartment and passageways actuality for octopus and behemothic moray eel. The bow mast extends out angular from the boat, creating a abundant atom to chase for scorpion fish, gobies and nudibranchs. To end your dive you can artlessly ascend the capital mast up to the shallows at 4m and accomplish your assurance stop there.
The British congenital Carnatic is one of the oldest bones dives in the Red Sea and is abounding defined favourite at Abu Nuhas. It hit the beach actuality on 12 September 1869, burdened with gold, wine and affection on avenue to India. The burden address initially counterbalanced on top of the beach but afterwards 36 hours it succumbed to the elements and its fate, snapping in two and biconcave alongside to the beach at 24m. The aggregation and cartage managed to accomplish use of the adjournment by artifice on lifeboats to Shadwan Island, 3 km to the south. However, 31 lives were absent on the island due to the algid nights whilst cat-and-mouse for accomplishment to arrive. All the gold was appreciably salvaged some 2 months afterwards by addition British ship.
Now a aeon and a bisected later, this 90m continued bones lies on its anchorage ancillary in appreciably acceptable condition. Its board attic has addle abroad to acknowledge its adamant ribbed close holds, lending the dive an awesome activity of actuality central the ashen charcoal of some gigantic aged whale. You can dive the absolute breadth of the ship, attractive into its holds abounding of sweepers, glassfish and a few batfish.
The anatomy is awkward with bendable corals and hydroids and is home to nudibranchs such as the Chromodoris quadricolor andPhylidiella pustulosa. Be accurate back you access actuality back abounding burst bottle wine bottles abide on its floor. You can end your dive by either ascendance up the beacon band appear the bow of the baiter from 12m or accomplish your way up the adjoining beach abruptness bedeviled by blaze corals and bicolor pullers.
The Chrisoula K was a 98m Greek registered freighter that sank on 31 August 1981, burdened with attic tiles. The address lies with its ascetic and ballista at 26m and its bow in bank baptize at alone 3m. It sits added or beneath cocked but the ascetic is boring separating. The bones offers affluence of swim-throughs and assimilation diving opportunities but beware of the abundant obstructions such as collapsed beams and poles. Its architecture is now encrusted with a band of adamantine corals, and is home to flatworms, lionfish, Arabian Picasso triggerfish, and antic beach wrasse. Dolphins additionally canyon by actuality occasionally.
The Kimon M is the centermost of the Red Sea wrecks aural recreational diving base here. Its ascetic lies on the seabed at 32m, with its bow shallower at 15m. This 120m German burden barge sank on 12 December 1978, burdened with lentils. Initially the baiter sat cocked on the beach but afterwards currents and wind pushed the address into added baptize on its starboard side. Much of its burden and agent were recovered afterwards its sinking. The bones harboursseveral altered breed of pipefish.
The Sea star is the 5th ambush at Abu Nuhas, but back it lies in baptize 90m deep, it is not frequently dived, and absolutely not by recreational Red Sea divers.
Shaab Abu Nuhas Beach Basics: Red Sea bones diving
Depth: 5 - 32m ,, Visibility: 20 - 30m
Currents: Can be strong ,, Surface conditions: Choppy
Water temperature: 22 - 28°C ,, Number of dive sites: 6
Experience level: Beginner - advanced
Diving season: All year round
Distance: 40 km (2½ hrs) arctic of Hurghada, 50 km (3½ hrs) SW of Sharm El Sheikh
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Diving in Sharm El Sheikh
Sinai Peninsula Dive Sites
Egypt's Sinai Peninsula lies at the acute arctic end of the Red Sea, cut off on its west bank from the Egyptian acreage by the Gulf of Suez, and from the Arabian peninsula on its east bank by the Gulf ofAqaba. This breadth has had a rather blood-soaked accomplished but that doesn't stop defined absorption to see this underwater wonderland now.
Sharm El Sheikh, amid absolutely abutting to the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, is the best accepted dive destination in the Red Sea and is the abandonment anchorage for abounding liveaboard safaris about the peninsula and the arctic Red Sea, as able-bodied as for diving day trips from the bounded anniversary resorts.
The bounded Sharm El Sheikh dive sites are generally acclimated for apprentice diver training and for addition dives. However, you don't charge to biking far afore you ability the agitative stuff.
To the east at the aperture of the Gulf of Aqaba lies Tiran Island and the Straits of Tiran, acclaimed for their superb reefs and ample angle and bluff action. To the south lies Egypt's aboriginal abyssal adequate breadth and civic park, Ras Mohammed, with its colourfulbendable apricot walls and active abyssal life. And over on the west bank of the Sinai Peninsula but still calmly accessed on Sharm El Sheikh diving day trips, is the apple acclaimed Thistlegorm Apple War II shipwreck. No cruise to the Red Sea would be complete after a dive or two here.
It should not be abandoned too that Sharm El Sheikh is not so far from the arctic Hurghada dive sites so wrecks such as the RosalieMoller and the Abu Nuhas ancestors of wrecks are generally visited by Sinai liveaboards abandonment from Sharm.
This resort boondocks is Egypt's premiere dive destination and offers its tourists aggregate they could ambition for. Nightlife, best restaurants, arcade opportunities and arid safaris, scuba diving inSharm El Sheikh is convenient, assorted and abundant amount for money.
Highlights
HMS Thistlegorm - with its actual burden of Apple War II accouterment and equipment, all neatly stowed in its accessible holds, the Thistlegorm would be a diving highlight anywhere in the world, not aloof in Sharm El Sheikh.
It couldn't accept been added calmly amid for diver analysis if it had been scuttled for the actual purpose rather than sunk by German bombers. This best acclaimed of Sinai Peninsula dives, the best accepted dive armpit in the world, has to be accomplished several times to absolutely acknowledge all its wonders.
Straits of Tiran - the 4 beach systems that accomplish up the Tiranbreadth - Jackson Reef, Woodhouse Reef, Thomas Reef, Gordon Beach - are accepted with accomplished and adventuresome defined that appointment Sharm El Sheikh. The apricot beach plateaus are loaded with angle activity and the abysmal bank bead offs action the befalling of encounters with hammerhead sharks, abyssal angle and casual tiger sharks. On Jackson Beach you are best acceptable to see hammerheads from July to September.
Ras Mohammed
still Egypt's best accepted abyssal park, Ras Mohammed's amnion off the tip of the Sinai Peninsula accept been adequate from fishing back the 1980s, and it shows ... Drifting forth the bank from Bluff Beach to Yolanda Reef, you are generally acceptable to appointment casual trevally and barracuda that common the Sharm El Sheikh scuba diving arena for breeding. The reefs accept become safe havens to abounding of the Red Sea's ancient angle species.
Day trips from Sharm El Sheikh will appointment the bounded dive sites, as able-bodied as the Straits of Tiran, Ras Mohammed, the Thistlegorm , the Dunraven, and alike up to the Blue Hole at Dahab. Day trips are acceptable for those that adopt to beddy-bye on land, but circadian biking times can be as continued as 3 hours anniversary way.
Diving Season
It is accessible to dive Sharm El Sheikh all year round. Baptize temperatures in the Sinai Peninsula aiguille at 27-28°C during July to September. After the European summer time the temperatures abatement from 27-25°C in October and November. They abide bottom ward from December to January, afore extensive an anniversary low of 22°C in February. The baptize warms up afresh from 23-26°C amid March and June.
Reef Summary
Good for: Wreck diving, value-for-money, bank diving, underwater photography, alluvion dives and visibility
Not so acceptable for: Small animals
Depth: 5m - >40m
Visibility: 20m - 30m
Currents: Gentle - moderate
Surface conditions: Generally calm
Water temperature: 22°C - 28°C
Experience level: Beginner - advanced
Number of dive sites: ~40
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Sinai Peninsula Dive Sites
Egypt's Sinai Peninsula lies at the acute arctic end of the Red Sea, cut off on its west bank from the Egyptian acreage by the Gulf of Suez, and from the Arabian peninsula on its east bank by the Gulf ofAqaba. This breadth has had a rather blood-soaked accomplished but that doesn't stop defined absorption to see this underwater wonderland now.
Sharm El Sheikh, amid absolutely abutting to the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, is the best accepted dive destination in the Red Sea and is the abandonment anchorage for abounding liveaboard safaris about the peninsula and the arctic Red Sea, as able-bodied as for diving day trips from the bounded anniversary resorts.
The bounded Sharm El Sheikh dive sites are generally acclimated for apprentice diver training and for addition dives. However, you don't charge to biking far afore you ability the agitative stuff.
To the east at the aperture of the Gulf of Aqaba lies Tiran Island and the Straits of Tiran, acclaimed for their superb reefs and ample angle and bluff action. To the south lies Egypt's aboriginal abyssal adequate breadth and civic park, Ras Mohammed, with its colourfulbendable apricot walls and active abyssal life. And over on the west bank of the Sinai Peninsula but still calmly accessed on Sharm El Sheikh diving day trips, is the apple acclaimed Thistlegorm Apple War II shipwreck. No cruise to the Red Sea would be complete after a dive or two here.
It should not be abandoned too that Sharm El Sheikh is not so far from the arctic Hurghada dive sites so wrecks such as the RosalieMoller and the Abu Nuhas ancestors of wrecks are generally visited by Sinai liveaboards abandonment from Sharm.
This resort boondocks is Egypt's premiere dive destination and offers its tourists aggregate they could ambition for. Nightlife, best restaurants, arcade opportunities and arid safaris, scuba diving inSharm El Sheikh is convenient, assorted and abundant amount for money.
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Highlights
HMS Thistlegorm - with its actual burden of Apple War II accouterment and equipment, all neatly stowed in its accessible holds, the Thistlegorm would be a diving highlight anywhere in the world, not aloof in Sharm El Sheikh.
It couldn't accept been added calmly amid for diver analysis if it had been scuttled for the actual purpose rather than sunk by German bombers. This best acclaimed of Sinai Peninsula dives, the best accepted dive armpit in the world, has to be accomplished several times to absolutely acknowledge all its wonders.
Straits of Tiran - the 4 beach systems that accomplish up the Tiranbreadth - Jackson Reef, Woodhouse Reef, Thomas Reef, Gordon Beach - are accepted with accomplished and adventuresome defined that appointment Sharm El Sheikh. The apricot beach plateaus are loaded with angle activity and the abysmal bank bead offs action the befalling of encounters with hammerhead sharks, abyssal angle and casual tiger sharks. On Jackson Beach you are best acceptable to see hammerheads from July to September.
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still Egypt's best accepted abyssal park, Ras Mohammed's amnion off the tip of the Sinai Peninsula accept been adequate from fishing back the 1980s, and it shows ... Drifting forth the bank from Bluff Beach to Yolanda Reef, you are generally acceptable to appointment casual trevally and barracuda that common the Sharm El Sheikh scuba diving arena for breeding. The reefs accept become safe havens to abounding of the Red Sea's ancient angle species.
Day trips from Sharm El Sheikh will appointment the bounded dive sites, as able-bodied as the Straits of Tiran, Ras Mohammed, the Thistlegorm , the Dunraven, and alike up to the Blue Hole at Dahab. Day trips are acceptable for those that adopt to beddy-bye on land, but circadian biking times can be as continued as 3 hours anniversary way.
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Diving Season
It is accessible to dive Sharm El Sheikh all year round. Baptize temperatures in the Sinai Peninsula aiguille at 27-28°C during July to September. After the European summer time the temperatures abatement from 27-25°C in October and November. They abide bottom ward from December to January, afore extensive an anniversary low of 22°C in February. The baptize warms up afresh from 23-26°C amid March and June.
Reef Summary
Good for: Wreck diving, value-for-money, bank diving, underwater photography, alluvion dives and visibility
Not so acceptable for: Small animals
Depth: 5m - >40m
Visibility: 20m - 30m
Currents: Gentle - moderate
Surface conditions: Generally calm
Water temperature: 22°C - 28°C
Experience level: Beginner - advanced
Number of dive sites: ~40
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Sharm El Sheikh Diving
The Dunraven Wreck
The 80m long Dunraven steamship was built in Newcastle, England in
1873. In March 1876, on her voyage up the Suez from India to the UK, she caught
fire and sank to the seabed at 30m off Shaab Mahmoud, south of Sharm El Sheikh,
with her cargo of cotton and wool. The wreck was only rediscovered in 1979.
Depth: 18 - 28m
Visibility:
Visibility: 25 - 30m
Currents:
Currents: Gentle to moderate
Surface conditions:
Surface conditions: Generally calm
Water temperature:
Water temperature: 22 - 28°C
Experience level:
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites:
Number of dive sites: 1
Diving season:
Diving season: All year round
Distance:
Distance: 25 km (1½ hrs) southwest of Sharm El Sheikh, 65 km (4½ hrs) north of Hurghada
The cavernous hull is adorned with soft corals and black corals
and is full of schooling goatfish and glassfish, squirrelfish and a few
groupers andmoray eels. Pass some ballast stones, the large boiler
room and several breaks in the hull until you reach the bow at 15m. Here you
can ascend and swim back along the upper surface of the ship.
The exterior of the hull is now covered in hard corals, with sea
whips and gorgonians hanging from the vertical sections. It's a great place to
spot nudibranchs, crocodilefish, scorpionfish and colourful clouds of fairy
basslets.
Rather than ascending up the buoy line to end your dive, you might
choose instead to swim over the the reef slope. This is one ofthe top Sharm El
Sheikh dive sites for fish density - the marine life here is very lively with a
good chance to see Napoleon wrasse andturtles.
Overall, the Dunraven may not offer the spectacular artifacts of
the Thistlegorm but then it doesn't attract huge crowds of
divers from Sharm El Sheikh either, so it will definitely be worth your while
to include it in your Sharm El Sheikh diving holiday.
Dunraven Reef Basics: Wreck dive
Sharm El Sheikh Diving
The Dunraven Wreck
The 80m continued Dunraven steamship was congenital in Newcastle, England in 1873. In March 1876, on her boating up the Suez from India to the UK, she bent blaze and sank to the seabed at 30m offShaab Mahmoud, south of Sharm El Sheikh, with her burden of affection and wool. The bones was alone rediscovered in 1979.
The bones now lies in 2 pieces, with its ascetic and ample assumption ballista to the arctic and the Sinai Peninsula beach to the west. It's accessible to dive the absolute breadth of the ship'sautogenous so access at the centermost area - the stern.
The alveolate bark is adorned with bendable corals and atramentouscorals and is abounding of ancestry goatfish and glassfish, squirrelfishand a few groupers and moray eels. Pass some balance stones, the ample boiler allowance and several break in the bark until you ability the bow at 15m. Actuality you can arise and bathe aback forth the high apparent of the ship.
The exoteric of the bark is now covered in adamantine corals, with sea whips and gorgonians blind from the vertical sections. It's a abundant abode to atom nudibranchs, crocodilefish, scorpionfish andcolourful clouds of bogie basslets.
Rather than ascendance up the beacon band to end your dive, you ability accept instead to bathe over the the beach slope. This is oneofthe top Sharm El Sheikh dive sites for angle body - the abyssal activity actuality is actual active with a acceptable adventitious to see Napoleon wrasse and turtles.
Overall, the Dunraven may not action the amazing artifacts of theThistlegorm but again it doesn't allure huge crowds of defined fromSharm El Sheikh either, so it will absolutely be account your while to accommodate it in your Sharm El Sheikh diving holiday.
Dunraven Beach Basics: Bones dive
Depth: 18 - 28m
Visibility: 25 - 30m
Currents: Gentle to moderate
Surface conditions: Generally calm
Water temperature: 22 - 28°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: 1
Diving season: All year round
Distance: 25 km (1½ hrs) southwest of Sharm El Sheikh, 65 km (4½ hrs) arctic of Hurghada
The Dunraven Wreck
The 80m continued Dunraven steamship was congenital in Newcastle, England in 1873. In March 1876, on her boating up the Suez from India to the UK, she bent blaze and sank to the seabed at 30m offShaab Mahmoud, south of Sharm El Sheikh, with her burden of affection and wool. The bones was alone rediscovered in 1979.
The bones now lies in 2 pieces, with its ascetic and ample assumption ballista to the arctic and the Sinai Peninsula beach to the west. It's accessible to dive the absolute breadth of the ship'sautogenous so access at the centermost area - the stern.
The alveolate bark is adorned with bendable corals and atramentouscorals and is abounding of ancestry goatfish and glassfish, squirrelfishand a few groupers and moray eels. Pass some balance stones, the ample boiler allowance and several break in the bark until you ability the bow at 15m. Actuality you can arise and bathe aback forth the high apparent of the ship.
The exoteric of the bark is now covered in adamantine corals, with sea whips and gorgonians blind from the vertical sections. It's a abundant abode to atom nudibranchs, crocodilefish, scorpionfish andcolourful clouds of bogie basslets.
Rather than ascendance up the beacon band to end your dive, you ability accept instead to bathe over the the beach slope. This is oneofthe top Sharm El Sheikh dive sites for angle body - the abyssal activity actuality is actual active with a acceptable adventitious to see Napoleon wrasse and turtles.
Overall, the Dunraven may not action the amazing artifacts of theThistlegorm but again it doesn't allure huge crowds of defined fromSharm El Sheikh either, so it will absolutely be account your while to accommodate it in your Sharm El Sheikh diving holiday.
Dunraven Beach Basics: Bones dive
Depth: 18 - 28m
Visibility: 25 - 30m
Currents: Gentle to moderate
Surface conditions: Generally calm
Water temperature: 22 - 28°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: 1
Diving season: All year round
Distance: 25 km (1½ hrs) southwest of Sharm El Sheikh, 65 km (4½ hrs) arctic of Hurghada
Scuba Diving in the Red Sea
Shag Rock
Shag Rock is aloof 15 account motoring time south west of theThistlegorm and is allotment of the Red Sea beach arrangement accepted as Shaab Ali. It gets its name from the cormorants that sometimes branch on the reef's ablaze beacon, and not afterwards some lover's abstruse rendez vous point, as some may like to think.
On the arctic slopes of Shag Rock lies a wreck, the Kingston, which sank actuality on 22 February 1881. This was an 80m continued accompanying mast steamship that ran ashore and gradually sank to a best abyss of 15m at the stern. The ship's bark and capital accouter anatomy are adequately complete and the Kingston lies cocked in a north-south aspect, the bow extreme up the affable beach slope.
Due to its area abreast the access to the Straits of Gubal, currents can be able here, so its best to bead in to the arctic and use the accepted to alluvion dive assimilate the wreck. Penetration is simple in the bank and accessible close hull. Booty your time to analyze actuality as the bark additionally offers aegis from the prevailing currents; about billow can sometimes be present so do booty care. The anatomy anatomy is awkward with barbate adamantine corals and the bark is home to Arabian angelfish and groupers.
When you're done with bones exploration, aloof accompany up with the beach abruptness and alluvion with the accepted to the south. The beach is absolutely beauteous with its densely arranged apricot fields and accurate layers of Acropora table corals to the south east. Yellowtail goatfish and bluelined snappers anatomy big schools here.
Shag Rock Beach Basics: Bones and reef
Depth: 5 - 25m
Visibility: 20 - 30m
Currents: Can be strong
Surface conditions: Can be choppy
Water temperature: 22 - 28°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: 2
Diving season: All year round
Distance: 45 km (3½ hrs) southwest of Sharm El Sheikh, 60 km (4¼ hrs) arctic of Hurghada
Ras Mohammed Civic Park
About 20 km south of Sharm El Sheikh, on a abbreviate peninsula appear the best southern tip of Sinai, lies Ras Mohammed, the aboriginal and best kept civic esplanade in Egypt. The breadth can be accessed from both resorts and liveaboard diving cruises.
It is said that the name is from a wind-carved bluff in the area, which resembles the appearance of Prophet Mohammed, believed to accept visited actuality in the 7th century.
Surrounded by fringing apricot reefs that emerged afterwards a change in the bank 70,000 years ago, the esplanade is characterisedby vertical overhangs at atomic 100m deep. Due to its breadth on the Sinai Peninsula at the best of the Abysm of Suez and the Abysm of Aqaba, the accumulation amnion of capricious salinity from anniversary abysm has resulted in a amazing arrangement of beach and abyssal fish, assorted apricot beach and abundant sea walls; ideal for some acclaimed Red Sea scuba diving on the Sinai Peninsula.
Because of its aberrant adorableness and accurate significance, the Egyptian government declared Ras Mohammed a adequate breadth in 1983, at the time with an breadth of alone 97 km². The esplanade has back been continued to 480 km² and is a success today because of bounded acquaintance and the rangers who convoying the breadth and surrounding seas. Diving is accustomed in appointed areas alone and visitors charge leave the esplanade by sunset. It is believed to be one of alone a few accepted day-tripper areas in the apple that has no arising acquittal in to its waters.
Highlights
The afterward dive sites in Ras Mohammed Marine Esplanade crave appropriate mention:
Shark Beach & Yolanda Beach - Surely the award-winning of RasMohammed, this on the Sinai Peninsula beach offers an befalling to spy every distinct breed of angle in the Red Sea. Watch out forscorpionfish, not often apparent on added dive sites, as able-bodied as the bones of the Yolanda.
Anemone City - Get bent up in the hustle and bustle of this active underwater city with sprawling highways and by-ways of adamantine and bendable corals. Prolific anemone's harbour a abiding association of anemonefish, but with affluence of added angle breed to accord it a absolutely catholic feel.
Diving Sinai Peninsula
Ras Mohammed Civic Park
About 20 km south of Sharm El Sheikh, on a abbreviate peninsula appear the best southern tip of Sinai, lies Ras Mohammed, the aboriginal and best kept civic esplanade in Egypt. The breadth can be accessed from both resorts and liveaboard diving cruises.
It is said that the name is from a wind-carved bluff in the area, which resembles the appearance of Prophet Mohammed, believed to accept visited actuality in the 7th century.
Surrounded by fringing apricot reefs that emerged afterwards a change in the bank 70,000 years ago, the esplanade is characterisedby vertical overhangs at atomic 100m deep. Due to its breadth on the Sinai Peninsula at the best of the Abysm of Suez and the Abysm of Aqaba, the accumulation amnion of capricious salinity from anniversary abysm has resulted in a amazing arrangement of beach and abyssal fish, assorted apricot beach and abundant sea walls; ideal for some acclaimed Red Sea scuba diving on the Sinai Peninsula.
Because of its aberrant adorableness and accurate significance, the Egyptian government declared Ras Mohammed a adequate breadth in 1983, at the time with an breadth of alone 97 km². The esplanade has back been continued to 480 km² and is a success today because of bounded acquaintance and the rangers who convoying the breadth and surrounding seas. Diving is accustomed in appointed areas alone and visitors charge leave the esplanade by sunset. It is believed to be one of alone a few accepted day-tripper areas in the apple that has no arising acquittal in to its waters.
Highlights
The afterward dive sites in Ras Mohammed Marine Esplanade crave appropriate mention:
Shark Beach & Yolanda Beach - Surely the award-winning of RasMohammed, this on the Sinai Peninsula beach offers an befalling to spy every distinct breed of angle in the Red Sea. Watch out forscorpionfish, not often apparent on added dive sites, as able-bodied as the bones of the Yolanda.
Anemone City - Get bent up in the hustle and bustle of this active underwater city with sprawling highways and by-ways of adamantine and bendable corals. Prolific anemone's harbour a abiding association of anemonefish, but with affluence of added angle breed to accord it a absolutely catholic feel.
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How to Dive Ras Mohammed
Diving the Sinai Peninsula is mainly by day-trip baiter and so a resort break will accordingly be your best option. See our Sharm El Sheikh resorts advice for a best line-up.
However, if you're planning on diving Ras Mohammed, a liveaboard is your best advantage to maximise your diving time on these adorable dive sites. Check out our Sinai liveaboards for the best selection.
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Diving Season
Ras Mohammed, as allotment of the Sinai Peninsula, favours the diver all year round, with warmest baptize in summertime (June to August). Colder amnion are accustomed in and about February time.
This is the best breadth in the Sinai Peninsula to see ancestry barracudas from mid July until September.
Reef Summary
Good for: Beach activity and bloom and alluvion dives
Not so acceptable for: Beginner divers
Depth: 5 - >40m
Visibility: 10 - 40m
Currents: Moderate - strong
Surface conditions: Generally calm
Water temperature: 20 - 28°C
Experience level: Beginner - advanced
Number of dive sites: >12
Distance: 16 km (1 hr) southwest of Sharm El Sheikh, 65 km (4½ hrs) northeast of Hurghada
About 20 km south of Sharm El Sheikh, on a abbreviate peninsula appear the best southern tip of Sinai, lies Ras Mohammed, the aboriginal and best kept civic esplanade in Egypt. The breadth can be accessed from both resorts and liveaboard diving cruises.
It is said that the name is from a wind-carved bluff in the area, which resembles the appearance of Prophet Mohammed, believed to accept visited actuality in the 7th century.
Surrounded by fringing apricot reefs that emerged afterwards a change in the bank 70,000 years ago, the esplanade is characterisedby vertical overhangs at atomic 100m deep. Due to its breadth on the Sinai Peninsula at the best of the Abysm of Suez and the Abysm of Aqaba, the accumulation amnion of capricious salinity from anniversary abysm has resulted in a amazing arrangement of beach and abyssal fish, assorted apricot beach and abundant sea walls; ideal for some acclaimed Red Sea scuba diving on the Sinai Peninsula.
Because of its aberrant adorableness and accurate significance, the Egyptian government declared Ras Mohammed a adequate breadth in 1983, at the time with an breadth of alone 97 km². The esplanade has back been continued to 480 km² and is a success today because of bounded acquaintance and the rangers who convoying the breadth and surrounding seas. Diving is accustomed in appointed areas alone and visitors charge leave the esplanade by sunset. It is believed to be one of alone a few accepted day-tripper areas in the apple that has no arising acquittal in to its waters.
Highlights
The afterward dive sites in Ras Mohammed Marine Esplanade crave appropriate mention:
Shark Beach & Yolanda Beach - Surely the award-winning of RasMohammed, this on the Sinai Peninsula beach offers an befalling to spy every distinct breed of angle in the Red Sea. Watch out forscorpionfish, not often apparent on added dive sites, as able-bodied as the bones of the Yolanda.
Anemone City - Get bent up in the hustle and bustle of this active underwater city with sprawling highways and by-ways of adamantine and bendable corals. Prolific anemone's harbour a abiding association of anemonefish, but with affluence of added angle breed to accord it a absolutely catholic feel.
Diving Sinai Peninsula
Ras Mohammed Civic Park
About 20 km south of Sharm El Sheikh, on a abbreviate peninsula appear the best southern tip of Sinai, lies Ras Mohammed, the aboriginal and best kept civic esplanade in Egypt. The breadth can be accessed from both resorts and liveaboard diving cruises.
It is said that the name is from a wind-carved bluff in the area, which resembles the appearance of Prophet Mohammed, believed to accept visited actuality in the 7th century.
Surrounded by fringing apricot reefs that emerged afterwards a change in the bank 70,000 years ago, the esplanade is characterisedby vertical overhangs at atomic 100m deep. Due to its breadth on the Sinai Peninsula at the best of the Abysm of Suez and the Abysm of Aqaba, the accumulation amnion of capricious salinity from anniversary abysm has resulted in a amazing arrangement of beach and abyssal fish, assorted apricot beach and abundant sea walls; ideal for some acclaimed Red Sea scuba diving on the Sinai Peninsula.
Because of its aberrant adorableness and accurate significance, the Egyptian government declared Ras Mohammed a adequate breadth in 1983, at the time with an breadth of alone 97 km². The esplanade has back been continued to 480 km² and is a success today because of bounded acquaintance and the rangers who convoying the breadth and surrounding seas. Diving is accustomed in appointed areas alone and visitors charge leave the esplanade by sunset. It is believed to be one of alone a few accepted day-tripper areas in the apple that has no arising acquittal in to its waters.
Highlights
The afterward dive sites in Ras Mohammed Marine Esplanade crave appropriate mention:
Shark Beach & Yolanda Beach - Surely the award-winning of RasMohammed, this on the Sinai Peninsula beach offers an befalling to spy every distinct breed of angle in the Red Sea. Watch out forscorpionfish, not often apparent on added dive sites, as able-bodied as the bones of the Yolanda.
Anemone City - Get bent up in the hustle and bustle of this active underwater city with sprawling highways and by-ways of adamantine and bendable corals. Prolific anemone's harbour a abiding association of anemonefish, but with affluence of added angle breed to accord it a absolutely catholic feel.
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How to Dive Ras Mohammed
Diving the Sinai Peninsula is mainly by day-trip baiter and so a resort break will accordingly be your best option. See our Sharm El Sheikh resorts advice for a best line-up.
However, if you're planning on diving Ras Mohammed, a liveaboard is your best advantage to maximise your diving time on these adorable dive sites. Check out our Sinai liveaboards for the best selection.
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Diving Season
Ras Mohammed, as allotment of the Sinai Peninsula, favours the diver all year round, with warmest baptize in summertime (June to August). Colder amnion are accustomed in and about February time.
This is the best breadth in the Sinai Peninsula to see ancestry barracudas from mid July until September.
Reef Summary
Good for: Beach activity and bloom and alluvion dives
Not so acceptable for: Beginner divers
Depth: 5 - >40m
Visibility: 10 - 40m
Currents: Moderate - strong
Surface conditions: Generally calm
Water temperature: 20 - 28°C
Experience level: Beginner - advanced
Number of dive sites: >12
Distance: 16 km (1 hr) southwest of Sharm El Sheikh, 65 km (4½ hrs) northeast of Hurghada
Diving in Sharm El Sheikh
HMS Thistlegorm Wreck
The Thistlegorm, on the west bank of the Sinai Peninsula and 40 km from Sharm El Sheikh, is the best accepted and best accepted bones dive in the Red Sea. The 125m continued British army freighter sank afterwards aloof 18 months of her barrage in April 1940. Heraftermost boating commenced on the 2nd of June 1941 as she sailed to Alexandria and was loaded with wartime aliment during Apple War II. A continued account of account includes tanks, aircraft, armouredvehicles, Jeeps and Bedford trucks.
In animosity of actuality abreast endemic and operated, the HMSThistlegorm was about adapted with a 4" anti-aircraft gun and a abundant calibre apparatus gun aback she was drafted for war duty.
The address laid ballast at what was anticipation a safe breadth arctic of the Straits of Gubal, today accepted as Shag Rock. The address was to advance through the Suez Canal aloft accepting instructions.
But it was never to be. In the aboriginal hours of 6th October 1941 the Thistlegorm was breach in 2 and sank about instantly afterwards actuality hit by 2 bombs from a German continued ambit bomber. The hit alone blew a aperture in the anchorage ancillary of Hold no. 5 but again burden catchbasin armament ignited, causing the aggregate of the damage.
All but 9 of the aggregation able and the Thistlegorm accomplished its final comatose abode 30m abysmal on the albino sea bed, breadth she lies cocked with her ascetic breadth afar from the capital anatomy by 20m. The address is abundantly complete except for theappulse breadth but the breach bark reveals the invaluable cargo, breadth trucks, motorbikes, a alternation and alike Wellington boots can be seen.
On the ascetic the accoutrements abide in accomplished action and the bang breadth is blowzy with artillery. The armpit offers so abundant to see that it takes 2 canicule of diving aloof to acclimatize yourself.
The Thistlegorm was rediscovered by Jacques Cousteau in 1956 and is arguably the best approved afterwards scuba diving bones in the world. It is anticipation that Sharm El Sheikh's Thistlegorm is the best frequently dived armpit in the world. Indeed, so abounding defined access the bones circadian that abounding of the holds accept air pockets trapped adjoin their ceilings. With its holds abounding of Apple War II relics, it is little admiration that it holds such allure to so abounding divers.
The bones sits cocked on the seabed at 33m. To dive the bow breadth you can alight assimilate the capital accouter breadth at15m and access Hold no. 1 from a ample aboveboard access way in the attic abutting to the capital ballast chains. The address has 2 levels in its holds and it is accessible to bathe through the bones from Hold 1 to 3, application the centralized abutting doorways at a best abyss of 25m.
Diving central this breadth of the Thistlegorm you'll acquisition BSAmotorbikes, Morris automobiles, Bedford trucks, trailers and armouredcars, stowed deeply abroad as if still accessible for use, abounding still with elastic tyres and bottle windows intact.
Holds 1 and 2 additionally accommodate Lee Enfield rifles, whilst Hold 3 has bombs, armament crates, grenades and anti-tank mines. The are additionally bags of boots and shoes broadcast beyond the holds and some additional genitalia for tanks and planes. Abyssal activity in these holds is bound to some baby squadrons of soldierfish and sweepers. There is no apricot advance central the silted holds.
Amidships is breadth you can see the abounding force of the confusion that took place. The bark has been forcibly bald aback actuality by the explosions to acknowledge the ship's belly - ample boxes of armament shells and arms lying amid the Thistlegorm's burst wreckage. There are abounding lionfish actuality and schools ofblackspotted sweetlips booty apartment from the currents. An chaotic Bren Carrier catchbasin lies on the anchorage ancillary and a adaptable agent sits on the sea bed here, befuddled aerial by the blast.
Towards the ascetic you'll acquisition 2 apparatus accoutrements on turrets, blind alarmingly over the anchorage ancillary breadth the ascetic has listed, added advertence to the hostilities of the period. The ample ballista is calmly articular already you bathe about the rear of the address at 32m.
As you accomplish your way aback up and beyond the top of theThistlegorm advancing the end of your dive, you'll acquisition a active abyssal scene. Orange-spotted and Heber's trevally coursing schools of fusiliers, ample schools of teira batfish chase defined around, crocodilefish lie hidden on the accouter floor, and a hawksbill turtle or two besom accomplished in chase of food, assertive afterwards abounding years of common encounters with Red Sea divers.
The bones is best dived in the aboriginal morning from a liveaboard, afore the circadian boats access and about-face the armpit into a affluent diver soup. But the Thistlegorm accurately charcoal the Red Sea and Sharm El Sheikh's foremost diving attraction.
Thistlegorm Reef Basics: Bones diving
Depth: 16 - 33m
Visibility: 15 - 25m
Currents: Can be strong
Surface conditions: Generally calm
Water temperature: 22 - 28°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: 3
Diving season: All year round
Distance: 40 km (3 hrs) west of Sharm El Sheikh, 65 km (4½ hrs) arctic of Hurghada
Access: Daytrips and liveaboards
HMS Thistlegorm Wreck
The Thistlegorm, on the west bank of the Sinai Peninsula and 40 km from Sharm El Sheikh, is the best accepted and best accepted bones dive in the Red Sea. The 125m continued British army freighter sank afterwards aloof 18 months of her barrage in April 1940. Heraftermost boating commenced on the 2nd of June 1941 as she sailed to Alexandria and was loaded with wartime aliment during Apple War II. A continued account of account includes tanks, aircraft, armouredvehicles, Jeeps and Bedford trucks.
In animosity of actuality abreast endemic and operated, the HMSThistlegorm was about adapted with a 4" anti-aircraft gun and a abundant calibre apparatus gun aback she was drafted for war duty.
The address laid ballast at what was anticipation a safe breadth arctic of the Straits of Gubal, today accepted as Shag Rock. The address was to advance through the Suez Canal aloft accepting instructions.
But it was never to be. In the aboriginal hours of 6th October 1941 the Thistlegorm was breach in 2 and sank about instantly afterwards actuality hit by 2 bombs from a German continued ambit bomber. The hit alone blew a aperture in the anchorage ancillary of Hold no. 5 but again burden catchbasin armament ignited, causing the aggregate of the damage.
All but 9 of the aggregation able and the Thistlegorm accomplished its final comatose abode 30m abysmal on the albino sea bed, breadth she lies cocked with her ascetic breadth afar from the capital anatomy by 20m. The address is abundantly complete except for theappulse breadth but the breach bark reveals the invaluable cargo, breadth trucks, motorbikes, a alternation and alike Wellington boots can be seen.
On the ascetic the accoutrements abide in accomplished action and the bang breadth is blowzy with artillery. The armpit offers so abundant to see that it takes 2 canicule of diving aloof to acclimatize yourself.
The Thistlegorm was rediscovered by Jacques Cousteau in 1956 and is arguably the best approved afterwards scuba diving bones in the world. It is anticipation that Sharm El Sheikh's Thistlegorm is the best frequently dived armpit in the world. Indeed, so abounding defined access the bones circadian that abounding of the holds accept air pockets trapped adjoin their ceilings. With its holds abounding of Apple War II relics, it is little admiration that it holds such allure to so abounding divers.
The bones sits cocked on the seabed at 33m. To dive the bow breadth you can alight assimilate the capital accouter breadth at15m and access Hold no. 1 from a ample aboveboard access way in the attic abutting to the capital ballast chains. The address has 2 levels in its holds and it is accessible to bathe through the bones from Hold 1 to 3, application the centralized abutting doorways at a best abyss of 25m.
Diving central this breadth of the Thistlegorm you'll acquisition BSAmotorbikes, Morris automobiles, Bedford trucks, trailers and armouredcars, stowed deeply abroad as if still accessible for use, abounding still with elastic tyres and bottle windows intact.
Holds 1 and 2 additionally accommodate Lee Enfield rifles, whilst Hold 3 has bombs, armament crates, grenades and anti-tank mines. The are additionally bags of boots and shoes broadcast beyond the holds and some additional genitalia for tanks and planes. Abyssal activity in these holds is bound to some baby squadrons of soldierfish and sweepers. There is no apricot advance central the silted holds.
Amidships is breadth you can see the abounding force of the confusion that took place. The bark has been forcibly bald aback actuality by the explosions to acknowledge the ship's belly - ample boxes of armament shells and arms lying amid the Thistlegorm's burst wreckage. There are abounding lionfish actuality and schools ofblackspotted sweetlips booty apartment from the currents. An chaotic Bren Carrier catchbasin lies on the anchorage ancillary and a adaptable agent sits on the sea bed here, befuddled aerial by the blast.
Towards the ascetic you'll acquisition 2 apparatus accoutrements on turrets, blind alarmingly over the anchorage ancillary breadth the ascetic has listed, added advertence to the hostilities of the period. The ample ballista is calmly articular already you bathe about the rear of the address at 32m.
As you accomplish your way aback up and beyond the top of theThistlegorm advancing the end of your dive, you'll acquisition a active abyssal scene. Orange-spotted and Heber's trevally coursing schools of fusiliers, ample schools of teira batfish chase defined around, crocodilefish lie hidden on the accouter floor, and a hawksbill turtle or two besom accomplished in chase of food, assertive afterwards abounding years of common encounters with Red Sea divers.
The bones is best dived in the aboriginal morning from a liveaboard, afore the circadian boats access and about-face the armpit into a affluent diver soup. But the Thistlegorm accurately charcoal the Red Sea and Sharm El Sheikh's foremost diving attraction.
Thistlegorm Reef Basics: Bones diving
Depth: 16 - 33m
Visibility: 15 - 25m
Currents: Can be strong
Surface conditions: Generally calm
Water temperature: 22 - 28°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: 3
Diving season: All year round
Distance: 40 km (3 hrs) west of Sharm El Sheikh, 65 km (4½ hrs) arctic of Hurghada
Access: Daytrips and liveaboards
Diving in the Southern Red Sea
Encounters with Abyssal Sharks
Over contempo years liveaboards to the Southern Red Sea accept developed badly in popularity, to such an admeasurement that fresh towns accept sprang up bottomward the Egyptian bank to facilitate such activity. The acceptance of such diving trips ability alike battling that of Arctic Red Sea, and absolutely best accomplished defined would now arch beeline for the south.
This change in address has taken abode partly due to liveaboarddivers' alternative to abstain the hustle of active day cruise diving and resort towns such as Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada. But additionally because accomplished defined accept appear torecognise the huge attractions that the Southern Red Sea reefs have, such as common encounters with abyssal sharks, ample schools of angle and advantageous apricot beach systems.
Scuba diving with amphibian whitetip sharks is a attenuate accident the apple over. This alarming predator was already anticipation to be one of the best alarming angle in the sea and prefers amphibian waters, far abroad from apricot reefs. However, the Southern Red Sea reefs' abutting adjacency to abysmal amnion provides an ideal ambiance to accompany defined abutting up to these and added abyssal sharks.
Other sharks that you can see actuality with regularity accommodate hammerhead sharks, thresher sharks and silvertip sharks, as able-bodied as affluence of the accepted beach sharks that best defined are accustomed with.
Not agreeable with big bluff action, the Southern Red Sea's apricot beach systems are convalescent and added active than their arctic counterparts. Volumes are acceptable for both beyond beach angle breed such as snappers, unicornfish and groupers, and for abyssal angle such as trevally and tuna.
Most of the diving in the Southern Red Sea is forth abysmal walls, about some areas of the Abysmal South additionally action arresting maze-like reefs with lots of tunnels and crags for exploration, a few wrecks and some cloistral accolade for night diving.
However, it charge be acclaimed that the Red Sea south of Hurghadais apparent to some able adopted currents, has abysmal sites and common apparent swells. This agency that liveaboard dive trips actuality are not for beginners. But for those with the all-important abilities and experience, this breadth offers the best amazing scuba diving the Red Sea has to offer.
Highlights
The Brother Islands are attainable by liveaboard abandoned as the apparent breadth in the average of the Red Sea leaves it accessible to the whims of nature, abnormally the prevailing winds. This could accomplish for arduous diving conditions.
However already you accommodated the Brothers, the rewards absolutely accomplish the challenges worthwhile. The Brother Islands action beauteous bank dives forth the ambit with amazing underwater scenery. The walls are absolutely awkward with bendable corals and huge forests of gorgonians. As the abandoned cogent reefs in the area, the Brothers action the audible befalling to atom a array of actual ample abyssal angle not frequently begin at added dive sites.
Deep South - abounding defined are alpha to acknowledge the wonders of the Abysmal South Red Sea. This breadth includes St. John's Reefs, as able-bodied as the abyssal parks of Zabargad and Rocky islands. The array of diving environments is the capital allure here, with wrecks, tunnels, mazes and bank bays, as able-bodied as the added accepted Southern Red Sea dive profiles of abrupt walls, abysmal plateaus, alluvion dives, and big angle and sharks. From the end of December to the alpha of February you can apprehend to see ample application in accolade all forth the bank here.
The breadth is still alien and not visited frequently by best of theliveaboards so you can get pleasure all this with a greater amount of confinement afresh in added genitalia of the Egypt.
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How to Dive the Southern Red Sea
Liveaboard diving trips run out of Hurghada, Marsa Ghalib and MarsaAlam. Departures out of Hurghada tend to focus abandoned on the Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone areas. To ability the added Abysmal South sites such as Zabargad, St. John's and Rocky Island, boats will abandon from added bottomward the bank at Marsa Ghaliband Marsa Alam.
Due to the continued distances complex and the adopted breadth of abounding of the sites, it is abandoned accessible to dive all of these sites by liveaboard. Day trips are not possible, except to Elphinstoneabandoned which is abutting to Marsa Alam.
Note additionally that according to Egyptian law, it is all-important for defined to appearance affidavit of 50 logged dives afore they can dive in its abyssal parks.
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Diving Season
The Southern Red Sea is hardly warmer than its arctic counterpart. Temperatures aiguille at 28-30°C amid July and September. After these months the temperatures bead a little to 27-28°C in October and November. They abide from December to February to abatement from 26-23°C. After the best low of February, temperatures balmy up afresh from 24-27°C amid March and June.
There are 2 airy seasons that can affect Red Sea liveaboard cruise schedules. The summertime apprehension can draft from May to September, and the stronger winter apprehension can accept abrogating after-effects from October to April. An aspect of adventitious comes into comedy back planning liveaboard trips in the Southern Red Sea but usually dive cruises will be re-routed if the apprehension are too able to captain on the originally planned routes.
In May and June Amphibian whitetip sharks can frequently be apparent in the St. John's area, and from October till the end of the year at Elphinstone and the Southern Red Sea. Thresher bluff division occurs in the Autumn and Winter months about the adopted islands and reefs of the Brothers and Daedalus. Hammerheads can be apparent at Daedalus in the summertime time back big congregations of females are admiring there.
Reef Summary
Good for: Ample animals, beach activity and health, bank diving,alluvion dives, visibility, and value-for-money
Not so acceptable for: Small animals, abecedarian divers, and non-diving activities
Depth: 5m - >40m
Visibility: 15m - 35m
Currents: Can be stong
Surface conditions: Can be rough
Water temperature: 23 - 30°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: ~125
Access: Red sea liveaboards
Recommended breadth of stay: 1 - 2 weeks
Encounters with Abyssal Sharks
Over contempo years liveaboards to the Southern Red Sea accept developed badly in popularity, to such an admeasurement that fresh towns accept sprang up bottomward the Egyptian bank to facilitate such activity. The acceptance of such diving trips ability alike battling that of Arctic Red Sea, and absolutely best accomplished defined would now arch beeline for the south.
This change in address has taken abode partly due to liveaboarddivers' alternative to abstain the hustle of active day cruise diving and resort towns such as Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada. But additionally because accomplished defined accept appear torecognise the huge attractions that the Southern Red Sea reefs have, such as common encounters with abyssal sharks, ample schools of angle and advantageous apricot beach systems.
Scuba diving with amphibian whitetip sharks is a attenuate accident the apple over. This alarming predator was already anticipation to be one of the best alarming angle in the sea and prefers amphibian waters, far abroad from apricot reefs. However, the Southern Red Sea reefs' abutting adjacency to abysmal amnion provides an ideal ambiance to accompany defined abutting up to these and added abyssal sharks.
Other sharks that you can see actuality with regularity accommodate hammerhead sharks, thresher sharks and silvertip sharks, as able-bodied as affluence of the accepted beach sharks that best defined are accustomed with.
Not agreeable with big bluff action, the Southern Red Sea's apricot beach systems are convalescent and added active than their arctic counterparts. Volumes are acceptable for both beyond beach angle breed such as snappers, unicornfish and groupers, and for abyssal angle such as trevally and tuna.
Most of the diving in the Southern Red Sea is forth abysmal walls, about some areas of the Abysmal South additionally action arresting maze-like reefs with lots of tunnels and crags for exploration, a few wrecks and some cloistral accolade for night diving.
However, it charge be acclaimed that the Red Sea south of Hurghadais apparent to some able adopted currents, has abysmal sites and common apparent swells. This agency that liveaboard dive trips actuality are not for beginners. But for those with the all-important abilities and experience, this breadth offers the best amazing scuba diving the Red Sea has to offer.
Highlights
The Brother Islands are attainable by liveaboard abandoned as the apparent breadth in the average of the Red Sea leaves it accessible to the whims of nature, abnormally the prevailing winds. This could accomplish for arduous diving conditions.
However already you accommodated the Brothers, the rewards absolutely accomplish the challenges worthwhile. The Brother Islands action beauteous bank dives forth the ambit with amazing underwater scenery. The walls are absolutely awkward with bendable corals and huge forests of gorgonians. As the abandoned cogent reefs in the area, the Brothers action the audible befalling to atom a array of actual ample abyssal angle not frequently begin at added dive sites.
Deep South - abounding defined are alpha to acknowledge the wonders of the Abysmal South Red Sea. This breadth includes St. John's Reefs, as able-bodied as the abyssal parks of Zabargad and Rocky islands. The array of diving environments is the capital allure here, with wrecks, tunnels, mazes and bank bays, as able-bodied as the added accepted Southern Red Sea dive profiles of abrupt walls, abysmal plateaus, alluvion dives, and big angle and sharks. From the end of December to the alpha of February you can apprehend to see ample application in accolade all forth the bank here.
The breadth is still alien and not visited frequently by best of theliveaboards so you can get pleasure all this with a greater amount of confinement afresh in added genitalia of the Egypt.
Send your diving holidays enquiry
How to Dive the Southern Red Sea
Liveaboard diving trips run out of Hurghada, Marsa Ghalib and MarsaAlam. Departures out of Hurghada tend to focus abandoned on the Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone areas. To ability the added Abysmal South sites such as Zabargad, St. John's and Rocky Island, boats will abandon from added bottomward the bank at Marsa Ghaliband Marsa Alam.
Due to the continued distances complex and the adopted breadth of abounding of the sites, it is abandoned accessible to dive all of these sites by liveaboard. Day trips are not possible, except to Elphinstoneabandoned which is abutting to Marsa Alam.
Note additionally that according to Egyptian law, it is all-important for defined to appearance affidavit of 50 logged dives afore they can dive in its abyssal parks.
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Have a attending through our Frequently asked questions
Diving Season
The Southern Red Sea is hardly warmer than its arctic counterpart. Temperatures aiguille at 28-30°C amid July and September. After these months the temperatures bead a little to 27-28°C in October and November. They abide from December to February to abatement from 26-23°C. After the best low of February, temperatures balmy up afresh from 24-27°C amid March and June.
There are 2 airy seasons that can affect Red Sea liveaboard cruise schedules. The summertime apprehension can draft from May to September, and the stronger winter apprehension can accept abrogating after-effects from October to April. An aspect of adventitious comes into comedy back planning liveaboard trips in the Southern Red Sea but usually dive cruises will be re-routed if the apprehension are too able to captain on the originally planned routes.
In May and June Amphibian whitetip sharks can frequently be apparent in the St. John's area, and from October till the end of the year at Elphinstone and the Southern Red Sea. Thresher bluff division occurs in the Autumn and Winter months about the adopted islands and reefs of the Brothers and Daedalus. Hammerheads can be apparent at Daedalus in the summertime time back big congregations of females are admiring there.
Reef Summary
Good for: Ample animals, beach activity and health, bank diving,alluvion dives, visibility, and value-for-money
Not so acceptable for: Small animals, abecedarian divers, and non-diving activities
Depth: 5m - >40m
Visibility: 15m - 35m
Currents: Can be stong
Surface conditions: Can be rough
Water temperature: 23 - 30°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: ~125
Access: Red sea liveaboards
Recommended breadth of stay: 1 - 2 weeks
Diving in the Southern Red Sea
Encounters with Abyssal Sharks
Over contempo years liveaboards to the Southern Red Sea accept developed badly in popularity, to such an admeasurement that fresh towns accept sprang up bottomward the Egyptian bank to facilitate such activity. The acceptance of such diving trips ability alike battling that of Arctic Red Sea, and absolutely best accomplished defined would now arch beeline for the south.
This change in address has taken abode partly due to liveaboarddivers' alternative to abstain the hustle of active day cruise diving and resort towns such as Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada. But additionally because accomplished defined accept appear torecognise the huge attractions that the Southern Red Sea reefs have, such as common encounters with abyssal sharks, ample schools of angle and advantageous apricot beach systems.
Scuba diving with amphibian whitetip sharks is a attenuate accident the apple over. This alarming predator was already anticipation to be one of the best alarming angle in the sea and prefers amphibian waters, far abroad from apricot reefs. However, the Southern Red Sea reefs' abutting adjacency to abysmal amnion provides an ideal ambiance to accompany defined abutting up to these and added abyssal sharks.
Other sharks that you can see actuality with regularity accommodate hammerhead sharks, thresher sharks and silvertip sharks, as able-bodied as affluence of the accepted beach sharks that best defined are accustomed with.
Not agreeable with big bluff action, the Southern Red Sea's apricot beach systems are convalescent and added active than their arctic counterparts. Volumes are acceptable for both beyond beach angle breed such as snappers, unicornfish and groupers, and for abyssal angle such as trevally and tuna.
Most of the diving in the Southern Red Sea is forth abysmal walls, about some areas of the Abysmal South additionally action arresting maze-like reefs with lots of tunnels and crags for exploration, a few wrecks and some cloistral accolade for night diving.
However, it charge be acclaimed that the Red Sea south of Hurghadais apparent to some able adopted currents, has abysmal sites and common apparent swells. This agency that liveaboard dive trips actuality are not for beginners. But for those with the all-important abilities and experience, this breadth offers the best amazing scuba diving the Red Sea has to offer.
Highlights
The Brother Islands are attainable by liveaboard abandoned as the apparent breadth in the average of the Red Sea leaves it accessible to the whims of nature, abnormally the prevailing winds. This could accomplish for arduous diving conditions.
However already you accommodated the Brothers, the rewards absolutely accomplish the challenges worthwhile. The Brother Islands action beauteous bank dives forth the ambit with amazing underwater scenery. The walls are absolutely awkward with bendable corals and huge forests of gorgonians. As the abandoned cogent reefs in the area, the Brothers action the audible befalling to atom a array of actual ample abyssal angle not frequently begin at added dive sites.
Deep South - abounding defined are alpha to acknowledge the wonders of the Abysmal South Red Sea. This breadth includes St. John's Reefs, as able-bodied as the abyssal parks of Zabargad and Rocky islands. The array of diving environments is the capital allure here, with wrecks, tunnels, mazes and bank bays, as able-bodied as the added accepted Southern Red Sea dive profiles of abrupt walls, abysmal plateaus, alluvion dives, and big angle and sharks. From the end of December to the alpha of February you can apprehend to see ample application in accolade all forth the bank here.
The breadth is still alien and not visited frequently by best of theliveaboards so you can get pleasure all this with a greater amount of confinement afresh in added genitalia of the Egypt.
Send your diving holidays enquiry
How to Dive the Southern Red Sea
Liveaboard diving trips run out of Hurghada, Marsa Ghalib and MarsaAlam. Departures out of Hurghada tend to focus abandoned on the Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone areas. To ability the added Abysmal South sites such as Zabargad, St. John's and Rocky Island, boats will abandon from added bottomward the bank at Marsa Ghaliband Marsa Alam.
Due to the continued distances complex and the adopted breadth of abounding of the sites, it is abandoned accessible to dive all of these sites by liveaboard. Day trips are not possible, except to Elphinstoneabandoned which is abutting to Marsa Alam.
Note additionally that according to Egyptian law, it is all-important for defined to appearance affidavit of 50 logged dives afore they can dive in its abyssal parks.
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Diving Season
The Southern Red Sea is hardly warmer than its arctic counterpart. Temperatures aiguille at 28-30°C amid July and September. After these months the temperatures bead a little to 27-28°C in October and November. They abide from December to February to abatement from 26-23°C. After the best low of February, temperatures balmy up afresh from 24-27°C amid March and June.
There are 2 airy seasons that can affect Red Sea liveaboard cruise schedules. The summertime apprehension can draft from May to September, and the stronger winter apprehension can accept abrogating after-effects from October to April. An aspect of adventitious comes into comedy back planning liveaboard trips in the Southern Red Sea but usually dive cruises will be re-routed if the apprehension are too able to captain on the originally planned routes.
In May and June Amphibian whitetip sharks can frequently be apparent in the St. John's area, and from October till the end of the year at Elphinstone and the Southern Red Sea. Thresher bluff division occurs in the Autumn and Winter months about the adopted islands and reefs of the Brothers and Daedalus. Hammerheads can be apparent at Daedalus in the summertime time back big congregations of females are admiring there.
Reef Summary
Good for: Ample animals, beach activity and health, bank diving,alluvion dives, visibility, and value-for-money
Not so acceptable for: Small animals, abecedarian divers, and non-diving activities
Depth: 5m - >40m
Visibility: 15m - 35m
Currents: Can be stong
Surface conditions: Can be rough
Water temperature: 23 - 30°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: ~125
Access: Red sea liveaboards
Recommended breadth of stay: 1 - 2 weeks
Encounters with Abyssal Sharks
Over contempo years liveaboards to the Southern Red Sea accept developed badly in popularity, to such an admeasurement that fresh towns accept sprang up bottomward the Egyptian bank to facilitate such activity. The acceptance of such diving trips ability alike battling that of Arctic Red Sea, and absolutely best accomplished defined would now arch beeline for the south.
This change in address has taken abode partly due to liveaboarddivers' alternative to abstain the hustle of active day cruise diving and resort towns such as Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada. But additionally because accomplished defined accept appear torecognise the huge attractions that the Southern Red Sea reefs have, such as common encounters with abyssal sharks, ample schools of angle and advantageous apricot beach systems.
Scuba diving with amphibian whitetip sharks is a attenuate accident the apple over. This alarming predator was already anticipation to be one of the best alarming angle in the sea and prefers amphibian waters, far abroad from apricot reefs. However, the Southern Red Sea reefs' abutting adjacency to abysmal amnion provides an ideal ambiance to accompany defined abutting up to these and added abyssal sharks.
Other sharks that you can see actuality with regularity accommodate hammerhead sharks, thresher sharks and silvertip sharks, as able-bodied as affluence of the accepted beach sharks that best defined are accustomed with.
Not agreeable with big bluff action, the Southern Red Sea's apricot beach systems are convalescent and added active than their arctic counterparts. Volumes are acceptable for both beyond beach angle breed such as snappers, unicornfish and groupers, and for abyssal angle such as trevally and tuna.
Most of the diving in the Southern Red Sea is forth abysmal walls, about some areas of the Abysmal South additionally action arresting maze-like reefs with lots of tunnels and crags for exploration, a few wrecks and some cloistral accolade for night diving.
However, it charge be acclaimed that the Red Sea south of Hurghadais apparent to some able adopted currents, has abysmal sites and common apparent swells. This agency that liveaboard dive trips actuality are not for beginners. But for those with the all-important abilities and experience, this breadth offers the best amazing scuba diving the Red Sea has to offer.
Highlights
The Brother Islands are attainable by liveaboard abandoned as the apparent breadth in the average of the Red Sea leaves it accessible to the whims of nature, abnormally the prevailing winds. This could accomplish for arduous diving conditions.
However already you accommodated the Brothers, the rewards absolutely accomplish the challenges worthwhile. The Brother Islands action beauteous bank dives forth the ambit with amazing underwater scenery. The walls are absolutely awkward with bendable corals and huge forests of gorgonians. As the abandoned cogent reefs in the area, the Brothers action the audible befalling to atom a array of actual ample abyssal angle not frequently begin at added dive sites.
Deep South - abounding defined are alpha to acknowledge the wonders of the Abysmal South Red Sea. This breadth includes St. John's Reefs, as able-bodied as the abyssal parks of Zabargad and Rocky islands. The array of diving environments is the capital allure here, with wrecks, tunnels, mazes and bank bays, as able-bodied as the added accepted Southern Red Sea dive profiles of abrupt walls, abysmal plateaus, alluvion dives, and big angle and sharks. From the end of December to the alpha of February you can apprehend to see ample application in accolade all forth the bank here.
The breadth is still alien and not visited frequently by best of theliveaboards so you can get pleasure all this with a greater amount of confinement afresh in added genitalia of the Egypt.
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How to Dive the Southern Red Sea
Liveaboard diving trips run out of Hurghada, Marsa Ghalib and MarsaAlam. Departures out of Hurghada tend to focus abandoned on the Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone areas. To ability the added Abysmal South sites such as Zabargad, St. John's and Rocky Island, boats will abandon from added bottomward the bank at Marsa Ghaliband Marsa Alam.
Due to the continued distances complex and the adopted breadth of abounding of the sites, it is abandoned accessible to dive all of these sites by liveaboard. Day trips are not possible, except to Elphinstoneabandoned which is abutting to Marsa Alam.
Note additionally that according to Egyptian law, it is all-important for defined to appearance affidavit of 50 logged dives afore they can dive in its abyssal parks.
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Diving Season
The Southern Red Sea is hardly warmer than its arctic counterpart. Temperatures aiguille at 28-30°C amid July and September. After these months the temperatures bead a little to 27-28°C in October and November. They abide from December to February to abatement from 26-23°C. After the best low of February, temperatures balmy up afresh from 24-27°C amid March and June.
There are 2 airy seasons that can affect Red Sea liveaboard cruise schedules. The summertime apprehension can draft from May to September, and the stronger winter apprehension can accept abrogating after-effects from October to April. An aspect of adventitious comes into comedy back planning liveaboard trips in the Southern Red Sea but usually dive cruises will be re-routed if the apprehension are too able to captain on the originally planned routes.
In May and June Amphibian whitetip sharks can frequently be apparent in the St. John's area, and from October till the end of the year at Elphinstone and the Southern Red Sea. Thresher bluff division occurs in the Autumn and Winter months about the adopted islands and reefs of the Brothers and Daedalus. Hammerheads can be apparent at Daedalus in the summertime time back big congregations of females are admiring there.
Reef Summary
Good for: Ample animals, beach activity and health, bank diving,alluvion dives, visibility, and value-for-money
Not so acceptable for: Small animals, abecedarian divers, and non-diving activities
Depth: 5m - >40m
Visibility: 15m - 35m
Currents: Can be stong
Surface conditions: Can be rough
Water temperature: 23 - 30°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: ~125
Access: Red sea liveaboards
Recommended breadth of stay: 1 - 2 weeks
Diving the Red Sea
Elphinstone
Elphinstone is a cigar-shaped beach active north-south and over 300metres in length, amid in the southern Red Sea, abutting to MarsaAlam. It was called afterwards Admiral George Elphinstone, a British argosy administrator who served in Egypt in the Napoleonic wars at the alpha of the 19th century. It's advantageous abyssal activity and underwater landscapes accomplish it one of the best Red Sea diving sites.
The arctic and southern tips of Elphinstone accept 100m advanced plateaus amid 20-40m deep, covered with bendable corals, hugegorgonians, sponges and sea whips. Diving at the Arctic Plateau, it's best to bead in added to the arctic and alluvion assimilate the plateau. Actuality you'll acquisition crowds of redtooth triggerfish, aerial in the current. Giant trevally and abundant barracuda generally coursing actuality and beach sharks are common.
As you bathe afterpiece to the shallows you'll accompany up with the bank covered in gorgonian admirers and intricately carved with overhangs and cracks. This majestic underwater carpeting of the Red Sea is blithely coloured by amethyst and orange anthias, angelfish and emperors go about their circadian business, and flutemouthsmove stealthily through the shallows.
No strangers to Elphinstone's Southern Plateau and frequently spotted are amphibian white tip sharks, acutely consistently accompanied by pilot fish. These sharks assume analytical of defined and generally acknowledgment for a abruptness additional look. Amphibian whitetips are attenuate sightings for defined abroad in the world, so this fish, conceivably added than any other, has appear to represent what's so appropriate about diving in the Red Sea South. Best time for an appointment - October until the end of December.
The Eastern Bank offers awe alarming bank diving, while able currents accomplish this a amazing alluvion dive. The arduous walls attempt abroad angular to airy base of added than 100 metres, covered in a bubble of admirable bendable corals as far as the eye can see. The active angle citizenry appearance barracuda, schools of jacks, angelfish, snappers, Napoleonfish and ample tuna.
The Western Bank is abrupt and so has added ledges and caverns that allure titan triggerfish, soldierfish and squirrelfish.
Elphinstone Beach Basics: Plateaus, bank diving and sharks
Depth: 5 - >40m
Visibility: 20 - 35m
Currents: Can be strong
Surface conditions: Generally Calm
Water temperature: 23 - 30°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: 4
Diving season: All year round
Distance: 25 km arctic of Marsa Alam (1½ hrs), 230 km (14 hrs) south-east of Hurghada
Elphinstone
Elphinstone is a cigar-shaped beach active north-south and over 300metres in length, amid in the southern Red Sea, abutting to MarsaAlam. It was called afterwards Admiral George Elphinstone, a British argosy administrator who served in Egypt in the Napoleonic wars at the alpha of the 19th century. It's advantageous abyssal activity and underwater landscapes accomplish it one of the best Red Sea diving sites.
The arctic and southern tips of Elphinstone accept 100m advanced plateaus amid 20-40m deep, covered with bendable corals, hugegorgonians, sponges and sea whips. Diving at the Arctic Plateau, it's best to bead in added to the arctic and alluvion assimilate the plateau. Actuality you'll acquisition crowds of redtooth triggerfish, aerial in the current. Giant trevally and abundant barracuda generally coursing actuality and beach sharks are common.
As you bathe afterpiece to the shallows you'll accompany up with the bank covered in gorgonian admirers and intricately carved with overhangs and cracks. This majestic underwater carpeting of the Red Sea is blithely coloured by amethyst and orange anthias, angelfish and emperors go about their circadian business, and flutemouthsmove stealthily through the shallows.
No strangers to Elphinstone's Southern Plateau and frequently spotted are amphibian white tip sharks, acutely consistently accompanied by pilot fish. These sharks assume analytical of defined and generally acknowledgment for a abruptness additional look. Amphibian whitetips are attenuate sightings for defined abroad in the world, so this fish, conceivably added than any other, has appear to represent what's so appropriate about diving in the Red Sea South. Best time for an appointment - October until the end of December.
The Eastern Bank offers awe alarming bank diving, while able currents accomplish this a amazing alluvion dive. The arduous walls attempt abroad angular to airy base of added than 100 metres, covered in a bubble of admirable bendable corals as far as the eye can see. The active angle citizenry appearance barracuda, schools of jacks, angelfish, snappers, Napoleonfish and ample tuna.
The Western Bank is abrupt and so has added ledges and caverns that allure titan triggerfish, soldierfish and squirrelfish.
Elphinstone Beach Basics: Plateaus, bank diving and sharks
Depth: 5 - >40m
Visibility: 20 - 35m
Currents: Can be strong
Surface conditions: Generally Calm
Water temperature: 23 - 30°C
Experience level: Intermediate - advanced
Number of dive sites: 4
Diving season: All year round
Distance: 25 km arctic of Marsa Alam (1½ hrs), 230 km (14 hrs) south-east of Hurghada
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