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North
This itinerary combines the most famous wrecks in the northern Red Sea with stunning wall and hard coral garden reef diving.
Dive the famous four wrecks of Abu Nuhas, the Ships' Graveyard. This reef lies close to the ship-lane toward the Suez Canal and has claimed more ships than any other in the Red Sea. The wrecks are very scenic, covered in corals and they are fantastic for photography, especially the Carnatic, having sunk in 1869.
The very famous SS Thistlegorm and the recently discovered Rosalie Mueller are World War II wrecks and one of the highlights of this cruise. The SS Thistlegorm sunk in 1941, having been bombed by the Germans while on a mission to deliver a cargo of ammunition and war materials to the British troops in North Africa. The Rosalie Mueller, a British coal cargo, suffered the same demise only two days later.
You will also visit the reefs off Hurghada which are very rich and wide-ranging.
A variety of colourful walls and hard coral gardens with plenty of colourful
fish make them well worth a visit.
South
Explore the southern most reefs and islands of the Egyptian coast offering pristine and uncrowded diving all year round and the opportunity to explore new and un-dived reefs.
Depart from South and cruise between the reefs of Fury Shoal area, Shaab Maksour and Elphistone aboard your comfortable and luxurious liveaboard vessel.
In the Fury Shoal area, Shaab Maksour with its north and south plateaus offers amazing diving and possibilities to spot hammerhead, grey reef and white-tip sharks while you enjoy the scenery provided by the soft and hard corals in colourful growth.
Swim with big pods of spinner dolphins in the lagoons of Shaab Sataya or explore the ancient amphorae, hard and soft coral gardens and shear walls it has to offer.
For cavern lovers and photographers, Shaab Claude is a dream dive and Shaab Heaven is truly a heavenly dive with its numerous pinnacles sticking closely together and creating a maze of swim-throughs that will make you wonder about nature's miracles.
Deep South
This itinerary covers the coastal section of the southern Red Sea offering stunning diving on a huge variety of reefs, walls as well as hard coral gardens teeming with fish life.
Some of the best dives are made in the early morning when you are most likely to find hammerhead and grey reef sharks circling around the tips of reefs such as on the north plateau of the famous and exposed reef of Elphinstone with its shear walls covered in soft corals.
St Johns is a collection of small reefs offering some of the best diving in the Red Sea. Habili Ali will make even the most experienced of divers sigh with wonder when admiring the forrests of huge fan corals and black corals that populate its walls. At its western end grey reef, silver-tip and big schools of hammerhead sharks may be observed. Have also a look out for the curious and impressive bump-head parrot fish that are typical for the St Johns area.
Shaab Sataya, the largest reef system in Fury Shoal, has it all - shear walls, ancient amphorae and yet another possibility to swim with big pods of friendly and playful spinner dolphins.
Shaab Abu Galawa Saghira with its wonderful hard coral garden in the shape of an amphitheatre is truly memorable.
Brothers
The Brother Islands, the tops of two undersea mountains rising from the depth, are located about 50 nautical miles off-shore, near the town of Quseir. Part of the Marine Park, they offer breathtaking underwater scenery, wall diving along their entire perimeter and the possibility to spot a wide variety of pelagics.
Their walls are covered in soft coralsof all colours, black corals and forrests of fan corals, creating a true feast for the eyes. Big tuna, shoals of jack fish and snappers cruise in the blue accompanied by hammerhead, grey reef, silver-tip, silky and oceanic white-tip sharks and mantas. The thresher shark, an oceanic species, very rarely spotted close to reefs, circles the walls of the Brothers on a regular basis. The huge and spectacular moon fish can also be observed near the reefs.
Like a huge aquarium, all the reef fish in their colourful beauty will meet your eye accompanied by turtles, napoleon fish, shoals of tuna and jack fish and all the pelagics you can think of such as hammerheads, all the reef and oceanic sharks including the very rare thresher shark, mantas and moonfish and the amazing whale shark. Wrecks covered in soft corals, such as the Numibia, will astonish you on the Big Brother Island.
On your way back along the coast you will visit Elphinstone and the Safaga/Hurghada areas. A huge variety of walls and shallow reefs covered in corals and fish of all the colours of the rainbow, enjoying shark sightings and amazing wall and plateau diving at Elphinstone... The list of marvels is endless!
Every area and every reef will leave you with unforgettable memories and the wish to come back as soon as possible to visit the amazing and unique underwater world of the Egyptian Red Sea
Marine Park B/D/E
The Brother Islands, the tops of two undersea mountains rising from the depth, are located about 50 nautical miles off-shore, near the town of Quseir. Part of the Marine Park, they offer breathtaking underwater scenery, wall diving along their whole perimeter and the possibility to spot a wide variety of pelagics.
Their walls are covered in soft corals of all colours, black corals and forests of fan corals creating a true feast for the eyes. Big tuna, shoals of jack fish and snappers cruise in the blue accompanied by hammerhead, grey reef, silver-tip, silky and oceanic white-tip sharks and mantas. The thresher shark, an oceanic species, very rarely spotted close to reefs, circles the walls of the Brothers on a regular basis. The huge and spectacular moonfish can also be observed near the reefs
The Aida II, an Egyptian supply vessel and the Numibia, a cargo ship, lie on the walls of the Big Brother. They are covered in soft and hard corals and they are a real treat.
Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is the most off-shore of all the reefs in the Egyptian Red Sea. It is a big oval reef with a lighthouse and its perimeter of walls offers some of the most stunning diving in the Red Sea. Typical of Daedalus are its huge and pristine hard coral formations and the possibility to spot schooling hammerheads. Thresher sharks, mantas and whale sharks can also be spotted here.
Last but not least, this itinerary finishes with Elphinstone, a truly legendary reef with its north and south plateaus and its walls covered in soft corals. Hammerhead and grey reef sharks can also be spotted here on a regular basis
Marine Park D/R/Z
Enjoy the majesty of the off-shore reefs and the splendour of the coastal ones. The shear walls of Elphinstone Reef plunge steeply into the blue richly decorated with soft and fan corals. The north plateau is home to schooling hammerhead and grey reef sharks with frequent sightings of oceanic white-tip sharks.
Daedalus Reef, also called Abu El Kizan, is the most off-shore of all the reefs in the Egyptian Red Sea. With walls around the whole of its large perimeter, it is famous for its huge hard coral formations, its schooling hammerheads and sightings of thresher sharks and whale sharks. Big napoleon fish can also be observed looking curiously at the divers while you cruise along the shear walls covered in soft corals. Do not forget to pay a visit to its anemone garden with clouds of clown fish protecting them. It is unique in its size and beauty.
Rocky and Zabargad Islands lie close together to the south-east of Ras Banas. Rocky's shear walls are covered in a stunning forrest of soft and fan corals. Juvenile white-tip sharks can be observed sleeping under huge, very scenic overhangs. Mantas, hammerhead and grey reef sharks often visit the island and napoleon fish dance in your bubbles.
Zabargad Island, amazing in its spectacular beauty, was used as a precious stone mine in ancient times. Along its southern side a shallow shelf displays a large number of high pinnacles completely covered in soft corals and clouds of antheas offering amazing diving. The drop-off offers hammerhead, grey reef shark and manta sightings. On its north-eastern side a small shallow wreck can be dived upon.
On the way back you will dive the spectacular and very varied reefs of St Johns offering wall and shelf diving of the most pristine beauty densely populated by all the reef fish and visited by many types of different pelagics. Typical for the area is the impressive and peculiar bump-head parrotfish not seen further north
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About Egypt
The Red Sea or "El Bahar Ahmer" in Arabic, is a narrow, long blue ribbon
lying between the African continent and the Arabian Peninsula. With a length
of 2000 kms and a depth of 2359 mtrs. it is one of the best playgrounds
for scuba diving.
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Many people are able to speak to you about the diving. It is excellent for you, but also for us, since that obliges us to revise our services and to improve us in order to remain above the fray. We are somewhat different from the majority of the centers of diving. |
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