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This itinerary combines the most famous wrecks in the northern Red Sea with stunning wall and hard coral garden reef diving.
Some cruises will also take you to Ras Mohamed National Park, at the tip of Sinai, famous for its breath-taking walls, rich in soft and fan corals, and populated with huge shoals of fish. Nutrient-rich sediments from the Golf of Aqaba, attract many fish species and also feed the coral polyps, creating a paradise for divers.
We alos offer special wreck trip for those that wish to concentrate of the famous world word wreck that litter the reefs around the straits of Suez.
In between wrecks you may also visit the reefs off Hurghada and Safaga, which are very rich and wide-ranging. A variety of colorful walls and hard coral gardens with plenty of colorful fish make them well worth a visit.
Fourteen square miles of splendidly diverse coral atolls and reefs, located 40km north of the Sudanese border and 20km SW of Zabargad. This reef system has over 10 known dive sites and many more unexplored experiences. In view of its sheltered nature it is accessible all year round and offers great dives in winter and summer. Explore the southern most reefs in the Egyptian Red Sea, offering pristine and un-crowded diving all year round, and the opportunity to explore new and un-dived reefs.
Depart from Marsa Alam or Hamata and cruise between the reefs of Fury Shoal, St Johns and Abu Fandera aboard your comfortable and luxurious liveaboard vessel.
The Brothers' Islands, tops of two undersea mountains rising from the depth, are located about 50 N.M. offshore, at the sa,e lattitude of the town of Quseir. A protected area within the Marine Parks of the Red Sea, they offer breathtaking underwater scenery, wall diving along their perimeter and the possibility to spot a wide variety of pelagic activity.
Daedalus Reef, also part of the Marine Park, is the most offshore 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 northern and southern plateaus and walls festooned in soft coral. Hammerheads, grey reef and Oceanic sharks can also be spotted here on a regular basis.
Most of the diving in the Sudanese Red Sea is on coral pinnacle formations rising from great depths. These attract fishlife in vast numbers, including large pelagic species. The microclimate created by the mountainous range on either side of the African and Asian continents and the deep active volcanic rift which creates hot currents all year round, makes the Sudanese Red Sea richer in sub aquatic life than any other in the region. The average water temperature is around 27 to 28 degrees centigrade with a winter low of 24 degrees and summer high of 28 degrees. Visibility is unsurpassed all year round.
Straits of Gubal & The Wrecks from Hurghada
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