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Red Sea Diving
This page details the dive sites in the SHarm el Sheikh area. The numbers on the left hand side correspond to the numbers in the Sinai Diving Guide. We have listed a few of the things we saw - some pictures are attached. The pictures have all been taken by ourselves.
Straits of Tiran |
| No. |
Name |
What we saw |
| 1 |
Jackson Reef |
Red Anemone, Turtles, Giant Moray, |
| 2 |
Kormoran |
Sohal Surgeonfish, Moray, Parrotfish , , Tunicates |
| 3 |
Laguna Reef |
Unicornfish, Blue-spotted Ray |
| 4 |
Woodhouse Reef |
Turtle, Masked Puffer Fish, Blue Spotted Stingray, |
| 5 |
Thomas Reef |
Masked Puffer Fish, Lionfish, Lyretailed Anthias, Parrotfish |
| 6 |
Gordon Reef |
Parrotfish, Triggerfish, |
| 7 |
Ras Ghamila |
Porcupine Fish, Red Sea Coral Grouper |
| 8 |
Ras Nasrani |
Devil Scorpion Fish, Napoleon Wrasse, |
| 9 |
Ras Bob |
Titan Triggerfish, Masked Buttrfly Fish, Red Sea Bannerfish |
| 10 |
White Knight |
Christmas Tree Worms |
| 11 |
Shark's Bay |
Fantailed Ray, Lionfish, Masked Pufferfish, |
| 12 |
Far Garden |
Not dived yet |
| 13 |
Fiddle Garden |
Pyjama Chromadorid, Blue Spotted Ray |
| 14 |
Middle Garden |
Milk Fish, Jellyfish, Parrot Fish, Lionfish |
| 15 |
Near Garden |
Blue-spotted Rays, Napoleon Wrasse, Picasso Fish |
| Sharm el Sheikh |
| No. |
Name |
What we saw |
| 16 |
Sodfa |
Not dived yet |
| 17 |
Tower |
Malibar Grouper, Yellow Saddled Goatfish |
| 18 |
Pinky Wall |
Not dived yet |
| 19 |
Amphoras |
Not dived yet |
| 20 |
Turtle Bay |
Not dived yet |
| 21 |
Paradise |
Corals, Lyretailed Anthias, |
| 22 |
Ras Umm Sid |
Spanish Dancer (nightdive), Giant Moray, Scorpion Fish |
| 23 |
Temple |
Napoleon Wrasse, Parrot Fish, Deadly Titan Trigger Fish |
| 24 |
Ras katy |
Napoleon Wrasse, Blue Spotted Stingray, Broomtailed Wrasse, |
| 25 |
Ras Ghozlani |
Pipe Fish, Arabian Boxfish, |
| 26 |
Ras Za'atar |
Turtle, Starry Puffer , Red Sea Grouper |
| 27 |
Ras Burg |
Not dived yet |
| 28 |
Jackfish Alley |
Red Sea Coral Grouper, Surgeon Fish, Orange Spined Unicorn Fish |
| 29 |
Eel garden |
Not dived yet |
| 30 |
Shark Observatory |
Masked Puffer Fish, Anthias, Moray |
| 31 |
Shark & Yolanda Reef |
Bluespotted Stingray, Jackfish, Sharks?, Octopus, mating Morays |
| Strait of Gubal |
| No. |
Name |
What we saw |
| 32 |
The Alternatives |
Not dived yet |
| 33 |
Dunraven |
Napoleon Wrasse, Stonefish, Clearfin Lionfish, |
| 34 |
Small Crack |
Not dived yet |
| 35 |
Shag Rock |
Not dived yet |
| 36 |
Thistlegorm |
Crocodile Fish, Pyjama Chromodroid, |
| Sha'ab Abu Nuhus |
| No. |
Name |
What we saw |
| 37 |
Ghiannis D. |
Not dived yet |
| 38 |
Carnatic |
Not dived yet |
| 39 |
Marcus |
Not dived yet |
| 40 |
Kimon M. |
Not dived yet |
| Dahab |
| No. |
Name |
What we saw |
| 41 |
North Ras Abu Galum |
Not dived yet |
| 42 |
South Ras Abu Galum |
Not dived yet |
| 43 |
Blue Hole - El Bells |
Not dived yet |
| 44 |
The Canyon |
Not dived yet |
| 45 |
Ras Abu Helal |
Not dived yet |
| 46 |
Eel Gardens |
Not dived yet |
| 47 |
Lighthouse |
Not dived yet |
| 48 |
The Islands |
Not dived yet |
| 49 |
Napoleon Reef |
Not dived yet |
| 50 |
Moray Garden |
Not dived yet |
| 51 |
Three Pools |
Not dived yet |
| 52 |
The Caves |
Not dived yet |
| 53 |
North gabr el Bint |
Not dived yet |
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September 2009
Just completed a week in marsa Shagra, Egypt at the Red Sea Diving Safari centre.
We had unlimited shore diving from 06:00 to 20:30 and we certainly pushed it as far as our computers would let us on some days. We also dived Elphinstone reef as well as a local wreck and popular Dugong watching site - no Dugong though!
We had a close encounter with a Black Tipped Reef Shark as well as some fairly massive turtles. Other sightings included a Red Sea Walkman, Squid and quite a few Octopus.
Diving was either directly from the shore or via a short rib ride to either the North or South diving area, after which we were either picked up by rib again or we would dive all the way back to the shore.
We would start kitting up at around 05:30, jump in the Rib by 05:45 and in the water before 06:00. Jo had a very close encounter with a pod of around 15 Dolphins, whilst I wasn't there I believe the call to the skipper was 'Stop the engines, we're getting in, right here, right now'!
Night diving was plentiful and an impressive Giant Mowray was seen out hunting almost every night.
Pictures available soon.
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