Must see
Deep
Wall
Top-50 dive sites of the world
Elphinstone Reef or Sha'ab Abu Hamra is one of the most famous dive sites in the Red Sea. It is a reef around 300m/984ft in length, with average depth of 20-40m/60-120ft and average water visibility of 20-30m/60-100ft. Its spectacular walls drop far below 100m/328ft on both sides of the reef. Strong currents make this a perfect drift dive along the steep walls with many species of fish, corals, sponges, gorgonias, and sea whips to observe
When To Go Diving
All year long. Water temperature ranges from 26 to 30C/78 to 86F
What to see
Reef, walls, corals, sponges, huge gorgonia, sea whips, barracuda, angel fish, hoards of anthias, groupers, morays, whitetip reef sharks, grey reef sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks