Scuba diving in Ras Mohammеd



Ras Mohammеd - among top popular dive sites in Egypt, the most southerly and deepest sections included in dive sites of the National Reserve. Classic allows divers to dive amazing underwater route staring at the very deepest drop off of Shark Reef than to remains of Yolanda wreck cargo via saddle to Anemone City. Shark Reef is a vertical wall dropping to charted depths of nearly 800m/2624ft. Yolanda Reef has a wide plateau with a coral garden and masses of pinnacles that are teeming with fish. Between Yolanda reef and the main reef lies the cargo of the wreck of the Yolanda, a 74m/242ft long cargo ship which was transporting bathroom supplies and a BMW to the port of Aqaba but struck the reef in 1980. Currents can be quite strong here, creating a kind of rollercoaster ride around these reefs.
When to go
All year long. Water temperature ranges from 22 to 28C/76 to 82F.
What to see
Reef, wreck, hard and soft corals, reef wall, coral garden, pinnacles, scorpionfish, crocodilefish, groupers, turtles, tuna, huge morays, napoleons, Twin spot (Bohar) Snapper, Red Snapper, batfish, unicornfish, barracudas.
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- Blue Seas
- Blue Horizon (Red Sea Master)
- King Snefro 6
- Emperor Echo
- Seawolf Dominator
- Blue Adventurer
- Golden Dolphin III
- Blue Pearl
- Golden Dolphin I
- Odyssey
- Vita Xplorer
- Snefro Spirit
- Red Sea Blue Force 3
- Blue Force 2 Egypt
- Sea Serpent Contessa
- South Moon
- Blue
- Seawolf Felo
- Galaxy 720
- Seawolf Soul
- Tala
- Blue Melody
- Independence II
- Lighthouse Miracle-1
- Heaven Saphir
- Sea Serpent Grand
- Nouran
- Whirlwind
- Okeanos Xplorer
- Freedom III
- Sea Legend
- Quick Shadow
- VipOne
- SimSim Dive
- Sea Serpent Excellence
- Cyclone
- Mistral
- Tempest
- Golden Dolphin II
- Aldebaran
- Captain Sparrow
- Nemo
- Sea Serpent Glory
- Sea Serpent Serena
- Hammerhead I
- Hammerhead II
- Ghani
- Omneia Spirit
- Jessica
- Turquoise
- Tillis
- Dolce Vita
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