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Dive Sites in Sharm el Sheikh

dive sites sharm el sheikh
dive sites sharm el sheikh

Located on the southernmost tip of the Sinai Peninsula, the crystal clear, tropical waters of Sharm El Sheikh & Dahab offer an outstanding variety of the best Red Sea dive sites to explore. With everything from sweeping coral gardens, dramatic wall dives, blue holes and 100 year old wrecks it is a haven that boasts year round diving. Home to 1,200 different species of fish, 300 types of corals with 10% of those fish species found nowhere else in the world.  There is something for every level of diver here in the warm waters of the Red Sea.

Ras Mohamed Diving Area

The Ras Mohammed National Park became a Protected Area in 1983. It contains spectacular dive sites, several of which are considered to be among the Top 10 dives worldwide. 

Dive sites here offer an abundance of hard and soft corals, and are rich in marine life. The summer in particular attracts spawning aggregations of pelagic fish. Several species of turtle in the area see many of the Park’s beaches become turtle nesting grounds.

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Ras Ghozlani

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Marsa Bareika

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Ras Za’atar

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Jackfish Alley

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Eel Garden 

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Shark Observatory

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Anemone City

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Shark Reef

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Yolanda Reef

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Straits of Tiran Diving Area

The Straits of Tiran lie at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba and offer spectacular diving. The Straits extend from Ras Ghamila on the mainland, to Jackson Reef.

They are most famous for 4 offshore reefs named after the 19th Century British cartographers Gordon, Thomas, Woodhouse and Jackson. Water funneling through the Straits can cause strong currents, leading to exciting drift dives. A huge variety of coral and marine life thrive in the nutrient-rich water.

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Laguna Reef

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Jackson Reef

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Woodhouse Reef

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Thomas Reef

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Gordon Reef

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Ras Ghamila

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Ras Nasrani

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Sharm el Sheikh Diving Area

Sharm El Sheikh’s ‘local sites’ stretch from Ras Katy in the south, to Ras Nasrani in the north. Ideal for all levels of diver and snorkeller, these sites offer varied marine life and underwater landscape, including coral walls, sandy plateaux, canyons and drop offs.

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Ras Bob

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White Knight

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Sharks Bay

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Eagle Ray Bay

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Far Garden

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Middle Garden

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Near Garden

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Tower

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Pinky’s Wall

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Amphoras

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Turtle Bay

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Paradise

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Ras Umm Sid

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Temple

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Ras Katy

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    Ras Ghozlani
    Ras Ghozlani
    Ras Ghozlani is one of the most beautiful dive sites in the Ras Mohammed National Park.
    Turtles are easy to spot in this area and the corals are pristine. The ancient table corals serve as a resting place for Marble Groupers and divers may see Crocodile Fish and Blue Spotted Sting Rays underneath them. There are many Gorgonian Fans along the edge of the drop off. Eagle Rays and Whale Sharks come to feed on plankton brought up from the depth by currents.

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    Ras Mohamed Area
    Marsa Bareika

    Marsa Bareika is a huge natural bay area in the Ras Mohamed national park with a choice of several fixed mooring points located along its shoreline to dive from. The site can be dived in several ways with the most popular plan being made around a beautiful canyon located at the Northern end of the bay.

    The dive begins in a shallow sandy bowl that is a macro lover’s delight. Sand divers, razor, blennies, Nudibranch and sea moths can be found hiding out here as well as eagle rays and groups of spiraling wide-mouthed mackerel. The entrance to the open canyon at 10m is patrolled by lionfish and packed with glassfish. As you enter, the canyon opens into a series of staggered steps at 12m,18m and 25m with the open water beyond creating a beautiful backdrop. Once you have explored the canyon, you keep the reef on your right shoulder and multilevel your dive from there over a shallow sandy plateau packed with coral pinnacles. This site is great for spotting octopus, moray eels and scorpion fish. It is famed for pelagic sightings like whale sharks and sailfish in the summer that give way to groups of dolphins stingrays during the winter. It is a dive which enjoys great conditions throughout the year that divers of all levels will enjoy.

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    Ras Mohamed Area
    Ras Zaatar
    Ras Zaatar dive site

    The wall in Ras Zaatar descends to about 45m. This dive is a must in the Ras Mohammed National Park.
    There are overhangs on the wall where divers may find Potato Groupers resting, and pinnacles covered with purple, pink and green soft coral serving as homes for Nudibranchs and Pipe Fish. At 22m you see a pinnacle with a Table Coral, surrounded by Glass Fish. If divers get really close to the cavities of this pinnacle they can see Boxer Shrimps and Cleaner Shrimps having a feast. Light penetrates parts of the wall, giving the impression of a cathedral. Juvenile fish can be spotted on the plateau at the corner of the reef.

    Diving Area:

    Ras Mohamed Area
    Jackfish Alley
    Jackfish Alley
    Jackfish Alley is one of the most exciting dive sites in Ras Mohammed.
    It offers divers three highlights: a wall, a coral garden and a satellite reef.
    The sheer wall is very porous with lots of small crevices. It has a couple of penetrable caves, each with separate entrances and exits. The wall becomes a sandy plateau where divers may find Blue Spotted Sting Rays, Feather Tail Rays and Eagle Rays. The coral garden ranges from 10 to 18m ending in the satellite reef. This reef, 50m away from the main reef, consists of small pinnacles covered with soft corals and Gorgonian Fans. For the more adventurous, the drop off on the edge of the satellite reef usually presents stronger currents bringing big creatures to feed.

    Diving Area:

    Ras Mohamed Area
    Eel Garden

    Eel Garden dive site in Sharm El Sheikh features an endemic species of garden eels and is a full drift dive over a large, triangular sandy plateau that reaches depths of up to 50m. Completed as a full drift dive, keeping the reef wall on their right shoulder, divers can expect to see swathes of these meter long eels retreating into the sand in a huge Mexican wave as they swim by. Other interesting species to look out for are sand divers and juvenile razor blennies.

    Diving Area:

    Ras Mohamed Area
    Shark Observatory
    Shark Observatory dive site takes its name from the cliff top from which it used to be possible to spot sharks in the waters below. Nowadays it is famous for its overhangs and rows of Gorgonian Fans that make the underwater landscape different from other sites in Ras Mohammed.
    The wall dive is famous among Tec divers due to its drop off that reaches beyond 100m.
    Hawksbill Turtles are common in the area, munching on purple and pink corals that grow along the wall. Different species of Nudibranchs are easily found on the many overhangs. The Gorgonian Fans make a very nice effect on the reef. Looking away from the the wall schools of Fusiliers, Jacks and Unicorn Fish are commonly seen passing by.

    Diving Area:

    Ras Mohamed Area
    Anemone City

    This huge coral shelf protruding from the reef wall is the home to a city of great anemones hosted by Red Sea clown fish and twin spot damsels. A drift dive starting at the northern end of the plateau, this site is often combined with the Shark & Yolanda dive as Shark reef is less than 100m away. A metal post at 15m in the center of the plateau has been taken over by soft and hard corals and makes for an interesting feature.

    Suited to most dive levels though the current here can be strong.

    Diving Area:

    Ras Mohamed Area