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Dive Sites
Tiran
to Ras Mohammed, click to enlarge!
 Starting
from the North on the Eastern side of the Sinai
Peninsula lie the Straits of Tiran, one of the
most famous diving areas in the Red Sea. Situated
in the middle of the straits are four coral reefs,
Gordon, Thomas, Woodhouse and Jackson named after
19th century British cartographers. Enjoy exciting
drift dives, drop offs, amazing coral and friendly
sharks for the lucky at these dive sites. The
beautiful lagoon next to Tiran island is a popular
destination for lunch and snorkelling.
As we head south from the straits, we reach the
beginning of the local dive sites, so called due
to their closeness to the resort of Na'ama Bay
in Sharm El Sheikh, the main resort of the South
Sinai. Thanks to short sailing times we can offer
local dives as a half-day excursion as well. Ras
Nasrani is a wall dive and coral life is in abundance,
particularly on the corner where currents are
stronger. Ras Bob and White Knights have shallow
sandy areas and gentle sloping walls. Beautiful
coral heads and a breathtaking canyon are the
main features of these 2 dives. Proceeding towards
Na'ama Bay we find Shark Bay, and The Gardens,
the first sites that were dived from Na'ama Bay.
The Gardens are a great training area. The Middle
Garden, thanks to shelter from currents, has the
largest sandy shallow plateau and the Near and
Far Gardens taper off to slowly deepening walls.
Wonderful gorgonians and pinnacles awash with
sweeper and glassfish adorn these two sites.
Leaving The Gardens, passing Na'ama Bay and heading
further south, we come to a number of sites, the
most popular being Tower, Ras Um Sid, Temple and
Ras Katy. Tower has a spectacular canyon descending
to over 120 metres. The wall dive of Ras Umm Sid
is always abundant with reef fish life. Temple,
situated on a sloping sandy bay, is so named after
the pillars resembling a temple. Around the corner,
Ras Katy has a sandy plateau with a gentle drop
off ideal for training. This is the last local
site.
Ras
Mohammed to Thistlegorm, click to enlarge!
 Now
we head to the southernmost point of the Sinai
to one of the most famous diving areas in the
world, Ras Mohammed, well known for its sheer
walls and huge schools of fish. The first sites
are Ras Gozlani and Ras Za'atar, situated on either
side of the bay of Marsa Bareika. Ras Gozlani has a gentle sloping sandy plateau covered with huge table corals, and a drop off. Ras Za'atar is an exhilarating wall dive.
Jackfish Alley has a sandy "road" where
sharks are often seen resting, and exciting swimthroughs
as well. Shark Observatory is an excellent wall
dive and Anemone City, as its name implies, is
covered with heaps of different coloured anemones.
We come now to the most popular dive sites, Shark
and Yolanda Reefs. They are two spectacular adjoining
coral pinnacles, with the most amazing deep drop
offs full of circling schools of varied fish life.
Shark Reef is quite literally a breathtaking dive
and should rank highly on anyone's list of "must-see"
dive sites. Yolanda has the remains of a shipwreck,
from which it takes its name, spread across its
sandy plateau.
And last but definitely not least, you can also
explore a couple of famous wrecks with our daily
boats: the SS Thistlegorm
and the Dunraven. Only one click away!
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