Northern Wrecks and Reefs and Dahab Blue Hole

2018 Price: R23,999 excl Airport Taxes (approx R4000)

2019 Price: TBA

With up to 4 dives a day including Dolphinhouse (Shaab el Erg), Abu Rhamada as well as the wrecks of SS Dunraven, SS Thistlegorm, Ulysses and the Barge. The National Parks we will dive include the beautiful Ras Mohamed and Ras Mahmoud!
You will dive some of the BEST reefs of the Red Sea.

These coral gardens offer the picturesque beauty of the Red Sea underwater with truly endless visibility! The famous horseshoe shaped reef of Shaab El Erg is a perfect example of the reefs on offer on this cruise, with its beautiful hard coral garden and the chance to see dolphins. On the sands, blue spotted rays hide themselves, garden eels stretch out, Gobies protect their homes while the blind shrimp shovels about in the sand. Shallower reefs offer a shelter for the Dolphins to play – the last trips in 2016 AND 2017, had the most incredible interaction with the dolphins!
The Sea is a hub of activity from candy coloured antheas, carpeted soft corals, large majestic gorgonians and glowing anemones are stretched all along the reef. Large Napoleon wrasse and turtles are a great treat and are often spotted moving effortlessly looking for food and shelter.

Abu Nuhas has four well-known wrecks: Giannis D, Carnatic, the lentil wreck and the tile wreck, all offering spectacular dives and plenty of fish life. Wrecks offer a unique look into history. At Abu Nuhas the 4 wrecks are located right next to each other in a Shipwreck Graveyard.

These ancient wrecks still hold the Cargo and artefacts they were carrying, that never made it to their final destination. Open holds and structural breakages, allow us a glimpse inside allowing light into these large vessels. These shipwrecks have become artificial reefs over the years housing many species of Moray, octopus, trigger fish, crocodile fish, scorpion fish and SO MUCH MORE!

Night dives can be superb as Gubal Island offers protected anchoring for the night. A small wreck at 8-10 meters makes for a spectacular night dive with lionfish, scorpion fish and its resident giant moray eel as well as the wreck of the Ulysses and the Rosalie Moller. Next onto the Kingston lying at Shag Rock; the Carina lying close to Sha’ab Ali and the Dunraven at Beacon Rock in Ras Mohamed National Park. And finally the most famous wreck in the Red Sea, the SS Thistlegorm (WWII Wreck), at Sha’ab Ali.

In between wreck dives you will also visit the reefs of the Straits of Gubal, Gulf of Suez and those to the north of Hurghada. A variety of deep walls and hard coral gardens with an abundance of reef fish make them well worth a visit.

Along the walls of Ras Mohammed and Tiran, there are startling deep drop offs where tuna, jackfish and trevafllies move in schools along the edge, batfish remain still and curious in the midwater and occasionally a pair of Eagle Rays or Manta Rays pass by. Peeking through his camouflaged hole – a black cheek moray, with shrimp frantically cleaning in and out of its mouth.