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May 20, 2024

　　A good choice for a drift dive, this dive site gets its name from an Ottoman shipwreck found here which was carrying a cargo of amphoras. Not much remains of the wreck ruins, but scorpion fish flit between the area's coral pinnacles where nudibranchs are found in abundance. Depth: 12m to 20m. Rating: intermediate to advanced. Access: shore or boat.

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Sharm El Sheikh

　　One of the top five wreck dives in the world, the Thistlegorm is a 129m-long cargo ship built in Sunderland, England, which was sunk during World War II. The ship had been on its way to Alexandria carrying supplies to restock the British army there; its cargo of armaments and...

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Sharm El Sheikh

　　Designed by Fouad Tawfik, Sharm El Sheikh's new mosque fuses Fatimid, Mamluk and Ottoman style elements into its architecture and interior design. Whether it all really gels or just looks like a weird mish-mash is up to the eye of the beholder but there's no denying that this mosque is...

Sharm El Sheikh

　　The Dunraven sank in 1876 on its way from Bombay to Newcastle. Today the wreck, found at the southeast tip of Sha’ab Mahmud, is encrusted in coral and home to various knick-knacks including china plates, metal steins, and jars of gooseberries and rhubarb, among the detritus. Depth: 15m to 28m....

Sharm El Sheikh

　　The smallest, but easily the most spectacular, of the Tiran reefs, Thomas is home to steeply plunging walls that are lined with soft coral, schooling fish and patrolling sharks. Depth: surface to more than 40m. Rating: advanced. Access: boat. ...

Sharm El Sheikh

　　One of the best dive sites in the area, Ras Um Sid features a spectacular gorgonian forest along a dramatic drop-off that hosts a great variety of reef fish. It's opposite Hotel Royal Paradise. Depth: 15m to 40m. Rating: intermediate. Access: shore or boat. ...

Sharm El Sheikh

　　This large reef is fantastic for sealife spotting with banner fish, parrot fish, cornet fish and blue-spotted sting rays all flitting through the hard coral. Keep your eyes peeled for manta rays and white-tip sharks too, as they're often sighted. Depth: surface to 24m. Rating: advanced. Access: boat. ...

Sharm El Sheikh

　　A good choice for a drift dive, this dive site gets its name from an Ottoman shipwreck found here which was carrying a cargo of amphoras. Not much remains of the wreck ruins, but scorpion fish flit between the area's coral pinnacles where nudibranchs are found in abundance. Depth: 12m...

Sharm El Sheikh

　　At the perennially popular Gardens there are actually three sites in one. Near Garden is home to a lovely chain of pinnacles; Middle Garden features a fringing ridge that gently slopes down to a bed of sandy 'trails'; and Far Garden is home to the 'Cathedral’, a colourful overhang in...

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