Red Sea Shorebased North

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The Northern Red Sea offers a great opportunity to see some world famous wrecks including The Thistlegorm, Million Hope and many others. There are also some fantastic reefs including Ras Mohammed and Straits of Tiran, depending on what time of year you go, there is an opportunity to see Hammerheads, Tiger sharks, manta's and Black tip and Gray reef sharks.

The Southern Red Sea is fantastic for Marine Parks - with many to offer - The Brothers (2 islands big brother and little brother) is famous for its big drop offs and sloping walls - Daedalus where there is a chance of seeing Thresher sharks, silky's,hammerheads and oceanic white tip sharks. Elphinstone is famous for the white tip oceanic shark. Around St Johns there are many swim throughs, and it is excellent for photography. Down in the south Manta's and the occasional whale shark are also spotted.

Sudan is famous for the Umbria wreck and also Jacque Cousteau's con shelf where he spent some time living underwater. A mix of reef and pelagic fish compete for the divers attention. Manta's turtles and schooling barracuda's are regularly seen. The Maldives is renowned for its drift dives and big fish. One of the richest coral reefs area's in the world the maldives boasts over 70 species of coral. Manta's are seen daily at feeding and cleaning stations and eagle rays and various shark species are commonplace.



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