Ras Mohamed

In the morning the boat will travel to the national park of Ras Mohamed where the first dive site will be reached in about half an hour up to an hour. The National Park at Ras Mohamed lies where the Gulf of Suez meets the Gulf of Aqaba at Sinai's most southern point. The currents coming from the 2 gulfs make it the perfect place for all kinds of fish. Dive the world famous dive site Shark and Yolanda Reef, find Nemo on Anemone city or enjoy the walls of Sharks Observatory and Ras Zatar.

Declared in 1983 with an area of 97 km², it has since grown to an area of 480 km² and includes marine and terrestrial areas at the Ras Mohamed Peninsula and the island of Tiran, and all shorelines between the main Sharm el Sheikh Harbor and the southern boundary of the Nabq protected area. The park is notable of its sharply defined raised fossil coral platforms 15.000 till 2 million years old. The more resent fossil reefs show similar species and structures as present today.

Dive Sites:

Anemone City, an easy access from the beach brings you to a nice anemone garden with loads of anemones, clownfish and damsels.

Shark and Yolanda Reef, in summer are “the” Red Sea dive par excellence, with its abundance of hard and soft corals and a wealth of big game, from tunas to barracudas, trevallies, jackfish and sharks.

Shark's Observatory a very pleasant wall dive with nice big gorgonian fans, plenty of anthia’s, lion and scorpion fish and sometimes turtle.

Eel Garden has a large sandy bottom with many garden eels and a coral garden with many great photo opportunities.

Jackfish Alley the dive starts with a very nice and shallow cave after which you will dive a long a steep wall before venturing out to the satellite reef.

Ras Zatar, a very nice wall covered with soft corals and with lots of crevices and even a chimney full of glassfish.

Ras Ghozlani, a gentle sloping reef with lots of big coral pinnacles surrounded by some sand patches.

To book a dive trip contact the Sinai Scuba Diving Center.