Ras Mohamed - National Park

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Ranked as one of the best dive sites in the world, this place is formed of two parts, Shark reef and the Yolanda reef. Shark reef is a vertical wall with a drop off up to 700 meters, fully covered with amazing corals. The Yolanda reef is a wide plateau with lots of pinnacle corals.In the middle lies the remains of the Yolanda wreck, a 74-meter-ship, sunken in 1980, which was carrying bathroom supplies.

Diving from the boat, you will jump directly in the middle of hundreds of anemones. Also on the sandy slope, there are usually numerous cowfish.

Also known as Ras Mohamend wall, this dive site is a vertical wall rich in Alcyonarians, gullies, shelters and small caves.

This site it is comprised mainly of a large colony of Garden Eels (gorgasia silnen) on a large, sandy slope that starts at 6m with a small cave and drops to below 30m. Also on the sandy slope is usually numerous cowfishes.Almost directly in front of eel garden (approximately 30m from the shore) is a submerged reef and canyon. The canyon starts at 28m and has some impressive sea fans on the outside of the entrance. The reef is usually full of marine life.

An impresive drift dive site, Its name comes from the white sandy alley between the coral ledge bordering the coast and a parallel satellite reef that is often transited by Jackfish and other predators.

A wall dive, with the best depth range to explore it, in 10-15 meters, where you will find colorful corals.At this depth you will find various chimneys, overhangs, clefts and cutins that litter the reef.At 21m a pinnacle crowned with a table coral and decorated with a sea fan can be found. In the sea fan you will find, apart from banded boxer shrimps, long nose hawkfish.

Ras Ghozlani is a gentle drift dive with a current that is rarely strong and is best dived, after a current check, in the morning when the sunlight falls directly on to the reef.

This site can be dived in many ways with the most popular plan being made around a beautiful canyon located in the north part of the bay.The dive starts in a sandy shallow bowl, where you can find macro marine life:nudibranch, sea moths, blennies but as well eagle ray and groups of mackerel.The Canyon starts in 10 meters depth and continue in staggered steps at 12m, 18 m, and 25 m.