Red Sea Diving

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Red Sea Dive Locations

The red is labelled as the prime scuba diving location on the face of the planet as the diversity of aquatic wildlife, corals and underwater landscapes are vast, varied and tremendously exotic.

Scuba diving is a leisure sports mostly take by tourists on their holidays, but many see it as a passion and travel the world over to experience different types of dives.  The Red Sea isn't the only region where you can scuba dive other popular regions include the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean as they both also offer splendid aquatic wildlife, and warm clear waters, and stunning coral reefs but in comparison nothing really can compete with the red sea when it comes to scuba diving as the variety of dive locations are so outstandingly diverse.

Abu Nuhas is probably the most renowned dive site in the entire red sea, also known as the "ships grave yard", it's viewed as mecca to dive enthusiasts which diving pilgrimages to the site all year round to discover the ultimate dive experience the world has on offer.

Due to rough sea conditions it is rather hard to moor here but nautical experts have found a way using modern day equipment to keep a vessel moored behind the barrier of a small coral reef which acts as a shield from the gruesome waves which once bought the sunken ships to their submerged settlings. In totals there are five ships which have sunk in close proximity of each other and when combined form the boat's grave yard.

 

This diagram shows the location of the sunken ships which have collided into the reef in a  8 year time lapse of each other (the Seastar which isn't listed in the diagram is found 90 meters deeper to the eastern side of the reef)

The Seastar

Probably the least visited dive wreck in the grave yard as she's sunken to a great depth of 89meters which makes the dive a challenge for even the most experiences of divers.  Many people even query the fact if she's even there but people have made the elongated journey to the murky depth to scavenge her goods.

Kimon M

a 3,200 tonne cargo vessel which is popular among divers sunk after colliding full speed into the north east corner of the Abu Nuhas reef, at the time she was carrying 4000+ tonnes of lentils which were mostly salvaged when she was left standing on the reef before collapsing on her starboard side and sinking.  In this area you'll mostly find huge schools of exotic fish not but much of the a vessel to dive as she's been eroded by the harsh unforgiving sea.

Chrisoula K

Also known as the "tile wreck" for obvious reasons, she lays 28meters at the stern and only a few meters at the bow from the surface of the water, she sank on the 31st August 1981 and is usually the first site inexperienced divers will explore.

Carnatic

The first ship to sink in the area was the carnatic which dropped its hull of over £400,000 worth of gold; she lays 22m below the water's surface and has become the ideal habitat for all variations of aquatic wildlife, a must visit when diving the ships graveyard!

Giannis D

Also known as the wood wreck its cargo mostly consisted of softwood, she always 24meter below the water's surface at the stern and is a terrific dive spot which once again holds a glorious array of aquatic wildlife from Sea turtles to reef sharks.

On your red sea diving holidays I strongly recommend you take a journey to the Abu Nuhas dive site and discover a unique diving experience like none you'll ever find anywhere else in the world.

About the Author

Jonathan is a diving enthusiast who's been on many Red Sea Diving Holidays and enjoys sharing his experiences with other divers.

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