THE NORTH RAS MOHAMMED NATIONAL PARK IN EGYPT OFFERS SOME OF THE BEST SCUBA DIVING IN THE RED SEA. RAS MOHAMMED DIVE SITES ARE LOCATED AT THE SOUTH TIP OF SINAI PENINSULA.
Today we are going to discuss the most fascinating dive spots in area of Ras Mohammed.
The best dive sites of Ras Mohammed National Park in Egypt are:
Shark Reef ,Yolanda Reef, Anemone City, Shark Observatory
Ras Ghozlani, Jack Fish Alley, Raz Zatar
Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef
These both reefs of North Ras Mohammed are standing on a plateau, which is between 10m to 20m deep. For instance, the edges of the plateau fall down to more than 200m. As a result you will find nice hard and soft corals, plenty of fish in all kind of sizes. With luck you can see sharks during your early morning dive. At Jolanda Reef you can see the cargo of a Cypriot freighter JOLANDA which ran aground in 1980: a large quantity of household pottery such as toilets, bath and shower tubes, bidets…D
Anemone City Beautiful dive site of North Ras Mohammed Egypt with an interesting underwater topografy featuring many plateaus cutting the steep reef slope. The coral formations are amazing and there are many Anemones and Clown fishes as well as Pelagic and Reef Sharks
Shark Observatory Great wall dive with many cracks full of life and hard and soft coral. At this site you will find many Groupers, Snappers, Napoleon Wrasses. Whitetip Reef Sharks are usually spotted in the deeper part of the wall.
Ras Ghozlani Ras Ghozlani is a shallow wall dive with hard and soft corals. Therfore it is a great dive site in Egypt if you like small reef species. This is beatiful spot which is less crowded than the previous ones
Jackfish Alley
Jackfish Alley of North Ras Mohammed has steep wall with several small caves to explore. There are also two sandy plateaus where you can find many stingrays giving to this spot its second name: Stingray Alley
Ras Zatar
Wall dive a bit like Ras Ghozlani featuring many fissures and small caves
