Nothern Wrecks
& Reefs safari
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Start your Red Sea adventure today...Itinerary: Northern Wrecks and Reefs |
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The Itinerary... |
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Day 1 - Start the week with a check dive before heading north for anafternoon and night dive. |
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| Days 2-5 - Spend four days cruising the northern Red Sea. Normallyyou will have the opportunity to make three day dives and a night diveeach day. The exact itinerary and order of dive sites will varydepending on the conditions but you can expect to visit plenty ofwrecks including Thistlegorm, Dunraven, Giannis D, Carnatic andpotentially even more. There is also some fantastic reef divingincluding the Ras Mohamed marine park, Danaba (Shag Rock) ,Shaab El Erg (famous for dolphin encounters) and the Island ofGobal. Day 6 - Enjoy two relaxed morning dives close to Hurghada allowingyou to cruise into harbour in the early afternoon. Take advantage of anevening onshore to purchase souvenirs and enjoy Egypts famous hospitality before your journey home the next day. |
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Itinerary Highlights... |
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| S.S. Thistlegorm - Shaab Ali Probably the most famous of the Red Sea wrecks. The 129m EnglishFreighter was bombed by German aviation on 6th October 1941.Today she creates an artificial reef on a sandy bottom at 32m maxdepth. She is home to an enormous variety of marine life and isespecially popular with large schooling fish. Ras Mohamed - Shark & Yolanda Reefs This is a world renowned dive site, situated at the tip of the Sinai. Twosmall ergs are joined by a vertical wall dropping into the abyss. AtShark Reef the current allows you to drift along the wall, rich with colourful corals. |
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| Gubal Island At the gate of the Straits of Gubal is Bluff Point, which gets its namefrom the turbulence created by strong currents that beat the easternwall of the island. The wreck of the Ulysses lies on the reef 300mnorth of the lighthouse, starting at 5m and sloping to 25m. The Bargewreck, south of the lighthouse, provides divers with a fun and unusualnight dive. Abu Nuhas Also known as the Ships Graveyard, this reef is dangerouslypositioned close to the busy shipping lanes of the Gulf of Suez. Thisreef has claimed more ships than any other in the area. On the northside are four wrecks laying on a sandy seafloor at the bottom of asteep sloping reef layered with table corals. Wrecks here include theGhiannis D, Carnatic, Tile and Lentil Wrecks. |
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| £1569 + £29 VISA Includes: Return flights LGW-Hurghada, transfers from/to airport in Hurghada, 7 nightsfull board accommodation, tea/coffee/water/soft drinks, snacks, 6 days diving, 12ltcylinder, weights and nitrox. BOOK NOW! Please contact Phillip Pain at Diving Unlimited on 020 8311 0201or email info@divingunlimited.co.uk for more information or tobook on this Red Sea safari! |
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