Siyul Soraya / Siyul Saghira / Small Siyul
Siyul Soraya / Siyul Saghira / Small Siyul
Although, as its name suggests, this is the smaller of the two Siyul islands, it has a much larger reef […]
- Fishes, Starfish (sea star)
- reef
- Corals, Fishes, Shark
- drift, reef
Stingray City / Stingray Station
Stingray Station is the most western Erg on the Alternatives. There are plenty of small ergs which are covered in […]
- nightdive, reef
El Gilwa
There are 3 separate mooring points here allowing 4 different dives depending on the direction of the current, or a drift along the whole area.
- Angelfish, Animals, Fishes, Octopus, Ray, Snake
- reef
- Dolphin, Fishes
- reef
- reef
- nightdive, reef
Kingston Wreck / Sarah H wreck
The wreck of the Kingston lies on the eastern side of the southern of two large pieces of the reef […]
- Corals
- drift, reef, wreck
Shag Rock
Shag Rock is the name of the southern reef; however in the absence of a name for the northern piece […]
- Animals, Corals, Fishes, Lionfish, Turtle
- Liveaboard
- reef
- Animals, Clownfish (Anemonefish), Fishes, Octopus, Parrotfish
- reef
- Barracuda, Fishes
- drift, nightdive, reef, wreck
- Liveaboard
- Fishes, Pufferfish, Ray
- Liveaboard
- nightdive, reef
- Clownfish (Anemonefish), Fishes, Molluscs, Nudibranch, Wrasse
- Liveaboard
- nightdive, reef, wreck
- Animals, Corals, Fishes, Molluscs, Nudibranch, Octopus, Triggerfish
- drift, nightdive, reef, wreck
- Animals, Fishes, Octopus, Tuna, Turtle, Wrasse
- cave, nightdive, reef, wall, wreck
- Liveaboard
Siyul Kebira
Turtles, giant puffer fish, lion fish and moray eels can often be seen here
- Animals, Corals, Dolphin, Fishes, Grouper, Jellyfish, Lionfish, Ray, Shrimp, Snapper, Starfish (sea star), Tuna, Turtle, Wrasse
- drift, nightdive, reef, snorkeling
- Liveaboard
- Barracuda, Corals, Fishes, Lionfish
- nightdive, reef
- Corals, Fishes, Grouper, Lionfish, Pipefish
- wreck
The Alternatives
Stingray Station is the most western Erg on the Alternatives. The Alternatives is a sheltered reef just west of Raas […]
- Animals, Barracuda, Clownfish (Anemonefish), Corals, Crab, Fishes, Jellyfish, Lionfish, Lobster, Parrotfish, Pufferfish, Ray, Shark, Squid, Stingray
- nightdive, reef
- wreck
- Animals, Barracuda, Corals, Dolphin, Fishes, Grouper, Molluscs, Nudibranch, Octopus, Pufferfish, Ray, Shrimp, Snake, Turtle, Worm
- nightdive, reef, wall
Small Crack / Small passage
Small split in the middle of Shaab Mahmoud’s barrier
- Corals, Fishes
- drift, nightdive, reef
- Liveaboard
Giannis D wrech
The ship is lying on the bottom in roughly three separate sections parallel to the reef, with the crumpled bow […]
- Corals, Dolphin, Fishes, Grouper, Pipefish
- Liveaboard
- reef, wreck
- Corals, Dolphin, Eagle Ray, Fishes, Grouper, Molluscs, Nudibranch, Parrotfish, Ray, Wrasse
- Liveaboard
- nightdive, reef, wreck
S.S. Dunraven Wreck
This historic wreck was a 79 meters long, British steam sail ship that was built in Newcastle and struck the […]
- Animals, Clownfish (Anemonefish), Corals, Fishes, Grouper, Lionfish, Ray, Turtle, Wrasse
- cave, drift, nightdive, reef, wall, wreck
- Liveaboard
SS Thistlegorm Wreck
SS Thistlegorm is a World War 2 shipwreck located in the North of the Red Sea in the Strait of […]
- aircraft, nightdive, reef, wreck
- Angelfish, Animals, Barracuda, Fishes, Grouper, Lionfish, Ray, Shark, Starfish (sea star), Triggerfish, Tuna, Turtle
- Boat access, Liveaboard