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4 Days / 3 Nights North Tour

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Overview

This liveaboard starts in the Safaga/Soma Bay region and quickly heads north to dive the world-famous wrecks and reefs of the Gubal Strait and Sinai.

Immersion & dolphins:
The start serves to familiarise you with the equipment and the boat. Shaab El Erg is the famous "dolphin house", a horseshoe-shaped reef with good chances of encounters with bottlenose dolphins.

Wreck graveyard:
Abu Nuhas is known as the "wreck graveyard" and is home to four main wrecks (Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M) at moderate depths.
Shaab Mahmoudat (known for the Dunraven wreck) offers an ideal night dive in a sheltered lagoon.

World-class diving:
At Ras Mohamed National Park, Shark & Yolanda Reef are on the programme, known for steep walls, strong currents and big fish.
The SS Thistlegorm, a cargo ship wreck from the Second World War, is the highlight for wreck lovers and is known for its spectacular military cargo (motorbikes, lorries).
Gobal Island serves as a sheltered anchorage.

Reef classics:
Around Gammar and Small Giftun (often the "Police Station" reef) are well-known reefs near Hurghada, famous for their coral formations, caves/ergs, intact coral gardens and rich reef life before the safari returns to base.

The time, sites and ports are subject to change at any time without prior notice due to weather conditions or other factors

Boat Schedule

Upcoming trip

    The time, sites and ports are subject to change at any time without prior notice due to weather conditions or other factors

    The Route

    Day 1

    • Check-In on board until 01.00 pm in Safaga / Soma Bay
    • Drive towards Hurghada
    • Check dive Abu Hashish
    • Night dive Shaab EL Erg (Dolphin House)
    • overnight stay

    Day 2

    • The wrecks of Abu Nuhas
    • Night dive Shaab Mahmoudat
    • overnight stay

    Day 3

    • Ras Mohamed
    • Thistlegorm
    • Night dive Gobal Island
    • overnight stay

    Day 4

    • Um Gammar
    • Small Giftun
    • Return journey Safaga / Soma Bay

    The Thistlegorm is probably the most famous wreck of the Red Sea. It lies on the eastern side of the road from Gubal and is especially known for his bulging cargo spaces in which are motorcycles and trucks.

    The Kimon M is also known as lenses freighter because of thes charge. The bow protrudes slightly out of the water. The destroyed stern lies at the deepest point at 30 meters.

    The once in Travemünde spilled from the stack Chrisola K failed 1981 the reef of Abu Nuhas. The "tiles Freighter" is quite badly damaged. This requires for the diver a special attention.

    The steamboat Carnatic is considered as one of the finest wrecks in the Red Sea. The ship had wine and allegedly even gold loaded, sank 1869. From the wreck lying on its side, the fuselage envelope is really just obtained. The partially dissolved planks offer photographers bizarre motifs. The ship had, moreover, a brief guest appearance in Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in 80 Days".

    The machine room and the well divable bridge are the highlights of the freighter, which failed on the reef of Abu Nuhas in 1983. Coveted was its cargo of tropical wood.

    The Dolphin House is the western point of the reef complex of Shaab el Erg. The chance of the encounter with a pod of dolphins is very large.

    Under the central buoy in about 15 meters remains a shark-cage, left by the diving pioneer Hans Hass. The highlight of the dive at the dropoff is a cave in 28 meters depth.

    The reef surrounds an island and lies on a wide, flat, sandy plateau (approx. 10 to 20 metres deep), which merges into a steep slope (drop-off). A lagoon to the south offers sheltered anchorages.

    It is a large, elongated reef that encloses an extensive, shallow lagoon. This lagoon often serves as a sheltered anchorage for ships overnight.
    The main attraction is the wreck of the British merchant ship Dunraven, which ran aground on the reef and sank in 1876. Today, the ship lies keel up (upside down) at a depth of 15 to 30 metres and is broken into two large pieces.

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