Red Sea - South route, St Jhon's

I have dived the Red Sea from Eilat to Djibouti, and from 1982 to 2006.

It is not true to say the further south you go the better it gets. It depends very much on when and where you go.

The Straits of Gubal area has plenty of wrecks. The deep water offshore reefs (The Brother Islands, Elphinstone, Daedelus, Elba, Angarosh, Shab Rumi, Sanganeb, Darat Abid, Zubair, Qoin Rock, and the Seven Brothers) have the best chance of encounters with pelagic life.

The inshore reefs in Southern Egypt have very dramatic hard coral formations but are surrounded by relatively shallow water so few big fishes. The last time I went to Daedelus (the most remote reef in Egyptian waters) I counted 120 divers on it! The last time I went to Jackson reef (Straits of Tiran) I had close encounters with two longimanus. The best whale shark pics I ever took were off the beach at Eilat!

So there is no way of knowing which place will give you the best dive on a particular day! Enjoy what there is when you are there.

Some diving friends spent a week on Ghazala Voyager, a couple of years ago, I think, and were very happy. Having said that, the dive guides can be the most important factor, especially if you want to go slow and shoot. Diving with non-photographers can mean too much rushing about. I only managed to snatch a few snapshots on Elphinstone, for instance, last year.

John Bantin is absolutely right, and I have really enjoyed myself in the water around Sinai and the Straits of Gubal. Alex Mustard regularly visits the north, and has prizes to prove it!

Having said that, this Nik V image from The Brothers is still one of my favourites:

Tim

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Some diving friends spent a week on Ghazala Voyager, a couple of years ago, I think, and were very happy. Having said that, the dive guides can be the most important factor, especially if you want to go slow and shoot. Diving with non-photographers can mean too much rushing about. I only managed to snatch a few snapshots on Elphinstone, for instance, last year.

 

 

John Bantin is absolutely right, and I have really enjoyed myself in the water around Sinai and the Straits of Gubal. Alex Mustard regularly visits the north, and has prizes to prove it!

 

Having said that, this Nik V image from The Brothers is still one of my favourites:

 

 

Tim

 

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Thank you tdpriest!

Luckily we are at least 10 photographers-models-friends so we should be able to have time for shooting

Deep South is very good: Claudio's reef is fantastic, then Abu Galawa (wreck), Abu Maksur (extraordinary), Cave, Dolphin reef, Syal Island.

Choose a superior cathegory boat.

Ciao

David