Jackfish Alley
Ras Mohammed drift with sunlit swim-throughs at 5 and 15 m, then an alley of jackfish and whitetip reef sharks.
- Advanced
- Cavern
- Whitetip reef sharks
Advanced≤30 m
SS Dunraven
Dive site in Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
Upturned steamer launched in 1872 that sank in 1876, lying from 15 m at the bow to 29 m at the stern.
- Max depth
- 29 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Sep–Nov
- Current
- Moderate
The story
Launched in 1872, the Dunraven was bringing spices, cotton and muslin back from Bombay in 1876 when she ran onto a reef at the Red Sea approaches to the Suez Canal, capsized and sank. Known to local fishermen for generations, the wreck was rediscovered for the wider world in 1977.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
The dive
A wreck dive.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: circledivers.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- Overhead environment: only go inside with the matching training.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck
- Current
- Moderate
- Estimated
- Environment
- Wreck penetration
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Moray eels
Why divers come
- History
Season in Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Sep–Nov.
Source: circledivers.comWhere is Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed?
The point shows the Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed
SS Thistlegorm
WWII supply ship bombed on 6 October 1941; holds still carry Bedford trucks and Norton and BSA motorcycles.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Turtles
Ras Katy
Sharm pinnacles where red tooth triggers and Red Sea bannerfish gather over the reef.
- Open Water
- Pinnacle
Macro
down to 28 m
Sharks Bay
Shore-entry training site: a coral plateau from 5 m to a ~20 m drop-off with glassfish pinnacles, Napoleon wrasse and eagle rays.
- Advanced
- Eagle rays
Pinnacle
down to 30 m
Fiddle Garden
A sandy slope to an 18 m drop-off with glassfish pinnacles at 10-16 m and amphora fragments in about 6 m of water.
- Open Water
- Barracuda
Drift
down to 35 m
Gordon Reef
Tiran reef where the Louilla ran aground in 1981, with barracuda, tuna and jackfish in its southern 'Shark Pool'.
- Advanced
- Eagle rays
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Jackfish Alley dive site, Ras Mohammed, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- SS Thistlegorm dive site, Northern Red Sea Wrecks, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Giant moray in the coral at Ras Katy, Sharm El Sheikh, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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