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 Thistlegorm
Dive site in Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed, Egypt
WWII supply ship bombed on 6 October 1941; holds still carry Bedford trucks and Norton and BSA motorcycles.
- Usual dive
- 30 m
- Deepest point
- 33 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Sep–Nov
- Entry
- By boat
- Current
- Strong
The story
Built in Sunderland in 1940, the British cargo steamship Thistlegorm was sunk by German bombers in the Red Sea in 1941 with war supplies aboard, including Bedford trucks, motorcycles and two steam locomotives. Jacques Cousteau found her in the early 1950s using information from local fishermen.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
The dive
A wreck dive from a boat. Known for turtles, trevally and nudibranchs.
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.
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- Overhead environment: only go inside with the matching training.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
- The site goes deeper than 30 m: Advanced divers stay above 30 m.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck
- Environment
- Wreck penetration
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Turtles
- Trevally
- Nudibranchs
- Batfish
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 SS Thistlegorm?
More dives in Sharm El Sheikh & Ras Mohammed
SS Dunraven
Upturned steamer launched in 1872 that sank in 1876, lying from 15 m at the bow to 29 m at the stern.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Moray eels
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
- Dunraven Wreck dive site, Sharm El Sheikh / Gulf of Suez, W.Strickling, 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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