Always dive according to your
level of training.
Check with your dive center for
safety and level required for each dive site.
The Brothers Island (A1
Akhawein Islands)
dive sites of the Red Sea Egypt
Top dive sites in the Red Sea, a gooddive
tip!
The Brothers Islands are situated 67 km
offshore east of El Quseir and south East of Safaga. The smaller island
covers an area of 0.1 square km, while the other one covers 0.3 square
km. A great situation to meet pelagic and big fishes!
To dive the Brothers Islands you have to
join liveaboard safari boats mostly starting from Hurghada or Safaga.
The cruise will last one week during which you will spend between 2 to 4 days
( depending on weather conditions) in the Brothers.
The 2 Islands are only 1 km apart. Together they offer more than 12 different dive sites.
The dive sites are mostly wall dives and strong drop offs. Big Brother have on the North west side some ship
wrecks. The Aida II
an Italian ship which was carrying troops one night in 1957 when it hit Big Brother. A large wreck with much intact superstructure, its shallowest point is at 15 m.
and ends below 45m. There are other older
wrecks scattered at depths between 9 and 40 meters The famouse Numidia
is to find in the Northern tip of the Island. Often there is a strong
current running straight onto the wreck. The wreck starts at a depth of
8m, she lies on the steep drop-off at an almost vertical angle and the
soft coral covers it nicley until 55m. The stern is raised and provides
a nice rounded poop deck below which the large propeller is found
at a depth of about 80m. Experienced technical divers who'd like to dive
the stern should have a good plan for the decompression stop as
the current can be strong in this area!
Don't
miss the wall of the South-East Tip!
Top dive sites in the Red Sea, a gooddive
tip!
Abrupt wall of soft corals drops to 40m, where you hit a short plateau. Over the edge of the plateau another wall descends even further. An excellent dive where you might see hammerhead
sharks; white tip oceanic sharks (carcharhinus longimanus) schools of
jack fishes, big groupers etc.
Water: 18 to 26 degrees Celsius
Air: 18 to 40 degrees Celsius
Best time to dive: End of Spring and Autumn
Worst time to dive: Winter.
For experienced divers only! Even the Egyptian port authorities ask for 50
logged dives to embark.
The Brothers Islands are in the middle of the
Red Sea and have no protected area from the wind for this reason avoid
planning a trip to the Brothers Islands from
mid November to end of march.
More about the Brothers Island:
Visit the web site of the
Liveaboards in the Red Sea
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including
maps and pictures.
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