St.Jhon's
St. John's is also abundant in fish, and it is here that you can see the otherwise rare bumphead parrotfish. A glimpse at the blue sea can be incredibly beneficial: Sharks, barracudas, and schools of mackerel and tuna are not uncommon here. You might also see manta rays and dolphins if you're lucky.
St. John's Reef:
Its dive sites are all relatively near together, making it simple to transfer from one to another on a liveaboard.
St. John's offers a lot of variety in its dives: drop offs, tunnels, caves and breathtaking hard coral formations.
One of these dives (St. John's Caves or Umm Kharalim) is truly unique and is a photographer's heaven with rays of light shimmering through small tunnels.
St. John's Reef North:
Cave Reef is about an hour north of St. John's Reefs.
You'll have a lot of fun finding your way through tunnels and around battlements. One of the most beautiful dive sites in the Red Sea.
Regular sightings of hammerhead, thresher, gray, silky and white tip reef sharks can be expected at any time of the year.
Elphinstone Reef:
This reef is known for shark encounters, white tip reef sharks, hammerheads, gray reef sharks, thresher sharks and of course what Elphinstone is famous for: the Longimanus – the oceanic white tip reef shark.
A reef little longer than 300 metres in length is called Elphinstone Reef or Sha'ab Abu Hamra, and it is situated 20 kilometres from Marsa Alam. The breathtaking drop-offs on both sides of the reef extend well over 100 metres.
Strong currents make this a perfect drift dive along sheer walls covered with many species of fish and soft corals. You'll see barracuda, angelfish and hordes of anthias, groupers, moray eels and schools of sweetlips.
To the north, the reef is covered in soft corals. An archway at 65 metres deep at the southern end of Elphinstone is much beyond recreational diving limitations and is best suited for tec divers. This location is also visited by white tip sharks on occasion.
Other species of sharks are regular visitors here - whitetip and gray reef sharks, as well as hammerheads and silky sharks can be spotted.
The east side has a huge drop-off, whereas the west side is less steep and sandy. This area is rich in soft corals, sponges, sea fans, and enormous crinoids.
Brothers & Elphinstone Reef is a great combination for divers who love walls and big fish.
