Diving at Elphinstone reef means diving at a place where you can meet it all.
Fan coral forests, overhangs, hard and soft corals in a variety of astonishing colors… and of course there are plenty of fish! With regular sightings of hammerheads, thresher sharks, grey sharks and white tip reef sharks, at the right time of year.
You reach it by boat, either a liveaboard or on a day trip from Marsa Alam. It is better to do it from a liveaboard because you get longer on it, and the dive guides generally let you go deeper (40m). It is 300 m long with sheer sides, and runs from North to South. At the middle it is just 1 m deep, but the walls drop steeply down to the depths. The current here can be very strong, which is good as it means plenty of fish life. Visibility is usually around 30 m.
Description: Reef
Depth range: 0-40 Meter +
Visibility: 10-40 Meter
Water temperature: 19 ° C – 28 ° C
Elphinstone reef is one of the most famous dive sites in the Red Sea.
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