Scuba Diving Destinations:

Ras Muhammad and wall diving

Destination: Red Sea, Egypt, Ras Muhammad

Ras Muhammad is a diving area located at the southern Gulf of Aqaba next to Sharm El Sheik. This area is famous due to its great walls and the water depths in which divers can practice the sport. If you are a novice diver, here you can find diving areas suitable to you as well as dive operators and instructors who will guide you and help you while you are into the water.

The average water depth divers might find in Ras Muhammad is 18m, with a visibility which ranges from 20m to 30m. The temperature of the waters in this area is of 29º in summer and of 20º in winter. This way, water is very enjoyable and allows divers to have a very good visibility of everything which surrounds them.

The diving area of Ras Muhammad can be accessed by boat from Shark El Sheik or from Hurghada. Besides, if you are planning to visit this location it is important that you consider the fact that the weather is very changing and unpredictable storms may happen from any moment to the other.

Divers should be prepared to find a near place where to stay in case a storm starts. There is a particular place called The Alternatives which is very often visited due to storms. The Alternatives is an area that consists on a chain of reefs where people can safely stay and practice wall diving. This area goes from Shaab Mahmud to the coast of Ras Muhammad and is highly recommendable that divers go to it accompanied by local dive operators.

The reefs of The Alternatives show many different small walls in which divers can practice the sport as well as observing beautiful corals. These corals are not only beautiful by themselves but also due to the sea life they attract and which can be seen around them. Night diving is practiced in this area as well due to the safety it offers but it is necessary to go with someone who knows the area in order not to get lost or take a wrong channel which might lead the diver to the open ocean.





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