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Hotels, dive operators, gear, and how to get here are on the Ras Mohammed location page.
Overview
Twin pinnacles at the tip of the Sinai peninsula where Red Sea currents converge. Walls drop into deep blue; barracuda tornadoes and jacks school overhead. The wreck of the Yolanda spilled its cargo of toilets and bathtubs across the reef in 1980 — still scattered on the sand.
What you'll see
4 species curated- seasonalSchooling barracudaPeak: Jun · Jul · Aug · Sep
- year-roundBigeye trevally
- year-roundNapoleon wrasse
- seasonalGrey reef shark
Sightings evidence
1 record on file- high confidenceTrevally schools
- Last confirmed
- May 2026
- Recent records
- 88 within 10 km
- Cluster months
- Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Sources & methodology
How we summarise this
We aggregate confirmed occurrence records from GBIF and OBIS within a fixed radius of each dive site. Occurrence records confirm presence and reveal seasonality clustering, but they DO NOT measure per-dive probability — there is no eligible-effort denominator. We deliberately do not publish a numeric '% chance of sighting' from this data.
Sources
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility — GBIF Secretariat
- Ocean Biodiversity Information System — IOC-UNESCO
- OBIS-SEAMAP — Duke University Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab / OBIS
- iNaturalist — California Academy of Sciences & National Geographic Society
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — International Union for Conservation of Nature
- WoRMS — World Register of Marine Species — Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
- FishBase — FishBase Consortium
- Atlas of Living Australia — CSIRO / GBIF Australia
- REEF Volunteer Fish Survey — Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Conditions
| Month | Water | Visibility | Current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21–23 °C | 20–30 m | moderate |
| Feb | 20–22 °C | 20–30 m | moderate |
| Mar | 21–23 °C | 20–30 m | moderate |
| Apr | 22–24 °C | 25–35 m | moderate |
| May | 24–26 °C | 25–35 m | moderate |
| Jun | 26–28 °C | 25–35 m | moderate |
| Jul | 27–29 °C | 25–35 m | moderate |
| Aug | 28–30 °C | 25–35 m | moderate |
| Sep | 27–29 °C | 25–35 m | moderate |
| Oct | 26–28 °C | 25–35 m | moderate |
| Nov | 24–26 °C | 20–30 m | moderate |
| Dec | 22–24 °C | 20–30 m | moderate |
Season calendar
Peak season highlighted · current month outlined
Gear for this site
Beyond the basic kit- 5mm wetsuit — Winter water dips to 20C — tropical suits not warm enough Dec-Mar.
- SMB — Strong drift exits at the tip of the peninsula.
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