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Continued from the South Sinai, Egypt dive sites guide, which covers seasonality and planning details.
South Sinai · 5–22 m
The Islands is a maze of underwater coral pinnacles and pools south of Mashraba, connected by sandy channels through cabbage, brain and labyrinth coral. The maximum depth is around 20-22 m, and the wide reef plateau is best negotiated at high tide.
South Sinai · 5–30 m
The smallest of the four Tiran reefs but considered the most marine-life-rich, typically dived as a drift on its current-swept walls. Its celebrated 'Thomas Arches' are a series of deep coral arches beginning around 35m and descending to roughly 90m, reserved for technical divers, while strong and shifting currents make even the recreational profile demanding.
South Sinai · 5–40 m
Tower is a dramatic Hadaba-coast site centered on a deep U-shaped canyon whose vertical walls plunge well over 100 m. Divers follow the sheer wall and then a gently sloping reef, often continuing onto the neighbouring Sodfa plateau with its delicate fan corals. The vertical relief and rich reef life make it a popular local wall dive.
South Sinai · 5–30 m
Umm Sid is a reef and drift dive at the southern end of Dahab, with a coral plateau in the shallows sloping to a wall and outer reef. Currents here make it a pleasant drift over coral gardens and gorgonians.
South Sinai · 10–35 m
A dive site in a wide bay north of Naama Bay built around a canyon that runs from about 10 to 35m and shelters large groupers. It is reckoned one of the better local spots for spotting manta rays, which frequent the stretch from Far Gardens to Ras Nasrani.
South Sinai · 12–30 m
The longest of the four Tiran reefs, almost always dived as a one-way drift along its sloping wall from 12 to 30m. A split midway through the reef can produce strong, turbulent 'washing machine' currents, so the dive is run with surface support following an SMB.
South Sinai · 5–25 m
Named after the Cypriot cargo ship Yolanda that struck the reef in 1980; the hull later slid down the wall to around 180m, but its scattered cargo of toilets, bathtubs, pipework and even a BMW car still litters the shallow reef. The site combines this quirky wreck debris with a coral plateau and wall rich in reef fish and seasonal pelagics.