hard Marsa Alam

Elphinstone Reef

Depth Range
10–70m
Boat Ride
45 min
Difficulty
hard
Exposed offshore reef with moderate-to-strong current — advanced, drift-experienced divers only, calm weather essential
The crown jewel of Marsa Alam diving: a narrow reef roughly 300 metres long, sitting about 12 km offshore and dropping away in sheer walls on every side. The two long flanks fall past 70 metres into deep blue, while the northern and southern plateaus are the stage for its famous encounters. This is exposed, current-swept, big-water diving — reserved for experienced divers comfortable with drift and negative entries — and the reward is some of the best pelagic action in the Red Sea, headlined by oceanic whitetip sharks and, in season, schooling hammerheads.

What You Might See

Oceanic whitetip sharks (longimanus) Hammerhead sharks (seasonal) Barracuda & tuna Napoleon wrasse Giant trevally Moray eels, anthias & soft corals

Gallery

Green turtle on the reef at Elphinstone, Marsa Alam
Shark silhouette against the surface light, Elphinstone
Reef shark cruising the blue water at Elphinstone Reef

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