Red Sea Liveaboard, Ras Mohammed to Brothers Islands

Hurghada to Brothers Islands, Red Sea · Egypt

Moderate7 daysAfrica~£1,500 est.

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Overview

The Red Sea is one of the world's premier liveaboard diving destinations — warm, clear water, shallow-growing hard coral in superb condition, and a pelagic scene that delivers hammerhead sharks, oceanic whitetips, and thresher sharks at the Brothers Islands and Daedalus Reef. The classic circuit from Hurghada runs north to Ras Mohammed (the submerged tip of the Sinai Peninsula) and the Sha'ab Abu Nuhas wreck site in the Strait of Gubal, then turns south and out to the offshore pinnacles. The Brothers (El Akhawein) are two tiny rocky islands in the open Red Sea, 60km offshore, that rise from 800m of water. The walls are covered in soft corals and home to schools of barracuda, jacks, and the resident oceanic whitetip sharks that were Jacques Cousteau's favourite Red Sea subject. Daedalus Reef adds schooling scalloped hammerheads on the right current. Liveaboard boats from Hurghada run 7-day circuits year-round. The boats range from basic to genuinely comfortable — choose an operator on safety record and group size rather than the cheapest berth. Nitrox is widely available for extending bottom time. Prices run £750–1,450 per person for a 7-night all-inclusive liveaboard. October–May is the prime season. Summer (June–September) is hot (air and water both 30°C+) but still excellent diving.