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Excalibur

Also known as The Excalibur Wreck; Excalibur wreck Hurghada

Small, intact luxury sailing yacht upright in a sand lagoon - an unusually photogenic and easy wreck

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Small, intact luxury sailing yacht upright in a sand lagoon - an unusually photogenic and easy wreck. Twin masts (the main mast formerly reached to within 4 m of the surface). Popular platform for wreck-diver training courses. Depth 4–22 m; shore or day boat; Slight - the wreck sits in a sheltered sand lagoon current. ship_type: Twin-masted motor-sailer / luxury sailing yacht; length_m: 22.0; date_sunk: Between November 1995 and February 1996; cause: Not established. Fire damage to the main cabin is documented; explanations offered range from an engine-room electrical fire to deliberate loss, but no evidence supports any of…

Highlights

  • Small, intact luxury sailing yacht upright in a sand lagoon - an unusually photogenic and easy wreck
  • Twin masts (the main mast formerly reached to within 4 m of the surface)
  • Popular platform for wreck-diver training courses
  • Divable from the shore, about 50 m out

Marine life

  • glassfish
  • lionfish
  • scorpionfish
  • moray eels
  • nudibranchs

Good to know

Best season
Year-round. Water 22-29 C; calmest seas and best visibility March-November, with the coolest water and strongest northerlies December-February.
Protected status
Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited
Fees
No separate site fee published; environmental tax historically 3.5 LE/diver/day (Red Sea Governorate, 2001), collection suspended after January 2011 per HEPCA.
Wreck
ship_type: Twin-masted motor-sailer / luxury sailing yacht; length_m: 22.0; date_sunk: Between November 1995 and February 1996; cause: Not established. Fire damage to the main cabin is documented; explanations offered range from an engine-room electrical fire to deliberate loss, but no evidence supports any of them.; orientation: Upright with a slight list to starboard on a sand lagoon bottom at about 22 m.; wreck_depth_m: up to 22; penetration: Yes - the cabin is open and accessible for interior exploration.

Dive centres in Hurghada

Centres that run Excalibur and the reefs around it.

Aquarius Diving Club
Hurghada

Aquarius Diving Club

PADI diving in Hurghada

PADI
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Barakuda
Hurghada

Barakuda

PADI diving in Hurghada

PADI
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Cave Divers
Hurghada

Cave Divers

PADI diving in Hurghada

PADI
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