Also known as Alternatives Reefs; Sha'ab el-Utaf area
A chain of coral towers and outcrops west of Ras Mohammed, used as shelter and as a second dive on Thistlegorm/Dunraven days. Individual…
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A chain of coral towers and outcrops west of Ras Mohammed, used as shelter and as a second dive on Thistlegorm/Dunraven days. Individual towers carry their own names (Stingray Station, Lonely Mushroom). Depth 10–25 m; day boat; variable current.
Centres that run The Alternatives and the reefs around it.
Sloping reef strewn with the amphora cargo of a wrecked Ottoman-era vessel
Dense carpet of sea anemones and territorial anemonefish on the shallow shelf at the southern end of the Shark Observatory wall
The beacon-marked southern corner of Sha'ab Mahmud
Gently sloping sandy plateau with a V-shaped stream of sand issuing from a small cave
Helwa Ya Baladi
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