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Yolanda Wreck (cargo field)

Also known as MV Yolanda; Jolanda wreck; حطام اليولاندا

Scattered cargo of bathroom fittings - toilets, baths, shower trays - plus a container of BMW parts, spread over the shallow saddle at…

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Scattered cargo of bathroom fittings - toilets, baths, shower trays - plus a container of BMW parts, spread over the shallow saddle at the foot of Yolanda Reef. Depth 5–25 m; day boat; moderate to strong current. Cypriot cargo ship Yolanda, wrecked on the reef 1980; the hull itself slid into deep water off the drop-off (Emperor Divers gives 74 m). Only the shallow cargo field remains divable. Inside Ras Mohammed National Park: declared 1983 by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, 480 km2 (135 km2 land, 345 km2 sea).

Highlights

  • Scattered cargo of bathroom fittings - toilets, baths, shower trays - plus a container of BMW parts, spread over the shallow saddle at the foot of Yolanda Reef.

Marine life

  • blue-spotted stingray
  • giant moray
  • scorpionfish
  • batfish

Good to know

Protected status
Inside Ras Mohammed National Park: declared 1983 by the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, 480 km2 (135 km2 land, 345 km2 sea).
Fees
Ras Mohammed National Park entry fee; Emperor Divers quotes EUR 5 per diver per day for park sites (marine-park fees quoted at EUR 5-7/day).
Wreck
Cypriot cargo ship Yolanda, wrecked on the reef 1980; the hull itself slid into deep water off the drop-off (Emperor Divers gives 74 m). Only the shallow cargo field remains divable.

Dive centres in Sharm el-Sheikh

Centres that run Yolanda Wreck (cargo field) and the reefs around it.

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