Wreck diving
The Red Sea's wrecks
One of these is a real Pharaoh Dive Club trip from Roots. The rest are the Red Sea's most famous wrecks further north and offshore — shown here for anyone who loves wreck diving, not as something Roots runs trips to.
Run by Pharaoh Dive Club
Salem Express
A real Pharaoh Dive Club boat trip from Roots — the tragic wreck of a passenger ferry, resting at 32m off Safaga.
- Depth
- 32 m
- Entry
- By boat
- Minimum level
- Open Water
Elsewhere in the Red Sea
Sha'ab Abu Nuhas — the “Ships' Graveyard”
A shallow reef in the Gulf of Suez that has claimed at least four cargo ships over the last 150 years.
Giannis D
Sunk 19 April 1983
Mast ~4m, stern down to ~24m
More info
Carnatic
Sunk 12 September 1869
Lies parallel to the reef at roughly 18–27m
More info
Chrisoula K
Sunk 31 August 1981
Bow ~3m, stern and propeller ~26m
More info
Kimon M
Sunk 12 December 1978
12–32m — the deepest of the Abu Nuhas group within recreational limits
More info
Elsewhere in the Red Sea
Off Sinai & the Gulf of Suez
The Red Sea's two most famous wrecks, both lost within days of each other in October 1941.
Elsewhere in the Red Sea
Big Brother Island
A remote offshore island, liveaboard-only, with two wrecks resting on the same near-vertical wall.
