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Shark & Yolanda Reef

Ras Mohammed, Egypt · 10–40m · intermediate · exposed

Two pinnacles and a cargo of scattered toilets from the Yolanda wreck, with schooling snapper in summer.

Conditions today

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poor

Poor — 0.9m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.8–0.9m
Wave period
4–4.4s
Wind chop
0.3–0.7m
Sea temp
29.2–29.6°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Exposed — open water with nothing to block the swell, so it is scored at full height.

Next few days

  • TodayPoor — 0.9m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.poor
  • SundayMarginal — 0.7m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
  • MondayMarginal — 0.4m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal

Each day is scored over its morning dive window, the same as today's rating.

Dive briefing

AI-generated

Conditions are poor today, hampered by short-period chop working against the 0.9m effective waves. Sea temperature sits at 29.2–29.6°C. You'll be diving between 10 and 40 metres on two pinnacles and scattered wreckage. This is intermediate territory, and the exposed setting means you should be comfortable in rougher water, but the chop will make it a working dive.

Divers commonly log sohal surgeonfish, Indian bullethead parrotfish, and klunzinger's wrasse here, along with bluespotted fantail rays and lyretail anthias. Red Sea bannerfish and raccoon butterflyfish are often recorded too. Schooling behaviour varies with season, so what you encounter will depend on the day.

Written by Claude (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) from the rating, forecast, and sightings on this page — it has no other source and cannot look anything up. Treat it as a summary, not as local knowledge.

Commonly seen here

Most-recorded species near this site, ranked by research-grade iNaturalist sightings from divers, snorkelers, and naturalists.

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