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SS Thistlegorm

Northern Red Sea, Egypt · 16–32m · advanced · semi

WWII cargo ship still loaded with trucks, motorbikes, and rifles — the world's most famous wreck dive.

Conditions today

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poor

Poor — 0.8m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.8–1.1m
Wave period
3.7–4.3s
Wind chop
0.7–1.1m
Sea temp
28.1–28.3°C

Ranges span today's hours. Wave height here is the raw sea state — the rating scales it for how exposed the site is. Semi-exposed — partial protection, so swell is scored at three-quarters of its open-water height.

Next few days

  • TodayPoor — 0.8m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.poor
  • FridayPoor — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.poor
  • SaturdayPoor — decent morning demoted one level because conditions deteriorate over the ride-home window.poor

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 layered over the swell. Raw wave heights run 0.8–1.1 metres with periods of 3.7–4.3 seconds; the rating reflects the combined effect on this site's exposure. Water temperature sits at 28.1–28.3°C. This is an advanced dive, and the chop will add work to your descent and bottom time. Plan accordingly and brief your team on managing buoyancy in the bumpy conditions.

Divers commonly log Red Sea anemonefish, bluespotted fantail rays, giant morays, lyretail anthias, and parrotfish around the wreck. Red Sea raccoon butterflyfish and bannerfish are also often recorded. The site depths run 16–32 metres, so you'll have good time on the structure. Stick to your plan and watch your air consumption in these conditions.

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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