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Sha'ab Rumi South

Red Sea, Sudan · 10–40m · advanced · exposed

Reef plateau off northern Sudan, below Cousteau's Conshelf II site. Current-swept, with sharks patrolling the drop-off.

Conditions today

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poor

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

Limiting factor: period

Wave height
0.9–1.3m
Wave period
5.1–5.5s
Wind chop
0.2–1.1m
Sea temp
31.6–31.9°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
  • SundayPoor — 0.9m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.poor
  • MondayMarginal — 0.5m 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 today are poor. A 0.9m effective wave height is being made worse by short-period chop, which will make the site choppy and uncomfortable on the surface. Raw sea state is running 0.9–1.3m with wind waves adding up to 1.1m. Water temperature sits at 31.6–31.9°C. This is an advanced site in an exposed location; you'll need solid boat handling and comfort in current.

Divers commonly log Red Sea goatfish and yellowstripe goatfish here, along with blue-green chromis, exquisite butterflyfish, threadfin butterflyfish, and Indian sailfin tang. Red Sea steephead parrotfish and checkerboard wrasse are also often recorded. The reef plateau drops off into shark-patrolled deeper water, so stick to your plan and watch your depth.

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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