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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marginal
Marginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.
Limiting factor: period
- Wave height
- 0.6–1.5m
- Wave period
- 5–6.2s
- Wind chop
- 0–1.2m
- Sea temp
- 31.8–32.2°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
- TodayMarginal — 0.6m effective waves made worse by short-period chop.marginal
- FridayPoor — decent morning demoted one level because conditions deteriorate over the ride-home window.poor
- SaturdayMarginal — 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
This advanced reef plateau sits on an exposed section of coast, and today's marginal conditions reflect short-period chop compounding the swell. Raw wave heights reach 0.6 to 1.5 metres with periods of 5 to 6.2 seconds, creating the kind of choppy surface that will make entry and exit work and demand good buoyancy control on the plateau itself. Water temperature runs 31.8 to 32.2°C. The reef system slopes from 10 metres down to 40, and you should expect current activity through the site.
Divers commonly log goatfish along the bottom, and you'll often record exquisite butterflyfish, threadfin butterflyfish, and Indian sailfin tangs in the shallows. Blue-green chromis and checkerboard wrasse also show up regularly in the logs. The site's exposure and current make it a serious proposition; plan accordingly and stay attentive on the drop-off.
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.
Parupeneus forsskali9 sightings
Mulloidichthys flavolineatus7 sightings
Chromis viridis7 sightings
Chaetodon austriacus6 sightings
Chaetodon auriga5 sightings
Zebrasoma desjardinii5 sightings
Chlorurus gibbus4 sightings
Halichoeres hortulanus4 sightings
Species come from iNaturalist — research-grade sightings logged by divers, snorkelers, and naturalists nearby. The ranking reflects what people photograph most, not guaranteed abundance. Ask a local operator what's actually being seen. Species names link to iNaturalist for range maps, seasonality and more photos. Photos by iNaturalist contributors under Creative Commons licences — individual credit on hover.