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In 1963, 5 oceanauts (and a parrot) lived there for a month as immortalised in the documentary 'World Without Sun'. Undercover agents open up a fake hotel to real tourists as a cover to help smuggle thousands of Ethiopian refugees to safety. It is bejewelled with encrusting algae, sponges, corals and featherstars. Other notable dive sites of Northern Sudan include This is one of Sudan's best known dive sites and one of the most bizarre ones you will likely ever encounter. Scuttled by the Italians to avoid letting it get into the hands of the British, the Umbria sank at Wingate Reef, close to Port Sudan, still loaded with a huge cargo of bombs and weaponry. A series of underwater habitats were constructed and anchored to the reef at Shaab Rumi in a sort of submerged village, named Conshelf II. As a shallow site you may be diving here either in the daytime or as a night dive. Undercover agents open up a fake hotel to real tourists as a cover to help smuggle thousands of Ethiopian refugees to safety. Other top sites in the Deep South of Sudan include The best dive sites in the Sudanese section of the Red Sea are spread out over quite a large area. It is a stand-out dive site of the Sudanese Deep South, and many experienced divers consider it the best in the whole of the Red Sea! Actual prices may vary. In any case, it is the cargo rather than the ship that makes this a unique dive site. Initially you will be on the look-out for sharks which often involves a little excursion into the blue. Then the wall turns in to a gradual lipped reef slope with densely packed corals along its entire length. There are several caverns to explore in the shallower areas. The reef is also alive with black coral bushes and spectacular hard and soft corals. Rising from the depths of the sea some 800m below, Sanganeb Reef is something of a hotspot for nutrient-rich upwellings that beckon all the marine life from the surrounding area. Half star out of four. At depths over 30m, large black coral bushes dominate the reefscape. Expect clear, blue water; dizzying drop-offs, as well as sizzling marine life that includes whitetip, silvertip and hammerhead sharks. Some of the dives may offer challenges in terms of depth or wreck penetration that would be a little too much for beginner divers in places like Sharm El Sheikh. The place resembles a flooded wrecker's yard and is a fascinating juxtaposition of nature and industry. The topography consists of deep plateaus and deeply-fissured walls which rise to about 10m at its shallowest point. ... Israel and Sudan both have coastlines on the Red Sea… Others are clearly big hulking metal vehicles most treasured by some divers for the resultant comedic photographs of them sitting in the driver's seat, although this is not for the faint-hearted as you need to remove your BCD. Personal timely responses answering my questions that give me the assurance to commit to a live-aboard reservation are important to me. Medical discoveries included that hair grew more slowly and wounds healed more quickly than at the surface. As such it is considered a bit of a step up from Egypt. While many places claim to have rent-a-quote Cousteau's special seal of approval, this site is one he actually selected as a location for one of his 'underwater living' projects. It is a coral pinnacle that rises vertically out of the depths and most diving is done on its northern wall. We use cookies to personalise content for you and to analyse our traffic.