Dive Guide Book

Ras Mohammed

The Ras Mohammed is the world renowned Marine National Park which boast a complex and absolutely unique ecosystem that counts over 1,000 species of fish and 150 species of corals. It is stretched over about 6,300 square kilometres of territory and situated south of the Egyptian tourist town of Sharm-El-Sheikh.
The Ras Mohamed peninsula is a privileged area distinguished for the strong currents that transport large quantities of plankton that give rise to an extraordinary growth of soft and stony corals and attracts large schools of both pelagic and reef marine fauna. The great abundance of food attract plenty of barracuda, tuna, Jackfish and sharks which offers divers the chance to make extremely interesting and exciting dives, especially in the hot summer months of June to August.
The classic diving sites begin at the southern tip of Marsa Bareika and continue along the eastern cost with Jackfish Alley, Eel Garden and Shark Observatory and at the southern end of the peninsula with Anemone City, Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef.
Visitors to the park are required to observe certain regulations in order to safeguard both the marine and land environments. Park rangers guard the territory carefully to make sure that all diving boasts respect the complimentary regulations regarding access to diving sites and the use of fixed moorings.
For instance, it is prohibited to touch or break any corals or shells, to feed the fish as this would upset the biological balance of the reef, to throw refuse of any kind into the sea and to collect or damage any material either living or dead ( shells, fish, plants, corals etc). In addition, it is prohibited to access any closed area and to walk or anchor on any reef area. You will be given further information about these regulations from your dive guide once you are on the dive boat.