Route Description - North & Brothers
Explore the stunning Brother Islands, which offer a breathtaking underwater world consisting of cliffs, wreck diving and a wealth of marine life. At the northern part of this liveaboard you can explore some of the best wrecks the Red Sea has to offer. An ideal tour for those who want to experience world famous wrecks and reefs.
The North & Brothers itinerary allows divers to experience the most popular sites in the northern Red Sea, including the wrecks of Abu Nuhas, before heading south to the famous Brother Islands. Dive and explore beautiful marine parks and the Brother Islands which offers a breath-taking underwater scenery consisting of wall diving, wreck diving and an abundance of marine wildlife.
Dive sites that can be dived on this tour the mystical SS Thistlegorm is a must for every Red Sea diver. It is a treat for wreck friends, not least because of their spectacular cargo. It also offers a variety of fish. Schools of barracudas or big tunas and snappers are not uncommon here. As an artificial reef, it also attracts countless coral fish. Worth seeing is the stern with its cannons, the midships and fore ship, the bow and the cargo, as well as the vehicles, the two locomotives, the tender and the water car. The currents at the wreck are moderate, sometimes strong. The view is generally moderate and often many boats are on site. The best time to dive is the early morning hours.
Abu Nuhas: Also known as the "Ship Cemetery". Who has not heard of the 4 wrecks of Abu Nuhas? This reef has more ships than any other in the area. On the north side of Abu Nuhas , the four wrecks lie on a sandy seabed. Giannis D, SS Carnatic, Chrisoula K and Kimono M. On the south side there is a safe mooring for liveaboard ships.
Giannis D - Abu Nuhas: The Giannis D lies at 26m depth on the port side with a perfectly intact stern and an impressive engine room packed with glass fish.
Carnatic - Abu Nuhas: A British P & O steamer that rode the reef in 1869. It lies in 29m depth. The whole hull is draped with colorful soft corals. The wreck is home to glassfish, octopus, moray eels and mackerel. From time to time a frogfish can also be spotted here.
Big Bother Island: A 400-meter-long island with 2 beautiful wrecks and magnificent walls. The wreck of Numidia is located at the northern tip between 10 and 80 meters. On the north-west side of the island is the wreck of the Aida. Each section of this reef is covered with corals and life.
Small Brother Island: The reef has a very high concentration of life in a very small area. Coral forests, overhangs, hard and soft corals in a variety and with amazing colours ... and of course there is a lot of fish! With regular sightings of hammerhead sharks, fox sharks, gray sharks, silk sharks and white tip reef sharks is to be expected at any time of the year.
The exact dive safari route at North and Brothers that are visited are weather dependent and depend on the diving experience of our guests.
Nord and Brothers dive safari starts and ends in Hurghada.