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• St. John's Cave, a chain of five reefs, truly lives up to its name. Umm Hararim stands out with its unique cave system. In the shallow area, surrounded by a beautiful hard coral garden, the main reef on its southwest side is riddled with holes like Swiss cheese. Most of the passages are open towards the top, easy to dive through, covered with red coral, and the play of light on the bright sandy bottom is truly unique. You'll spot hatchetfish gathering in darker corners and blue-spotted rays searching for crabs in the sand... it's a place where desktop-worthy photos are made!
• Abu Fandera boasts dozens of ergs (reef blocks) at depths of 15m to 20m, covered in beautiful soft corals, just waiting to awaken your inner explorer.

Brother Islands – Elphinstone

• The Brother Islands are hands down some of the best dive spots on the planet! Rising steeply from the deep, these two small islands, Big Brother and Little Brother, sit all alone in the open Red Sea, about 60 km off the coast.
• Little Brother is home to an astonishing abundance of marine life, with incredible drop-offs awaiting divers. To the north, a narrow and long plateau stretches from 7m down to over 42m. Diving there is always a bit of an adventure! Hammerheads often make an appearance, and there's also a cleaning station for grey reef sharks. You'll see large barracudas poised to hunt in the current, big Napoleon wrasse showing off for divers, and sometimes even silky sharks and thresher sharks passing by. Especially in the south, you can often spot turtles, a manta ray might glide by almost unnoticed in the current, and you could even see hunting dolphins, tuna, and mackerel – anything is possible!
• About a kilometer north of Little Brother, you'll find Big Brother. Right in the middle of the island, there's a lighthouse built in 1883. But the real highlight for any diver here is definitely a dive at the NUMIDIA wreck. This British steel and screw steamer was on its way from Glasgow to Bombay & Calcutta when it ran full speed onto the northern tip of the reef on the night of July 20, 1901. A few weeks later, the Numidia sank and now lies upright on the reef between 12m and 80m deep.
• Even though Elphinstone Reef has been, and still is, heavily dived in recent years due to its proximity to the coast, it's undoubtedly one of Egypt's most beautiful reefs and a 'must-do' for every diver. Not super wide but long, a plateau gradually extends from 18m down to 55m in the north. It's beautifully covered in corals, and it's worth looking out for big fish (like grey reef sharks, hammerheads, and whitetip sharks) before you drift east or west along the breathtaking drop-off, which is adorned with gorgonians, wire corals, and various soft corals. The plateau in the south is a bit wider, covered with coral blocks, and transitions into a drop-off at about 45m depth.

(Source: Golden Dolphin Safari World)