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Abu el Kizan — hammerhead reef

Sites catalogued
4
Common season
Year-round
Difficulty
Intermediate–Advanced

About this region

A lone reef and lighthouse far offshore in the central Red Sea, ringed by walls that fall into deep blue. Famous for schooling scalloped hammerheads off the north point in summer, with oceanic whitetips, manta rays and a sprawling anemone city.

Region facts

Sites catalogued4
Centre24.92° N, 35.86° E
Common seasonYear-round
Conditions & forecast
Diving: Good
Wind
9 km/h W
Air
29.4°C
Water
29.2°C
Waves
0.3 m
Tide
↓ Falling
High 08:00 · Low 02:00
Next 24 hours
22h
29.5°
11 km/h
23h
29.7°
11 km/h
00h
29.6°
12 km/h
01h
29.5°
15 km/h
02h
29.6°
12 km/h
03h
29.5°
8 km/h
04h
29.5°
3 km/h
05h
29.4°
4 km/h
06h
29.5°
8 km/h
07h
29.6°
7 km/h
08h
29.5°
3 km/h
09h
29.6°
10 km/h
10h
29.8°
11 km/h
11h
30°
6 km/h
12h
30.1°
1 km/h
13h
30.3°
4 km/h
14h
30.5°
10 km/h
15h
30.4°
12 km/h
16h
30.2°
10 km/h
17h
30.2°
8 km/h
18h
30.3°
5 km/h
19h
30.1°
4 km/h
20h
30.1°
3 km/h
21h
30.1°
5 km/h
Fri
30.2° / 29.2°
23 km/h · 0.5 m
Sat
30.5° / 29.4°
15 km/h · 0.3 m
Sun
30.9° / 29.5°
15 km/h · 0.1 m
Mon
30.8° / 29.7°
24 km/h · 0.4 m
Tue
32.2° / 29.8°
35 km/h · 1 m
Wed
31.5° / 29.9°
31 km/h · 0.9 m
Thu
30.6° / 29.9°
16 km/h · 0.6 m

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