Abu el Kizan — hammerhead reef
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.
Pristine eastern slope beneath the iron lighthouse
Hammerhead highway over a carpet of anemones
Coral gardens and big-fish action in the blue
Sheer drop-off draped in soft corals and gorgonians