Dyk nr: 63, Big Brother (östra sidan), Röda Havet, Egypten
26 18.694 N 34 50.778 E
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Nitrox 27%
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The Brothers Island (A1 Akhawein Islands)
The Brothers Islands are situated 67 km offshore east of El Quseir and south East of Safaga. The smaller island covers an area of 0.1 square km, while the other one covers 0.3 square km. A great situation to meet pelagic and big fishes!
To dive the Brothers Islands you have to join liveaboard safari boats mostly starting from Hurghada or Safaga. The cruise will last one week during which you will spend between 2 to 4 days ( depending on weather conditions) in the Brothers.
The 2 Islands are only 1 km apart. Together they offer more than 12 different dive sites.
The dive sites are mostly wall dives and strong drop offs. Big Brother have on the North west side some ship wrecks. The Aida II an Italian ship which was carrying troops one night in 1957 when it hit Big Brother. A large wreck with much intact superstructure, its shallowest point is at 15 m. and ends below 45m. There are other older wrecks scattered at depths between 9 and 40 meters The famouse Numidia is to find in the Northern tip of the Island. Often there is a strong current running straight onto the wreck. The wreck starts at a depth of 8m, she lies on the steep drop-off at an almost vertical angle and the soft coral covers it nicley until 55m. The stern is raised and provides a nice rounded poop deck below which the large propeller is found at a depth of about 80m. Experienced technical divers who'd like to dive the stern should have a good plan for the decompression stop as the current can be strong in this area!
Don't miss the wall of the South-East Tip!
Top dive sites in the Red Sea, a gooddive tip!
Abrupt wall of soft corals drops to 40m, where you hit a short plateau. Over the edge of the plateau another wall descends even further. An excellent dive where you might see hammerhead sharks; white tip oceanic sharks (carcharhinus longimanus) schools of jack fishes, big groupers etc.
Parkamraters loggar:
Johan Pettersson - Big brother (N-Ö-S)
Johan Pettersson - Big brother (N-V-S Numibia, Aida)
Johan Pettersson - Big brother (S-E-W)