Dive Site: Abu Ghosun Wreck

Access: Boat, zodiac

Minimum Divers: 12

Minimum Qualification: Open water & Snorkeling

Depth Range: 1 - 14 M

 Abu Ghosun Wreck

Description: The wreck of Abu Ghusun is also known as “Hamada”, a small freighter of 499 tons, which carried a cargo of polyethylene balls on the road from Jeddah to Suez. It sank in 1993 and ran aground on the Abu Ghusun reef.

You will find it 17 meters deep, accessible from the shore after about 15 minutes of swimming. The wreck is in several parts, although relatively recent, the hull has been colonized by many species such as soft and hard corals, grouper, napoleon, turtle, moray eel.