Carless Reef

Site Position

60 minutes cruising from Hurghada ; northeast of Big Giftun.

Sea Conditions

Only excellent weather permitting. No protected moorings. Experience requires courtesy of demanding and unpredictable current.

Profile/Specifics

Depth 12-17 meters. Drop-off at 20-25 meters. Emerges from the sea like a surprise package. Two large pinnacles, encircled by a coral garden plateau. Spectacular drop-off, disappearing into the abyss.

Aquatic Panorama

• Coaral meadow
• Pinnacles
• Moray eels
• Midas blenny
• Sargassum frogfish
• Orange-striped triggerfish
• Tuna
• Nudibranch
• Hammerhead shark