Tauchplatz
SS Numidia
Red Sea, Big Brother Island, Egypt
- Typische Tiefe
- 80 m
- Typ
- Wrack
- Niveau
- Technical
Notizen
137 m British cargo steamer that ran onto the north tip of Big Brother in 1901 and slid down the wall. Bow section from ~10 m, stern lost in the blue past 80 m — wall and deep wreck combined.
Meereslebewesen
- Corals
- soft coral fans cascading down the wall alongside the wreck
- Sharks
- oceanic whitetip, grey reef shark, thresher shark, hammerhead
- Pelagics
- tuna, jacks, barracuda
- Reef fish
- anthias, snapper
Wrack
- Schiff
- SS Numidia
- Klasse
- steam cargo ship
- Herkunft
- United Kingdom
- Gesunken
- 1901 — ran aground on the north tip of Big Brother Island, 20 Jul 1901; subsequently slid down the wall
- Länge
- 137 m
- Penetration
- Möglich — mit Ausbildung
Eigenschaften
- Wreck
- Wall
- Deep Wreck
- Trimix
- Historic
- Liveaboard Only
- Permit Required
- Strong Current
- Exposed Site
Beste Zeit
- Ideal
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov
- Vermeiden
- Jan–Feb
Brother Islands — accessible by liveaboard only, with a permit-controlled season typically March–May and September–November. Big Brother is exposed offshore; surface conditions and current dictate whether the deeper wreck section is workable.
Bedingungen & Zugang
- Sicht
- 20–40 m
- Wassertemperatur
- 22–29 °C
- Strömung
- Strong
- Zugang
- Permit required
- Mindeststufe
- Advanced Open Water + deep specialty for the upper bow section at 10–25 m; full trimix to dive the stern and locomotive wheels at 60–80 m. Current at the north tip of Big Brother is the limiting factor.
Standort
26.3247° N, 34.8492° E
Tauchbasen, die diesen Spot ansteuern
4 Anbieter führen diesen Spot auf ihren Websites
- Emperor DiversRed Sea, Egypt · Tauchsafari[Quelle]
- Master LiveaboardsRed Sea, Egypt · Tauchsafari[Quelle]
- Red Sea ExplorersRed Sea, Egypt · Tauchsafari[Quelle]
- Scuba TravelRed Sea trips, United Kingdom · Tauchsafari[Quelle]
Quellen
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