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Tauchplatz

Red Sea, Big Brother Island, Egypt

SS Numidia

Typische Tiefe

80m

Typ
Wrack
Typische Tiefe
80 m
Niveau
Technical
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.
  • Wreck
  • Wall
  • Deep Wreck
  • Trimix
  • Historic
  • Liveaboard Only
  • Permit Required
  • Strong Current
  • Exposed Site

Beste Zeit

IdealVermeidenOK

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.

26.3247° N, 34.8492° E

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

Tauchbasen, die diesen Spot ansteuern

Quellen

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