Tauchplatz
Salem Express
Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt
- Typische Tiefe
- 30 m
- Typ
- Wrack
- Niveau
- Intermediate
Meereslebewesen
- Macro
- nudibranchs, scorpionfish
- Turtles
- hawksbill (occasional)
- Pelagics
- barracuda, jacks
- Reef fish
- lionfish, glassfish in the wheelhouse, batfish, snapper, grouper
- Invertebrates
- coral and sponge encrusting the hull, soft corals on the railings
Wrack
- Schiff
- Salem Express
- Klasse
- Ro-Ro passenger ferry
- Herkunft
- Egypt (built France 1966)
- Gesunken
- 1991 — struck the Hyndman Reefs ~16 km south of Safaga on the night of 14 Dec 1991 (returning from Jeddah with Hajj pilgrims) and sank within minutes; ~470 official fatalities — one of the worst maritime disasters of the Red Sea
- Länge
- 115 m
- Penetration
- Nicht empfohlen
Eigenschaften
- Wreck
- War Grave
- No Penetration (Cultural)
- Memorial Dive
- Intact
- Reef Adjacent
Beste Zeit
- Ideal
- Mar–May, Sep–Nov
- Vermeiden
- Jan, Jul–Aug, Dec
The Salem Express was a Roll-on/Roll-off passenger ferry that struck the Hyndman Reefs ~16 km south of Safaga on the night of 14 December 1991 and sank within minutes; ~470 people died. The wreck lies on her starboard side in 12–32 m and is treated as a mass grave — Egyptian custom and operator code forbid penetration and the removal or disturbance of any artefact. Year-round divable, but the open Safaga site is best in spring and autumn when winds drop. A sober, sensitive dive — many operators brief it as a memorial.
Bedingungen & Zugang
- Sicht
- 15–25 m
- Wassertemperatur
- 22–28 °C
- Strömung
- Mild
- Zugang
- Open access
- Mindeststufe
- Advanced Open Water recommended; no wreck-penetration specialty needed because penetration is not permitted
Standort
26.6403° N, 33.9933° E
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