Site de plongée
Sha'ab Rumi (Conshelf II)
Red Sea, Sudan
- Profondeur typique
- 30 m
- Type
- Épave
- Niveau
- Advanced
Notes
Cousteau's 1963 underwater habitat ruins.
Faune marine
- Rays
- manta ray (occasional), eagle ray
- Corals
- coral encrusting Conshelf II structures, hard coral wall, sea fans
- Sharks
- scalloped hammerhead (schools Mar–Jun on south plateau), grey reef shark (resident on plateau), silvertip, whitetip reef shark, occasional oceanic whitetip
- Turtles
- hawksbill, green
- Pelagics
- barracuda schools, jacks, tuna, wahoo
- Reef fish
- napoleon wrasse, snapper, grouper, anthias
Caractéristiques du site
- Historic Site
- Conshelf II Ruins
- Plateau
- Wall
- Drift
- Hammerhead Aggregation
- Liveaboard Only
- Remote
Quand plonger
- Idéal
- Mar–Jun, Oct–Nov
- À éviter
- Jan, Jul–Aug, Dec
Sha'ab Rumi (Roman Reef) is a remote atoll ~50 km NE of Port Sudan and the location of Jacques Cousteau's Conshelf II saturation-diving experiment (1963) — the shark cage, fish corral, garage and tool shed remain on the seabed at 10–27 m, encrusted with coral. South Plateau is the headline dive: a sand-and-coral platform at 25 m where scalloped hammerhead schools cruise the incoming current Mar–Jun, with grey reef sharks year-round. Liveaboard-only out of Port Sudan; spring and autumn intershoulder give the calmest seas.
Conditions & accès
- Visibilité
- 25–40 m
- Température
- 24–30 °C
- Courant
- Strong
- Accès
- Liveaboard only
- Niveau requis
- Advanced Open Water + Nitrox; 30 logged dives recommended for the south plateau current and depth
Emplacement
19.9333° N, 37.4000° E
Sources
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