- Type
- Wreck
- Typical depth
- 80 m
- Level
- Technical
- Visibility
- 20–40 m
- Water temp
- 22–29 °C
- Current
- Strong
- Access
- Permit required
- Min cert
- 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
When to dive
BestAvoidOK
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
Notes
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.
Marine life
- 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
Wreck
- Vessel
- SS Numidia
- Class
- steam cargo ship
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Sunk
- 1901 — ran aground on the north tip of Big Brother Island, 20 Jul 1901; subsequently slid down the wall
- Length
- 137 m
- Penetration
- Possible — with training
Dive clubs that visit this site
- Emperor Diverssource
Red Sea, Egypt · Liveaboard
- Master Liveaboardssource
Red Sea, Egypt · Liveaboard
- Red Sea Explorerssource
Red Sea, Egypt · Liveaboard
- Scuba Travelsource
Red Sea trips, United Kingdom · Liveaboard
Sources
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