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Red Sea, Sudan

Sha'ab Rumi (Conshelf II)

Typical depth

30m

Type
Wreck
Typical depth
30 m
Level
Advanced
Visibility
25–40 m
Water temp
24–30 °C
Current
Strong
Access
Liveaboard only
Min cert
Advanced Open Water
  • Historic Site
  • Conshelf II Ruins
  • Plateau
  • Wall
  • Drift
  • Hammerhead Aggregation
  • Liveaboard Only
  • Remote

When to dive

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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.

19.9333° N, 37.4000° E

Notes

Cousteau's 1963 underwater habitat ruins.

Marine life

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

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