Brothers

The Brothers Islands (Al Akhawein Islands) are situated 67 km offshore east of El Quseir and south East of Safaga. The smaller island covers an area of 0.1 square km, while the other one covers 0.3 square km. A great situation to meet pelagic and big fishes!

The breathtaking underwater scenery stands in extreme contrast to the bare rocks on the islands. Due to the far offshore location rough seas can be encountered. Once you mastered this incredible diving is your reward!

The 2 Islands are only 1 km apart. Together they offer more than 12 different dive sites.

The dive sites are mostly wall dives and strong drop offs. Big Brother have on the North west side some ship wrecks. The Aida II an Italian ship which was carrying troops one night in 1957 when it hit Big Brother. A large wreck with much intact superstructure, its shallowest point is at 15 m. and ends below 45m. There are other older wrecks scattered at depths between 9 and 40 meters The famouse Numidia is to find in the Northern tip of the Island. Often there is a strong current running straight onto the wreck. The wreck starts at a depth of 8m, she lies on the steep drop-off at an almost vertical angle and the soft coral covers it nicley until 55m. The stern is raised and provides a nice rounded poop deck below which the large propeller is found at a depth of about 80m. Experienced technical divers who'd like to dive the stern should have a good plan for the decompression stop as the current can be strong in this area!

Abrupt wall of soft corals drops to 40m, where you hit a short plateau. Over the edge of the plateau another wall descends even further. An excellent dive where you might see hammerhead sharks; white tip oceanic sharks (carcharhinus longimanus) schools of jack fishes, big groupers etc.