YANBU AL BAHR, THE SAUDI CAPITAL OF DIVING

Yanbu, the second largest city after Jeddah on the Red Sea offers a paradise of underwater flora and Fauna, a delight for divers!

With around 1000 species of fish and 150 species of coral, the Red Sea is rich in marine life. Rays, eels, scorpionfish, stonefish, clownfish, grouper, pufferfish, butterflyfish, angelfish, lionfish, barracudas, sharks, dolphins and the list goes on!

Enjoy wreck diving on the Iona, a British cargo ship said to have been captured by Germans and then given to their WW1 allies the Turks, who used it in the Red Sea. The wreck is still well preserved and it is a plunge of about 38 mt being the deepest part of the ship.

Seven sisters reef is the place to dive if you want to see hammerhead sharks or Abu Galawa a cresent shaped reef with a turquoise lagoon enclosed within the reef.

Diving is possible all year, the sea is always warm: the coldest month is February and even during this month the water has an average monthly temperature of 23 °C.