Egypt-Nov2007
First trip to the Red Sea
HurghadaDeparture from the Hurghada Hilton |
HurghadaLeaving Hurghada with a backdrop of the coastal mountains |
First dive...Masked butterflyfish (Chaetodon semilarvatus) and Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) |
First dive...Red Sea bannerfish (Heniochus intermedius) |
First dive...Arabian angelfish (Pomacanthus maculosus) |
Giant clamTridacna squamosa |
Grouper?This looks like some sort of grouper but I don't know which species... |
Purple broccoli!Soft corals resembling broccoli are everywhere |
TriggerfishProbably a blue (Pseudobalistes fuscus) |
Abu NuhasThere are a line of wrecks along the Abu Nuhas shoal, all neatly lined up with the bows very close to the surface |
Blacktip grouperEpinephelus fasciatus |
Chrisoula KAlso known as the tile wreck for obvious reasons. Snubnose rudderfish (Kyphosus cinerascens) |
Arabian surgeonfishAcanthurus sohal |
Broomtail wrasseCheilinus lunulatus |
Abu NuhasThe line of wrecks clearly marks the shoal |
Abu NuhasReally quite shallow...! |
CarnaticWell-preserved stern (Abu Nuhas) |
CornetfishFistularia commersonii |
Yellow-spotted trevallyCarangoides fulvogattus |
Sailfin tangZebrasoma desjardinii |