Gezira Seghir (Little Island)

Hummam

Shab Darraka

Wadi Gimal North

All meals are served aboard the liveaboard vessel during expeditions to the Northern Reefs. Sudanese liveaboard operators maintain excellent culinary standards with fresh Red Sea seafood, international cuisine, and traditional Sudanese dishes throughout the voyage. The extended duration of northern expeditions allows the crew to prepare varied menus including celebration dinners following successful shark and turtle encounters. Fresh karkadeh tea, Sudanese coffee, tropical fruit juices, and water are available throughout each day. The communal liveaboard dining experience is enhanced by the sense of exploration in these rarely visited waters where divers share unique discoveries over multi-course evening meals.

M/V Don Questo

M/V Royal Evolution

M/V Odyssey

M/V Sea Serpent

The Northern Reefs extend from Port Sudan toward the Egyptian border, encompassing some of the least-explored diving territory in the entire Red Sea. This remote region includes Gezira Seghir, an isolated sandy cay with turtle nesting beaches and leopard sharks on sand patches, Shab Darraka's deep-wall drift diving with hammerheads at dawn, Hummam's outstanding macro life with blue-spotted stingrays and night diving opportunities, and Wadi Gimal North where occasional liveaboard extensions from Egyptian waters cross into Sudan to find silky sharks and large dogtooth tuna. The northern reefs benefit from extremely low diving pressure, with some sites receiving fewer than a dozen divers per year. Coral health is exceptional and marine life behaviour remains natural and unhabituated to divers, creating encounters of extraordinary intimacy. The proximity to the Egyptian border means some liveaboards operating from Marsa Alam or Sharm El Sheikh extend their itineraries south into Sudanese waters, offering a rare combination of Egyptian and Sudanese Red Sea diving in a single expedition.

Northern Reefs

Peak diving season with calm seas, excellent visibility of 20-40 meters, and warm water temperatures.

Hottest months with potential for strong winds and rough seas reducing dive accessibility.

Good conditions with occasional wind and generally acceptable visibility for diving.

The Northern Reefs are reached by liveaboard vessel from Port Sudan harbour, with crossings ranging from 90 minutes to 3 hours depending on the specific site. Some northern sites are accessible via liveaboard extensions from Egyptian Red Sea ports including Marsa Alam. Wadi Gimal North is typically only visited on combined Egypt-Sudan expedition itineraries. The remote nature of these reefs means extended liveaboard trips are required.

Dive Sites in Northern Reefs

Gezira Seghir (Little Island)

Hummam

Shab Darraka

Wadi Gimal North