You can do many of these dives as day dives from Sharm El-Sheikh. However, the best way is probably by liveaboard - either from Hurghada or Sharm. For suggestions of companies operating dive boats and complete packages, see the Dive Operators page.

A lovely wreck with marvellous silhouettes against the surface. This Greek ship sunk in 1983 after colliding with a wreck. 100 m long, the stern rests at 23 m. It is lying at a 45^o and can be slightly disorientating. You can go in the engine room, which is big. Other rooms lead off this. Look out for an enormous grey mottled moray eel, of sea serpent proportions, as well as coral, prawns, mullet, butterfly fish and pretty pipefish (Corythoichthys schultzi).

The Ghiannis D is north of Sha'ab Abu Nuhâa reef, in the Strait of Gobal.

The bottom of this wreck slopes down from 7 to 22 m at the stern with the propellor and wheelhouse. At the shallow end of the wreck is a slightly broken up reef. The stern points north-east and currents are generally mild and south-flowing. A Greek boat with a cargo of tiles and stone, it was sunk in 1981. Look out for spanish dancers, schools of striated fusiliers (Caesio striata), box fish (Ostracion trachys) and masked butterfly fish (Chaetodon semilarvatus).

The Chrisoula K is on the eastern side of Sha'ab Abu Nuhâa reef, in the Strait of Gobal.

This makes a good night dive. The barge is literally crammed full of fish, along with several lion fish (Pterois miles and P. Radiata). Take your camera. An enormous, toothless, moray also patrols here. Look in the coral for tiny crabs (Trapezia rufopuctata).

The boat is upright, but only the hull remains.

The barge is opposite Bluff Point Lighthouse, in the Strait of Gobal.

A fantastic dive, which has been voted one of the Top Ten Dives in the World. You'll need to do this more than once to explore more than a tiny part of the wreck.

Thistlegorm is Gaelic for Blue Thistel. A British vessel, it was attacked from the air and sunk in 1941 whilst carrying a cargo of war supplies: rifles, motor bikes, train carriages, trucks. A big wreck - 131 metres long. Currents can be strong, and in different directions at the surface and at the wreck.

We don't have space to describe everything there is to see on the Thistlegorm, which is in very good condition. The Diving Guide to the Red Sea Wrecks contains 17 pages on this one wreck (for the review click here).

The Thistlegorm is in the Strait of Gobal, north of Ras Mohammed.

The wreck lies upside-down. Enter the wreck at the stern. You can then swim the entire length inside to the bow, which is on the reef (18 m). Be careful not to stir up the sand and mud on the bottom. End the dive by swimming along the reef. Lots of sea life. An enormous napoleon or maori wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) may greet you on the way down. The wreck is broken half way along, and an amazing shoal of glass fish school here. Look also for nudibranchs and regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus), plus large groupers.

The Dunraven was a British ship, returning from Bombay to Newcastle carrying a cargo of wool and cotton. It sank in the 1870s. It was powered by both sail and steam.

Like many wrecks, the Dunravn is in the Strait of Gobal, north of Beacon Rock and 12 km West of Ras Mohammed.

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