Yemen offers three main diving sites in the Red Sea: Kamaran Archipelago, Al-Zubair Archipelago and Hunish (Hanish) Group of Islands. The biggest island is Kamaran Island.
Kamaran Island gets its Arabic name, "two moons" because you can see unusual double reflection when the moon is rising in the early evening in the waters off the northern end of the island. Kamaran Island is the largest Yemen-controlled island in the Red sea. It is also the largest member or an archipelago. Kamaran Island covers 108 sq km of area. Diving areas around Kamaran are one of the best in the world and it is probably one of the best hidden secrets in the sea world. Almost 800 km-long shoal that stretches up into the waters of Saudi Arabia and even Jaques Cousteau raved about in his book The Living Sea. Underwater world offers an incredibly rich fauna and flora.
Outside Kamaran, the diving sites include uninhabited nearby islands as Zubayr and Ogban which have endless mazes of coral channels and caves and wide range of fish, sea turtles, sharks, and dolphins. Kamaran Archipelago offers a great opportunity for excelent diving.
Kamaran Island gets its Arabic name, "two moons" because you can see unusual double reflection when the moon is rising in the early evening in the waters off the northern end of the island. Kamaran Island is the largest Yemen-controlled island in the Red sea. It is also the largest member or an archipelago. Kamaran Island covers 108 sq km of area. Diving areas around Kamaran are one of the best in the world and it is probably one of the best hidden secrets in the sea world. Almost 800 km-long shoal that stretches up into the waters of Saudi Arabia and even Jaques Cousteau raved about in his book The Living Sea. Underwater world offers an incredibly rich fauna and flora.
Outside Kamaran, the diving sites include uninhabited nearby islands as Zubayr and Ogban which have endless mazes of coral channels and caves and wide range of fish, sea turtles, sharks, and dolphins. Kamaran Archipelago offers a great opportunity for excelent diving.
Top choices for diving
Ogban Island
Explored Ogban Island's south tip and found a wonderful coral area about one km out in open water. Goes down to 10m, so it's typical for Kamaran's shallow coral beds that extend from the shelf islands. Great for beginning divers. Kamaran Image
Zubayr Island | Ed's Hope
Haycock, the northernmost island of Zubayr. Little more than a lava rock, we were able to circle it (almost) in one dive. Sandy bottom at 22m. Similar to Peace, with great underwater landscape, but less spectacular coral. Saw barracudas, turtles, and big snappers.
Zubayr Island| Peace
The most spectacular coral area that we have found so far. You enter the water at 7m on the eastern wall of Rugged Island. The bottom is reached at 15m. Endless cruising through a maze of coral cuts and channels, down coral walls, and into caves. The site was named "Peace and Development" in honor of UNDP's efforts in Yemen, but veteran divers just call it "Peace".
Zubayr Island| Shark Reef
A small half-moon-shaped rock with heavy surf just south of Saddle Island. Under water a large area of big rock, lava and broken reef. Sandy bottom at 26m. Visibility was not very good here, but we did see the shark chewing the nylon net!
Kutamah Island
The island northwest of Ogban, about half an hour further on. Diving there is very similar to Ogban. This is the best diving near to Kamaran, and one can combine Kutamah and Ogban for a full day of diving (two to three tanks) and have lunch on the beach.
Zubayr Island | Barracuda Slopes
Our first dive at Zubayr. Just picked a spot at random. Entered the water off a lava cliff at 20 m depth. Sandy and rocky flats broken by small patches of reef, gently sloping outwards. Groups of large barracuda watching us. Very clear water.
Zubayr Island | Volcanic Bay
Our second dive at Zubayr. Reached the bottom at 20 m off a steep lava cliff. Exceptionally clear water. Spectacular rock and lava formations, channels, caves, all overgrown by coral, including some soft coral, that looked very much alive. As Stan said: "That's what we dive for."
Explored Ogban Island's south tip and found a wonderful coral area about one km out in open water. Goes down to 10m, so it's typical for Kamaran's shallow coral beds that extend from the shelf islands. Great for beginning divers. Kamaran Image
Zubayr Island | Ed's Hope
Haycock, the northernmost island of Zubayr. Little more than a lava rock, we were able to circle it (almost) in one dive. Sandy bottom at 22m. Similar to Peace, with great underwater landscape, but less spectacular coral. Saw barracudas, turtles, and big snappers.
Zubayr Island| Peace
The most spectacular coral area that we have found so far. You enter the water at 7m on the eastern wall of Rugged Island. The bottom is reached at 15m. Endless cruising through a maze of coral cuts and channels, down coral walls, and into caves. The site was named "Peace and Development" in honor of UNDP's efforts in Yemen, but veteran divers just call it "Peace".
Zubayr Island| Shark Reef
A small half-moon-shaped rock with heavy surf just south of Saddle Island. Under water a large area of big rock, lava and broken reef. Sandy bottom at 26m. Visibility was not very good here, but we did see the shark chewing the nylon net!
Kutamah Island
The island northwest of Ogban, about half an hour further on. Diving there is very similar to Ogban. This is the best diving near to Kamaran, and one can combine Kutamah and Ogban for a full day of diving (two to three tanks) and have lunch on the beach.
Zubayr Island | Barracuda Slopes
Our first dive at Zubayr. Just picked a spot at random. Entered the water off a lava cliff at 20 m depth. Sandy and rocky flats broken by small patches of reef, gently sloping outwards. Groups of large barracuda watching us. Very clear water.
Zubayr Island | Volcanic Bay
Our second dive at Zubayr. Reached the bottom at 20 m off a steep lava cliff. Exceptionally clear water. Spectacular rock and lava formations, channels, caves, all overgrown by coral, including some soft coral, that looked very much alive. As Stan said: "That's what we dive for."
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For more information about diving in Yemen please check the
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For more information about diving in Yemen please check the
website of Ministry of Tourism or contact us.