Route Description - St.Johns–Abu Fendera
Discover the untouched beauty of Egypt’s deep south with St. Johns and Abu Fandera, where adventure meets tranquility beneath the waves. Rising from a vast underwater plateau near the Sudanese border, St. Johns offers a maze of vibrant reefs teeming with marine life, from colorful corals to schools of reef fish. Just south, Abu Fandera enchants divers with its stunning coral passages, thriving soft corals, and thrilling encounters with reef sharks, napoleons, and majestic humphead parrotfish. A true paradise for those seeking world-class diving in one of the Red Sea’s most remote and breathtaking regions.
St Johns
This vast reef system lies furthest to the south on the Egyptian side, 10 miles from the Sudanese border. There are dozens of excellent dives. Its reefs rise up from a gigantic underwater plateau hidden in the inky blue water.
Abu Fandera
South of the St. Johns area there is the 6 km reef line from west to east of Abu Fandera. Between the six long reefs you find passages which have different topographies full of coral blocks between 15 m and 20 m depth. Amazing soft corals in all kind of colors, reef fishes and small critters are common. Often you see a small reef sharks and napoleons and the highlight is the hump head parrot fish which is passing by in big schools of 30 or more.