The Brothers Island (A1 Akhawein Islands)
dive sites of the Red Sea Egypt
Top dive sites in the Red Sea, a gooddive tip!

The Brothers Islands are situated 67 km offshore east of El Quseir and south East of Safaga. The smaller island covers an area of 0.1 square km, while the other one covers 0.3 square km. A great situation to meet pelagic and big fishes!

To dive the Brothers Islands you have to join liveaboard safari boats mostly starting from Hurghada or Safaga. The cruise will last one week during which you will spend between 2 to 4 days ( depending on weather conditions) in the Brothers.

The 2 Islands are only 1 km apart. Together they offer more than 12 different dive sites.
The dive sites are mostly wall dives and strong drop offs. Big Brother have on the North west side some ship wrecks. The  Aida II an Italian ship which was carrying troops one night in 1957 when it hit Big Brother. A large wreck with much intact superstructure, its shallowest point is at 15 m. and ends below 45m.  There are other older wrecks scattered at depths between 9 and 40 meters including the Numidia.

Don't miss the wall of the South-East Tip!
Top dive sites in the Red Sea, a gooddive tip!
Abrupt wall of soft corals drops to 40m, where you hit a short plateau. Over the edge of the plateau another wall descends even further. An excellent dive where you might see hammerhead sharks; white tip oceanic sharks (carcharhinus longimanus) schools of jack fishes, big groupers etc.

Water: 18 to 26 degrees Celsius
Air: 18 to 40 degrees Celsius
Best time to dive: End of Spring and Autumn
Worst time to dive: Winter.
For experienced divers only! Even the Egyptian port authorities ask for 50 logged dives to embark.

The Brothers Islands are in the middle of the Red Sea and have no protected area to the wind for this reason avoid planning a trip to the Brothers Islands from mid November to end of march.

More about the Brothers Island:
Visit the web site of the liveaboard company 

Related books:

Lonely Planet:
Red Sea dive site guide