Big Brother
The larger of the two remote Brothers islands, topped by an 1883 British lighthouse, with walls falling steeply on every side. Soft corals and gorgonians cover the walls; grey and whitetip reef sharks, hammerheads and oceanic whitetips patrol the south-east point, and thresher sharks may show up on dawn dives in autumn and winter.
Facts
- Region: Southern Red Sea – Egypt
- Area: The Brothers
- Depth: 10–40 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: strong
- Type: wall, drift, reef
- Coordinates: 26.312, 34.8474 (approximate)
- Highlights: oceanic whitetip shark, hammerhead sharks, thresher shark, grey reef shark, whitetip reef shark, soft coral, gorgonian, anthias, glassfish
- Tips: Liveaboard only, for experienced divers (often AOW plus 50 logged dives); carry a DSMB and watch no-deco time on the deep south promontory.