Numidia wreck
A British steam cargo ship of about 130 m that ran onto the north tip of Big Brother on 19 July 1901, bound for Calcutta. The bow rests in about 8 m with a pair of locomotive wheels in the shallows, and the hull slides down the wall to roughly 80-90 m. Thick soft coral cover and passing reef sharks, trevally and barracuda make it one of the Red Sea's signature wrecks.
Facts
- Region: Southern Red Sea – Egypt
- Area: The Brothers
- Depth: 8–40 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: strong
- Type: wreck, wall, drift
- Coordinates: 26.3158, 34.842 (approximate)
- Highlights: shipwreck, soft coral, grey reef shark, thresher shark, jack, barracuda, locomotive wheels
- Tips: Recreational divers stay on the upper part; the stern and propeller are technical depth, and current at the tip can be fierce.