Liveaboard Diving in Shark and Yolanda

What To Expect on a Shark and Yolanda Reefs Liveaboard

Located in the Ras Mohammed National Park in the Northern Red Sea, Shark and Yolanda Reef is a well-recognised dive site visited by dive liveaboards offering dive cruises in this area. Two submerged mounds that come up to within 0.5 metres of the surface and drop to plateaued areas at 15-20 metres make up this incredible dive area. Around the undersea mounds, the depth can drop dramatically away to over 750 metres deep. Shark Reef and Yolanda Reef are actually two dive sites, but they are usually referred to as a single dive site or area, and often dived in one dive.

What You Can See

Shark Reef is one of the most famous dive sites in the area and can provide divers with amazing sights. With spectacular reef and fauna, the best time to enjoy this area is in the summer months (July) when hundreds of schooling barracuda, jackfish and batfish appear to give divers a show they won't forget. Currents can, however, be strong, so a guided dive of this site is strongly advised.

Yolanda Reef is situated right next door and offers an equally amazing dive area to explore. Given its name after a Cypriot merchant ship that sank in 1980, the Yolanda was a cargo vessel carrying mainly sanitary fixtures, bathtubs, toilets and even an old BMW. It makes for an interesting dive to see the remains of the ship, but also it's cargo scattered across the reef for divers to investigate. Marine life encounters range from Snappers, Emperor Fish, Napoleon Fish, Fusiliers to the camouflaged critters such as stonefish and crocodile fish.

Both sites can be dived and explored in one dive by following a specific route led by experienced dive guides. An amazing dive area full of life.

Getting To Shark And Yolanda Reefs

Easily accessed by Egypt liveaboards departing from Sharm El Sheikh in Northern Egypt, the nearest International airport is located directly in Sharm El Sheikh or domestic flights are available directly from Cairo.


Shark and Yolanda Diving Reviews

  • 9.2 Superb
  • 98 Verified Reviews
  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Stephen L
  • United States United States

There was much to see on the reef and wreck so it's quite nice.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in December on the Emperor Superior

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Anthony M
  • United States United States

Shark might be one of the most fantastic reefs I ever dioved.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in October on the Snefro Spirit

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • William F
  • United States United States

Was good, missed the bigger sea life, aside from one turtle, but that's luck of the draw.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in April on the Snefro Pearl

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Diane C
  • United States United States

Best dive we did!!! Amazing coral walls and deep blue drop off

Diving Shark and Yolanda in August on the Snefro Pearl

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Jennifer A
  • United States United States

My favorite of the northern reefs, anemones, living coral, abundant fish

Diving Shark and Yolanda in November on the SS Serena Dreams

  • 8.0 Very good
  • Thomas R
  • United States United States

Very good--water wasn't too cold even in late November.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in November on the Snefro Pearl

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Erik S
  • United States United States

Nice abundant sea life and corals

Diving Shark and Yolanda in March on the SS Serena Dreams

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • daniel D
  • United States United States

Excellent drift dive, beautiful

Diving Shark and Yolanda in August on the Snefro Pearl

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Cyr Geraurd O
  • United States United States

nice reef wall with a lot of fun marine life

Diving Shark and Yolanda in October on the Snefro Pearl

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Patrick H
  • Germany Germany

Quite a rough current but as always one of the topspots in the national park

Diving Shark and Yolanda in September on the Blue Horizon

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Sabrina H
  • Germany Germany

An beautiful place for diving

Diving Shark and Yolanda in November on the Snefro Love

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Adrian R
  • Switzerland Switzerland

Nice dive site, comparable to Tiran.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in February on the Snefro Pearl

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Pieter S
  • South Africa South Africa

excellent - what an awesome dive this was - great wall and animal incredible

Diving Shark and Yolanda in March on the Emperor Superior

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Götz Ulrich L
  • Germany Germany

Oh, those amazing basins ... ;-)

Diving Shark and Yolanda in April on the Emperor Asmaa

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Thomas Gregory B
  • Denmark Denmark

Great we saw a sunken ship that was transporting toilets and bath tubs

Diving Shark and Yolanda in November on the South Moon

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Mark W
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Impressive coral and diverse life

Diving Shark and Yolanda in January on the Emperor Elite

  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Christian R
  • Switzerland Switzerland

If you want to see big fish schools come in June/July

Diving Shark and Yolanda in September on the Emperor Superior

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Javier G
  • Spain Spain

Very nice drop. It's great to look into the blue. Schools of tuna and snappers.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in September on the Snefro Spirit

  • 8.0 Very good
  • daniel T
  • Israel Israel

The best dive of the safari with a lot of big fish

Diving Shark and Yolanda in September on the Snefro Pearl

  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Benjamin B
  • France France

Pristine corals, and sightings of hammerhead/longimanus sharks, tuna and turtles

Diving Shark and Yolanda in November on the South Moon

  • 9.2 Superb
  • ARNOLD H
  • Germany Germany

Anemone city part and early morning is good, later in the day this one is too crowded with day boats from Sharm, zodiacs shooting all around and super heavy engine noise from all the snorkeling trips ex Sharm steaming along about 11am daily. So go nights or 6 am or go else where

Diving Shark and Yolanda in December on the Emperor Superior

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Catriona C
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Shark reef was wonderful as always. All of the reefs are so healthy and thriving which is just wonderful to see.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in February on the Snefro Pearl

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Nachshon M
  • Israel Israel

I liked the dolphins we met there and the family of Blue Spotted rays we met there. Yolanda toilets are nice as well

Diving Shark and Yolanda in February on the Snefro Pearl

  • 8.0 Very good
  • Ingemar H
  • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

Clear water, healthy corals

Diving Shark and Yolanda in March on the South Moon

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Guy H
  • Israel Israel

Incredible, unfortunately no sharks when we we're there (end of April)

Diving Shark and Yolanda in April on the Snefro Pearl

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Lucia M
  • Italy Italy

Gorgeous spot! This was a very beautiful dive, with an endless wall and raised gardens all over, plenty of marine life and vivid colours when the sun shines down.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in May on the Snefro Pearl

  • 10.0 Exceptional
  • Goran M
  • Slovenia Slovenia

Yolanda is for me a bit disapointment. impact on the reef is to great.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in June on the Snefro Pearl

  • 7.2 Good
  • Roxane P
  • France France

Amazing- but only one dive was not enough

Diving Shark and Yolanda in July on the Emperor Superior

  • 7.6 Good
  • Sebastian S
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Name is misleading, didn’t see any sharks here, but it was good diving

Diving Shark and Yolanda in September on the South Moon

  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Adam J
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Excellent - loved going through the blue

Diving Shark and Yolanda in October on the South Moon

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Ian M
  • Australia Australia

Not as many fish as I expected.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in October on the Snefro Pearl

  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Sandra M
  • Germany Germany

Nice with the sanitary facilities

Diving Shark and Yolanda in October on the Ghani

  • 8.0 Very good
  • Gerhard B
  • Austria Austria

Yolanda is a good dive site, chnace for dolphins

Diving Shark and Yolanda in November on the South Moon

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Pau H
  • Spain Spain

My favorite dive. Beautiful, easy, calmed. I enjoyed it a lot

Diving Shark and Yolanda in November on the Snefro Pearl

  • 8.0 Very good
  • colin M
  • Ireland Ireland

Excellent reef, so much life and colour

Diving Shark and Yolanda in November on the Emperor Superior

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Paulo P
  • Portugal Portugal

Yolanda has some details, but since I'm more into wrecks, this one is not spectacular.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in January on the Snefro Pearl

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Tamas S
  • Hungary Hungary

Great marine life, fun drift diving.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in March on the Emperor Superior

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Ana G
  • Colombia Colombia

Around Shark and Yolanda we found some of our favorite coral dives; it’s really an extension of Ras Mohammed with less of the activity

Diving Shark and Yolanda in April on the Snefro Pearl

  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Andreas R
  • Germany Germany

strong current, but easy to control

Diving Shark and Yolanda in April on the Emperor Superior

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Johan W
  • Norway Norway

Cool wreck. Big current though

Diving Shark and Yolanda in April on the Snefro Pearl

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Baudouin H
  • France France

Very nice. We saw turtles , tunas and barracudas

Diving Shark and Yolanda in April on the Sunshine

  • 8.0 Very good
  • Kai-Oliver G
  • Germany Germany

This reef is wonderful and big. Depends on the current you so all the time in a different way. But very beautiful. A lot of fish and toilets.

Diving Shark and Yolanda in May on the Snefro Pearl

  • 9.6 Exceptional
  • Jacek P
  • Poland Poland

Peaceful dive with great visibility

Diving Shark and Yolanda in June on the Emperor Superior

  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Daniel H
  • Australia Australia

Average, not much marine life really

Diving Shark and Yolanda in June on the Snefro Pearl

  • 9.2 Superb
  • Alex J
  • United Kingdom United Kingdom

Very impressive- amazing wall with hundreds of hunting fish

Diving Shark and Yolanda in July on the Snefro Pearl

  • 8.0 Very good
  • ANA L
  • Colombia Colombia

The coral garden is healthy and good visibility

Diving Shark and Yolanda in September on the Snefro Pearl

  • 8.8 Fabulous
  • Paul V
  • France France

The most perfect and healthy corals

Diving Shark and Yolanda in March on the Blue Horizon