Sunk Buoy
28.9786°N 34.6846°E · reef
Sunk Buoy is a dive site in the northern Red Sea near the Gulf of Aqaba area (lat 28.98, lon 34.68), likely named for a navigational buoy that has sunk and now serves as an artificial reef structure.
Overview
The coordinates place this site in the northern Red Sea near the junction of the Sinai Peninsula and the Gulf of Aqaba. No specific source has been found documenting “Sunk Buoy” as a named dive site in widely available English-language dive guides for this region. Sunken buoy dive sites in the Red Sea typically feature an artificial hard substrate colonised by soft corals, encrusting organisms, and resident fish communities, often in otherwise sandy or open environments.
The northern Red Sea at these latitudes (near Taba/Aqaba) is characterised by generally clear water, moderate depths, and accessible reef diving conditions suitable for intermediate divers.
Site Information
- Location: Northern Red Sea (Gulf of Aqaba approach zone)
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Reef
- Maximum Depth: 25 meters
No site-specific dive source was found for this entry at these coordinates. Description based on regional diving characteristics and coordinate location. Last updated 2026-05-17.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
770 verified species observations (248 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1758 and 2019, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Trimma filamentosum
- Centropyge multispinis
- Thalassoma rueppellii
- Tursiops · Bottlenose dolphins
- Sargocentron diadema
- Epinephelus fasciatus
- Calotomus spinidens
- Lagocephalus sceleratus
- Lethrinus nebulosus
- Ecsenius nalolo
- Zebrasoma xanthurum
- Pomacentrus trichrourus
Scientific survey records skew toward sampled taxa (molluscs, corals) and do not reflect what you are guaranteed to see on a dive.
Source: OBIS (obis.org), aggregated Darwin Core occurrence records.
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