Ras Disha

Ras Disha, also known as Torfa Ras Disha or Disha Malagk, is a dive site located 90 minutes from central Hurghada. It is situated in a natural bay, providing shelter from the wind, and is suitable for divers of all levels. The site is ideal for drift dives and is characterized by a fringing reef. The dive site features a shallow plateau with a sandy bottom, which is profiled by pinnacles and an elliptical erg in the southern region. Moving northwest, the plateau transforms into a narrow ledge, granting access to a steep wall. A beacon on the main reef serves as a starting point for drifting along the wall to the north, offering a picturesque display of pinnacles on the plateau. Divers can also explore the site by diving from the mooring network. This involves touring to the drop-off and then completing a half circle lap over the plateau, passing by the pinnacles. One particular pinnacle, located closest to the main reef, is especially photogenic. The wall at Ras Disha is home to butterflyfish, bannerfish, surgeonfish, and parrotfish. The sandy bed is teeming with marine life, including hiding crustaceans and other invertebrates that are hunted by moses sole, blue spotted rays, and torpedo rays. Gobies and shrimps can be spotted on the lookout from their burrows. The pinnacles at Ras Disha are marked by cracks and caverns filled with glassfish, providing excellent photographic opportunities. The dive site is located in a wide bay with an island at its center called Abu Haschish. It is defined to the north by a headland known as Ras Disha. The site is well sheltered from waves and currents, which predominantly come from the north. The recommended dive plan is to explore the ergs, which rise up from a sandy seabed at a depth of 10-12m. The most northerly erg features a large cavern filled with glassfish. Marine life at the ergs includes jacks, lionfish, redmouth groupers, crocodilefish, flatfish, stonenfish, spiny devilfish, bluespotted rays, and sea moths. A grey reef shark is rumored to frequent the wall to the north, while schools of juvenile barracuda can be found on the sandy plateau and between the ergs.