Little Brother
★★★★☆
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Brothers Island, or El Akhawen, is a “must dive“ for every diver that visits Egypt. This dive site can be reached only via liveaboard boats. The location contains two islands, the small and the big island. This is a more advanced dive as it can have strong currents and deep drop-offs with lots of shark sightings.
The dive site locals include the oceanic whitetip shark, hammerhead sharks, and gray reef sharks, as well as mantas if you are lucky!
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Alamy/National Geographic Image Collection
886 Sightings
J
7
F
0
M
0
A
13
M
16
J
32
J
69
A
74
S
114
O
208
N
291
D
62
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
732 Sightings
J
4
F
0
M
14
A
24
M
37
J
55
J
103
A
88
S
109
O
147
N
124
D
27
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 3
Alamy/imageBROKER
Thresher Shark
428 Sightings
J
8
F
3
M
0
A
18
M
35
J
17
J
33
A
13
S
39
O
72
N
155
D
35
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
324 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
11
A
18
M
38
J
38
J
41
A
25
S
34
O
56
N
49
D
14
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
261 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
15
M
31
J
31
J
32
A
17
S
43
O
37
N
43
D
12
Alamy-Christian Zappel
Scalloped Hammerhead
175 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
0
J
22
J
31
A
17
S
31
O
25
N
49
D
0
AdobeStock/G Russel Childress
Great Hammerhead Shark
158 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
29
J
17
J
31
A
16
S
15
O
17
N
33
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 15
Shutterstock-Al McGlashan
Tuna
493 Sightings
J
3
F
0
M
14
A
27
M
58
J
57
J
70
A
39
S
46
O
84
N
83
D
12
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
382 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
18
A
12
M
45
J
34
J
33
A
27
S
59
O
62
N
64
D
28
AdobeStock-Marc Henauer
Grey Reef Shark
368 Sightings
J
3
F
0
M
0
A
35
M
32
J
32
J
40
A
23
S
38
O
73
N
81
D
11
