Red Sea in 1941: Thistlegorm sunk · 541

A rift-sea of walls and wrecks: Ras Mohammed, the Thistlegorm, Dahab's Blue Hole, and a year-round seasonality score that still bows to wind. The Red Sea is a rift between Africa and Arabia whose recreational map for most visitors is the Egyptian coast: Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab, Hurghada, Safaga and the liveaboard circuit to the Brothers, Daedalus and Elphinstone. Ras Mohammed became a national park in 1983. SS Thistlegorm, sunk in 1941 and filmed by Cousteau's team in the 1950s, is the mass wreck.

Wow factor is high. Seasonality is lower than monsoon Pacific chapters because the sea is dived year-round; wind and the khamsin still cancel days. Risk sits with current at Ras Mohammed, depth on wrecks, and the Blue Hole's lethal folklore, not with pool scores. This chapter is a place atlas, not a certifying agency, not medical advice, and not a live briefing. Park rangers, the day's wind and a wreck's legal status override any sentence here.

Destination pages are season and access notes — not a booking engine. Visa, park fees and live weather beat brochure months. Pick the matching craft page (snorkel/scuba/surf) before the flight. Red Sea mapped for mechanisms, locale notes and limits. Red Sea sits in the places atlas — mechanisms, locale notes and limits, not slogans.