Jazīrat Abū Rimāthī

This guide to Jazirat Abu Rimathi, known locally as Gota Abu Ramada and to everyone else as the Aquarium, traces how a reef once prized for its dense schools of butterflyfish and sweetlips became one of the Red Sea's most crowded dive sites by late summer. It maps the pinnacles and coral outcrops ringing the shallow center, where triggerfish now guard their nests against snorkelers. Push toward the reef's edge, where the sandy floor drops into open blue and quieter water begins.