| Whale sharks of many different sizes visit the region in | | | | lucky enough to encounter Hawksbill turtles. |
| November and December and can approach very | | | | Natural corals and fish are not all that is on offer to |
| close to the shore. So dive operators can spend a lot | | | | Djibouti as there are also some wrecks to explore. |
| of time searching for these animals in the Gulf of | | | | There is a large freighter that has been overgrown by |
| Tadjourah and hopefully getting their passengers into | | | | the marine life and can make a spectacular dive. |
| the water to swim with them. | | | | There is also a smaller wreck that is home to large |
| If you are very lucky, you might see these beautiful | | | | grouper and much more fish life than the larger wreck, |
| sharks on more than a one trip and if you are very | | | | due to the more favourable siting of the wreck, |
| lucky, you can see multiple whale sharks in a single trip. | | | | Depending on when you visit your dive leader might |
| But, of course, these sharks are visiting because there | | | | prefer to take you out to the remote Seven Brothers |
| is a food supply for them and that supply of food is | | | | Islands, nearer the coast of the Yemen than Djibouti. |
| plankton. The concentrations of plankton attract the | | | | These islands lie near to the mouth of the Red Sea |
| sharks and other animals, but does mean that in places | | | | and are the home to prolific reefs that are relatively |
| the visibility is reduced. But do not let that put you off. In | | | | little dived, But the location can produce strong currents |
| dive sites the quality of others around the world where | | | | that swirl around the reefs, which at the same time not |
| you might expect to see a conveyor belt of divers | | | | only make the diving conditions more difficult, but also |
| exploring an area pretty much devoid of the aquatic | | | | provide more water movement to drive more food |
| species that should be there, in Djibouti you should find | | | | into the area to feed the aquatic life, helping to |
| plenty of hard corals and shoals of fish. | | | | increase the bio diversity of the region. |
| The whale sharks are not the only cartilaginous fish | | | | This means that a dive can be challenging and |
| found in these waters. Whitetip reef sharks and sting | | | | rewarding at the same time. But there is the |
| rays are commonly found on most of the dive sites. | | | | opportunity to visit somewhere that probably not many |
| Plus an assortment of snapper, grunt, bream and | | | | people have dived and that not many people will be |
| morray eels and more besides. You might also be | | | | diving at the same time as you. |