Mention wreck diving in the Red Sea, and divers will inundate you with the wonders of the north. Indeed, the Thistlegorm in the Strait of Gubal boasts an impressive wartime cargo of trucks, motorbikes and rifles entombed within its 415-foot-long hull. And you can’t overlook the collection aground on Sha’ab Abu Nuhas reef: Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M. But cast your eyes south of these well-worn waters and you’ll find an under-the-radar wreck hub that delivers World War II thrills and an underwater village built by Cousteau himself. “It’s great diving. There’s schools of hammerheads and oceanic mantas down there,” says Wayne Brown, CEO of Aggressor Adventures. “There’s hardly any boats. ...When you go to the northern Red Sea, there’s going to be 10 boats on a site. With Sudan, you’re probably going to be the only one there.” Welcome to the central Red Sea. 🙌 READ MORE: https://www.scubadiving.com/hidden-wonders-wreck-diving-in-sudans-central-red-sea ______ 🖊 Alexandra Gillespie @alexandraunderwater 📸 The squat, mushroomlike garage of Jacques Cousteau’s underwater habitat Conshelf II has an air pocket beneath its domed structure that can be explored by divers. @tobias_friedrich_photography #ScubaDivingMag #PADI #scubadive #scubadiving #divelife #scuba #dive #sealife #oceanlife #uw #underwater #seastheday #seatheworld #uwphoto #uwphotography #diving #divetrip #divetravel #scubatravel #scubatravellers