Tested Red Sea Anchorages

May 29, 2012

This report is old, but a good starting point for sourcing Red Sea Anchorages. Many of the Egyptian anchorages are not allowed now. None of the Eritrean anchorages should be attempted in the current climate. The Red Sea Passage Facebook Page has useful anchorage in its files section. SV Soggy Paws also have a Red Sea Compendium where they list useful anchorages and keep it up to date.

Published 14 years ago

, Updated 4 days ago

From June to August 2007 we sailed uneventfully down the Red Sea (before the Gulf of Aden was renamed into “pirates’ alley”), from Egypt via Sudan, Eritrea to Yemen and on to Oman.

Only recently, we uploaded to the web our cruising notes with the exact latitude/longitude of our more than 30 trusted and tested anchor positions (with links to Google Maps).

If anyone is still cruising in the Red Sea, up or down, these anchor positions (and our cruising notes) might be helpful, even if they have been “tested” already five years ago.

Please find below our safe anchor positions for the Red Sea (including the Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba); feel free to share them with whoever might be interested:

Gulf of Suez:

Gulf of Aqaba:

Gordon Reef Tawila

Northern Red Sea (Egypt):

Central Red Sea (Sudan):

Talla Talla Saqir

Southern Red Sea (Eritrea):

Gulf of Aden (Yemen):

Konni & Matt

SY Kamu II

Related to following destinations: Aden, Canal, Egypt, El Gouna, Eritrea, Hurghada, Ismailia, Massawa, Mediterranean Coast (Egypt), Oman, Port Ghalib, Port Said, Port Suakin, Red Sea (Egypt), Sudan, Suez Canal, Taba Heights, Yemen

Related to the following Cruising Resources: Red Sea, Routing

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