Egypt - Red Sea · Riff
Penon S'Aguilot
The dive site
Penon S'Aguilot at a glance
Also located in S’Aguilot Bay is a striking rock that juts far out of the water and widens underwater into an imposing rock massif. This pillar (Spanish: Peñon = the rock) gives the dive site its name.
It’s a very simple yet beautiful spot that everyone—from beginners to pros—will rave about. At the start, an arch covered in diverse marine life invites you to dive through the rock toward the outer edge. You can marvel at small groupers, scorpionfish, and beautiful anemones.
On the outer side, a large seagrass meadow opens up, home to the remains of a wreck and the lairs of local moray eels and conger eels. Along the rock face are countless niches and crevices, and the search for the scorpionfish, octopuses, nudibranchs, crustaceans, and much more that live there can begin.
On a beautiful, sun-drenched plateau in the shallower area, schools of two-banded sea bream, goldstripe bream, and often large groups of barracuda can be observed up close.
During night dives, you’ll regularly encounter a large number of hunting octopuses and cuttlefish, as well as a wide variety of scorpionfish.

