Ras Mohamed is a very thin strip of land at the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula at the northern end of the Red Sea. In itself a peninsula, it is bordered to the west by the relatively shallow waters of the Gulf of Suez, and to the east by the deep waters of the Gulf of Aqaba. Here the water reaches depths of up to 2,000 meters (6,560 feet) as this is the beginning of an enormous cleavage in the earth’s crust that separates the African and Eurasian continental plates. Due to its position, strong currents prevail throughout the year which makes the waters around it very rich in nutrients. This attracts huge numbers of schools of pelagic and reef fish. Somewhere in the range of 1,000 different species, to be more specific!