Traversing The Red Sea

Day 18

GOOD MORNING THE RED SEA

Woke a bit late this morning, had to move the time forward an hour. Bright and sunny day here in the Red Sea with no sign of rain. We are travelling to Jedda today and arriving tomorrow morning, so it will be a quite day at sea for us. So it’s a quite breakfast and then a jog around the deck… well maybe a walk or a crawl or just sit in a deck chair, we will see.

The Red Sea has a surface area of roughly 438,000 km2 (169,000 sq mi),[1] is about 2,250 km (1,400 mi) long, and — at its widest point — 355 km (221 mi) wide. It has an average depth of 490 m (1,610 ft), and in the central Suakin Trough it reaches its maximum depth of 3,040 m (9,970 ft).[2]

Approximately 40% of the Red Sea is quite shallow (less than 100 m (330 ft) deep), and about 25% is less than 50 m (164 ft) deep.[not verified in body] The extensive shallow shelves are noted for their marine life and corals. More than 1,000 invertebrate species and 200 types of soft and hard coral live in the sea. The Red Sea is the world's northernmost tropical sea, and has been designated a Global 200 ecoregion.Read more