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Fire and Sinking of the Nouran

Operator
Vessel
Date
Location
Daedalus Reef, Egypt
Fatalities
0

According to DIVE Magazine and Divernet, the liveaboard MV Nouran, operated by Red Sea Explorers, caught fire overnight at Daedalus Reef during a southern Red Sea trip out of Hurghada on 6 November 2024. The cause was not stated. All guests and crew were evacuated without injury to the sister vessel MV Tala and returned to Port Ghalib.

Conditions that day

Wind
9 to 13 kn from 330°
Strongest gust
18 kn
Hour by hour (24 of 24 hours, UTC)
UTCWindGustFrom
00:0011 kn15 kn330°
01:0012 kn16 kn330°
02:0012 kn17 knNW
03:0012 kn18 knNW
04:0013 kn18 knNW
05:0012 kn18 knNW
06:0012 kn18 knNW
07:0012 kn16 knNW
08:0012 kn16 knNW
09:0012 kn16 knNW
10:0013 kn17 knNW
11:0013 kn17 kn330°
12:0013 kn17 kn330°
13:0013 kn16 kn340°
14:0012 kn16 kn340°
15:0011 kn15 kn340°
16:0011 kn15 kn340°
17:0010 kn14 kn340°
18:009 kn12 kn340°
19:009 kn12 kn330°
20:0010 kn13 knNW
21:0011 kn15 knNW
22:0011 kn16 knNW
23:0012 kn17 kn330°

ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, sampled 13 km from the recorded position. Modelled conditions across the whole day, not an observation at the vessel: a grid this coarse averages away the localised squall or wave a report may describe. Not a statement of cause.

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