Meet Red Sea Creatures - The Reef, in Your Pocket
The Red Sea is one of the most extraordinary places on the planet. More than a thousand species of fish, hundreds of corals, and a remarkable number of creatures found absolutely nowhere else on Earth. Anyone who has dipped their head under its surface knows the feeling - that there's a whole living world down there, busy and brilliant and a little bit alien.
I wanted a companion worthy of it. So I built one.
Red Sea Creatures is a free app: a field guide to the marine life of the Red Sea, and a companion for everyone who loves it - divers, snorkelers, and the merely curious. You don't need an account to explore. Just open it and dive in.
Here's what it does.
Know what you're looking at
At the heart of the app is a catalog of hundreds of species - fish, sharks, rays, turtles, corals, nudibranchs and more - organized by family, so it actually makes sense.
Tap any creature and you get the full picture: photographs, common and scientific names, habitat, size, the depths it lives at, and clear flags for whether it's dangerous, venomous, poisonous, or a Red Sea endemic. You'll also find its conservation status - straight from the IUCN Red List and CITES - because knowing which species are vulnerable, and why, is part of diving responsibly.
Plan your dive
The app isn't just for identifying what you saw - it helps you decide where to go next.
- Dive sites with maps, depth, conditions, dive plans, and the marine life you can expect to meet at each one.
- Dive centers across the Red Sea, so you know who to dive with. Filter sites and centers by city and country to find your spot in seconds.
- Live dive weather for your city - air and water temperature, wind, humidity - plus a wetsuit recommendation for the day. No more guessing at 6 a.m. what to pack.
A glance is all you need
- Widgets bring the reef to your Home Screen: a different Red Sea creature every hour, and live dive weather, in three sizes. Add water temperature and today's wetsuit tip to your Lock Screen too.
- Search everything instantly.
- Light and dark themes, built for the bright deck of a boat and the dark of a night dive alike.
- Notifications when there's something genuinely new worth your time.
Read, listen, learn
There's more to the sea than a checklist of species.
- A blog full of guides, species spotlights, and stories from the reef.
- A calendar of marine awareness events worth knowing.
- A podcast you can keep playing in the background while you browse.
Create an account - with Apple, Google, Facebook, Discord, or X - and the app becomes personal:
- Save your favourite creatures and find them again anytime.
- Review dive sites and centers, and comment on creatures and articles.
- Build a diver profile with your bio, agency, certification level, and links - so the community knows who they're sharing the reef with.
And if you'd rather just look around, that's completely fine. Everything above is yours to explore, account or not.
Why I made it
People protect what they love. The Red Sea is unique and fragile, and the more of us fall for it - really fall for it, species by species - the better its chances. That's why every creature carries its conservation status, and why the whole thing is free.
This app is a labour of love. I obsessed over the photography, the layouts, the way a fish fills the screen, the little details you'll never consciously notice but will quietly feel. And I'm only getting started.
So - download it, open it, and meet the Red Sea, one creature at a time.
See you under the surface.
PADI Divemaster and underwater storyteller with over 7 years of hands-on Red Sea diving experience, documenting marine life, mapping dive sites, and promoting responsible ocean conservation.
