The Red Sea is a body of water between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Red Sea Coast, Egypt is on its west coast Sinai, Egypt is between its two northern arms, Gulf of Suez and Gulf of Aqaba Suez Route is the shipping channel between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Diving in Egypt outlines resorts, reefs and islands in the northern Red Sea Ferries in the Red Sea are its sea routes Islands dot the Red Sea coasts of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Eritrea and Yemen. The name appears in multiple other places – see also: Sudan Red Sea as a state in Northern Sudan