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donacheson:Yes and no.
I dove off the "Sea Surveyor" out of Massawa across the Red Sea around islands off the coast of Yemen several years ago. The fellow who organized the trip researched the area quite a bit and had identified a couple of spots in the Dahlak Islands he thought might be interesting, but the captain didn't agree so we skipped those islands except for one checkout dive on the way across.
Travel to Massawa from Asmara is interesting and enjoyable experience - marvelous terrain! There's not much in Massawa, but it was the subject of a great WWII book: "Under the Red Sea Sun" by Edward Ellsberg.