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The spiny lobster is the Red Sea's premium crustacean, hiding by day in reef crevices and surge channels and emerging at night to feed. It has no big claws — just long spiny antennae. Taken by free- and scuba-divers by hand and in baited traps; a top restaurant dish.
Hand-collected by free/scuba divers from reef crevices at night, or in baited lobster traps. Check size and season limits.
Coral-reef crevices and rocky ledges, often in surge zones
Warm months; night diving on reef edges when they emerge.
Diving · Traps
Taken in baited traps or by free-diving — not on rod and line.
Bait a trap with fish heads or oily scraps and set it by rocky ledges overnight.
Eating & safety
A premium table crustacean. Very spiny shell and antennae — handle with gloves.
Stung or poisoned? First-aid steps →Best conditions: Warm months; night diving on reef edges when they emerge.
Spiny lobsters march across the seabed in long single-file lines during migrations, each touching the one in front with its antennae.