Chemical investigation of the Red Sea soft coral Sarcophyton auritum led to the isolation and structure elucidation of a new ceramide N-((2S,3R,4E,6E)-1,3-dihydroxyhenicosa-4,6-dien-2-yl)tridecanamide (1). Structure elucidation was achieved using spectroscopic techniques, including 1D and 2D NMR and