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Shaab El Erg
Large lagoon at Hurghadas northern
most point, shallow dive on outer
coral gardens and gathering point
for manta rays in Spring. Renowned
for sightings of resident dolphin
community by divers.
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Umm Gammar27°21.155'N, 33°54.550'E)
Big groupers and lots of sweepers
in the muiltiple caves found along
thhe eastern wall and drop offs of
this tiny islands fringing reef.
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Shaab Ruhr
Big groupers and lots of sweepers in
the muiltiple caves found along thhe
eastern wall and drop offs of this tiny
islands fringing reef. |
Careless Reef(27°18.700'N,
33°56.200'E)
Two pinnacles rising from a shallow
plateau surrounded by deep water. Magnificent
coral gardens famous for the numerous
giant morays encountered there, as well
as the whitetip reef sharks and schooling
reef fish. |
Abu Hashish
Shallow labyryth on the south side of
the island where lots of blue spotted
stingrays, puffer fishes and morays
are found swimming through a pinnacle
landscape. Also drift dive along the
eastern wall. |
Ras Disha
The fringing reef which surrounds this
cape offers a good shallow dive on the
hard coral garden found north of the
lighthouse with schooling barracuda,
napolean fish and groupers. Gaeden eels.
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Gota Abu Ramada(27°08.340'N,
33°57.196'E)
South of the island, a little reef features
a shallow plateau also named the "Aquarium"
because of the abundant schools of butterflies,
banners and snappers here foung swimming
around the mountains of coral gardens.
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Abu Ramada
Island (27°09.784'N, 33°59.046'E)
Two little islands surrounded by a single
reef. Good drift dive along the steep
eastern wall, with big fan corals, overhangs
and swimm throughs. Big groupers and
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Giftun Drift
(27°11.030'N, 33°58.530'E)
Several good dives are found on the
reefs around this island, the most famous
the drift dive on the giant fan coral
forest at the eastern fringing reefs
wall. Napolean fish. |
Erg Somaya
South of the Island, this reef offers
superb wall diving with possibilities
of encountering reef sharks and sized
groupers. Small wreckage. |