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Gota Sorghaya at St John’s Gota Sorghaya means ‘small reef’. It’s located between Habili Sorghaya and Gota Kebir. It’s classified as a steep wall reef. Due to its location, it attracts pelagic traffic from mantas, oceanic sharks, barracuda and tuna. Its western section is carpeted in lush flora. There’s sculptured coral protruding from the impressive [...]
Umm Khararim Site Position 25 km north of St John’s Reef and 20 km south of Sernaka island in the Foul Bay archipelago. Sea Conditions Great visibility. Acceptable currents. Umm Khararim accommodates divers of all levels. Profile/Specifics Depth ranging from 5-15meters, creating a labyrinthine landscape of caves, grottoes, caverns and meandering passages. [...]
Sernaka Island Site Position 6 kilometers south of the Ras Banas peninsula in the Foul Bay archipelago. Sea Conditions Fair weather conditions. Occasionally strong current. Varying visibility. Profile/Specifics Depth 5-40 meters. From here you should be able to detect the contours of the Kamash wreck, weather permitting. You may wish to include [...]
El Kamash Site Position Just south of the southern tip of Sernaka Island in the Foul Bay archipelago. Sea Conditions Occasional current. Visibility often limited. Only suitable for experienced divers. Profile/Specifics The Kamash was a common fishing trawler that went down south of Sernaka Island in sweeping, windy conditions. Accurate data about [...]
Paradise Reef Site Position Almost around the corner of Umm Khararim in the Foul Bay archipelago. Only 600 meters separates these dive sites. Paradise Reef is also known as Orabi amongst locals. Sea Conditions Fair weather conditions. Weak current. Mild waves. Shallow. Easy for all levels of divers. Profile/Specifics Depth 3-17 meters. [...]
Sheikh Maalek 50 kilometers south of Qusier. Depth … meters. Access through a lagoon or is through a reeftop hole or lagoon. Labyrinthine feel. Presence of a small fishing boat, attracting coral life. Enclosed and sandy. Fine display of soft corals. Aquatic Panorama Soft coral Blackspot emperor Exquisite butterflyfish Scissortail sergeant Harlequin filefish Dolphins [...]
Mangrove Bay 30 kilometers from Qusier. Depth up to … meters. On the southside of a small bay. Sandy ravines with pinnacles. Primarily stony corals. The coral here tends more to stony varieties, with brain and other massive types in evidence. Fish life is diverse and plentiful, with surgeons, unicorns, groupers, emperors, wrasse and basslets [...]
St John’s Reef St John’s is a reef system, not too distant from Rocky Island and Zabargad. Its underwater scenery comprises many corridors and grottoes, like aquatic caves, during the day illuminated by penetrating sun rays. The visibility is great. St John’s is famous for its diversity of corals, such as black corals, serpentine [...]
Shaab Samadai Shaab Samadai resembles a banana-shaped site, sheltering a large contingent of dolphins in the wild. Although dolphins never appear on command, there’s a fair chance of spotting them. Dolphins however are not the only marine life at Shaab Samadai. Aquatic Panorama Fire coral Brain coral Mushroom coral Yellow goatfish Yellowspotted burrfish Napoleon [...]
Marsa Mubarak Marsa Mubarak has shallow waters and meadows of sargussum grass and seaweed. This attracts sea turtles and sea cows, also known as dugongs. Aquatic Panorama Netfire coral Broccoli coral Table coral Giant triggerfish Crocodilefish Common porcupinefish Hawksbill turtle
Abu Saile Site Position 50 minutes cruising south of Port Ghalib. Wading in from the shore. Weak to gentle current. Excellent visibility. The site is exposed and perfectly fit for morning dives. Depth up to 30 meters. Entry through small hole in reeftop. The site is ‘open’ and is best visited in the morning hours. [...]
Sha’ab Abu Dabbab/ Six Islands 30 kilometers cruising ; north of Marsa Alam. Easy site. Mild current. Relatively shallow. Maximum depth 18 meters deep. Holy grail for videographers and photographers. Dugongs present. Features reefs, pinnacles, caves and tunnels. Residence of the intriguing guitar shark. Aquatic Panorama Mushroom coral Fire coral Pachyseris Black surgeonfish [...]
Om Halhalla 20 minutes cruising from Abu Dabbab Bay. Excellent visibility. Medium current. Drifting conditions. Depth up to 17 meters. Photogenic. Aquatic Panorama Port coral Mushroom coral Leather coral Devil scorpionfish Cheeklined wrasse Giant moray Hawksbill turtle Black tip reef shark
Elphinstone Elphinstone conjures up visions of a mountain in the ocean. It is a testing site to practice your buoyancy control. The Elphinstone Reef is the place to be to encounter sharks, in particular the large oceanic white tip and shoals of hammerhead sharks. The reef is a residence for tuna, blue lunar fusiliers, [...]
Zabargad Island Zabargad takes its name from the mineral olivine gem, once mined on the island. It’s location is southeast of Port Berenice. Wall drops here to 15 to 20 meters. The seabed is equipped with coral towers and pinnacles. The floral landscape is formed by innumerable species of corals, such as the staghorn [...]
Habili Gaffar at St John’s Gaffar is a smaller reef in the St. Johns system. Est of Umm Arak. Strength of current varies. No shelter from wind and waves. It attracts pelagic fish in numbers. Aquatic Panorama Pink coral Fairy basslets Bigeye snappers Clearfin lionfish Tuna Mackerel Reef sharks
Habili Ali at St John’s East of St. John’s Reef. Small, oval shaped reef. Fanstastic coral formations. Many wall cracks, allowing entrance to caves. Aquatic Panorama Bottlenose dolphins Grey reef sharks Black snappers Sohel surgeonfish Titan triggerfish Eyeshadow cardinalfish Sea whiops Gorgoninans
Gota Kebira at St John’s Large reef ay St. John’s. The northern section has two plateaus that are ideal for spotting whitetip reef sharks and bluespotted stingrays. The current often splits here, making it ideal for shark encounters. The eastern and western sides have deep sloping reefs of predominant brown soft corals; the eastern side [...]
Shaab Marsa Alam Shaab Marsa Alam is an offshore reef formation. There’s a steep colourful wall decorated with soft coral. The odd moray eel may be spotted here. The west side is covered with a large coral garden. Depth up to 30 meters. The southern part of the reef is home to tall rising [...]
Rocky Island Rocky Island is a small island, twenty minutes cruising from Zabargad and a pelagic haven, featuring a great variety of sharks, such as tigers, white tips, silvertips and hammerheads, manta rays, countless groupers, jacks and barracudas. Its walls are tumbling down to more than 100 meters. They show tapestries of sea [...]
Daedalus Reef Daedalus, also known as Abu Kizan, is a preserved marine park. It’s isolated and remote and respected for its strong currents. Therefore, diving the Daedalus is a challenge. You certainly won’t be disappointed by the fantastic display of fire corals, brain corals, leafy corals, raspberry corals and spiny row corals. One can [...]
Shaab Maksour Northeast of the Fury Shoals. Narrow reef, rich in swim-throughs, overhangs and cracks. Small and deep canyon. Monumental pinnacles. Table corals the size of small buildings. Dropping wall to 18meters at the southern tip, leading to a coral plateau. Aquatic Panorama Table coral Finger coral Pinnacles Lyretail anthias Grey reef sharks Trevally Tuna
Shaab Claudio Shaab Claudio, comfortably protected by the winds, is a fine destination with the Fury Shoals system. Here the penetrating and filtering sun rays are playing tricks with your mind. It is as if you are entering magical mystery rooms and galleries; such are the illuminating coral chambers. Its light effects are [...]
Abu Galawa Soghayar Western part of the Fury Shoals. 12 km from Wadi Lahmi. Excellent visibility. Depth up to 18 meters. Shallow and crescent shaped reef. Canyon of corals cuts the reef in halves. Ends up in a coral garden and wall, running from 17 meters deep . There’s a wreck of a tug [...]
Malahy Satay ‘borders’ on Shaab Sataya in the south-east of the Fury Shoals. It’s a circular reef with several pinnacles carpeted in coral that looked to have dropped into the sea from above. Malahy features depths, ranging from 5 to 20 meters. At 30 meters, there’s a drop-off reaching into the infinity of the abyss. [...]
Shaab Sataya/Dolphin Reef Shaab Sataya, also goes by the name of Dolphin Reef. It is your prime option to spot the friendly animals in the wild. It has the shape of a banana or a crescent and shelters a large pod of spinner dolphins. Sometimes you can hear the dolphins ‘cry’ with their [...]
Hamata Islands The Hamata Islands are in an area called Qul’an Archipelago. They have become the home of turtles, clownfish, dolphins, rays and dugongs. Hamata is billed as the Egyptian Maldives, because of her sandy beaches. It has even become a bird sanctuary where ornithologists come to observe unique birds. This is a [...]
