Shaab El Erg

Site Position

90 minutes cruising from Hurghada ; halfway El Gouna and Shadwan.

Sea Conditions

Unprotected location. Exposed. Yet shelterd moorings.

Profile/Specifics

Depth 0-18 meters, sliding to a vertical drop-off. Horse-shoe shaped reef, sheltering dolphins. Locally known as Dolphin House. Sandy bottom with profusion of small pinnacles. Your model coral garden with sandy seabed and pinnacles.

Aquatic Panorama

• Soft coral
• Bluespotted ray
• Green turtle
• Golden batfish
• Crescent-tail bigeye
• Yellowspotted burrfish
• Red Sea coral grouper