Marsa Alam.

About this region

The gateway to Egypt's deep south, where coral cover stays superb and encounters get bigger. Dugongs graze the seagrass at Abu Dabbab and Marsa Mubarak, spinner dolphins rest at Samadai, and the wall at Elphinstone draws oceanic whitetips offshore.

Region facts

The sites

novice

3–18 m

Abu Dabbab

intermediate

8–26 m

Abu Dabbab III (Erg)

advanced

18–40 m

Elphinstone Reef

intermediate

5–25 m

Erg Samadai (Caves & Pinnacles)

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advanced

5–30 m

Habili Lahmi

intermediate

5–18 m

Hamada Wreck (Abu Ghusun)

novice

1–20 m

Mangarof

novice

3–16 m

Marsa Egla (Coral Garden)

novice

4–16 m

Marsa Mubarak

novice

4–18 m

Marsa Shouna

novice

6–30 m

Samadai (Dolphin House)

intermediate

5–45 m

Shaab Ghadir Soghayr

intermediate

8–30 m

Sha'ab Marsa Alam

advanced

5–30 m

Shaab Sharm

novice

3–14 m

Sharm El Luli (Ras Hankorab)

Likely sightings

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