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Beacon Rock
Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth30 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyGulf of Suez
Water temp21–29°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Dec
About this site
Beacon Rock is a reef dive site near Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt, in the Gulf of Suez. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 30 m. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, stingrays, nudibranchs, moray eels, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 21 to 29 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma- Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicus
- Sea GoldiePseudanthias squamipinnis
- Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteri
- Devil FirefishPterois miles
- Golden ButterflyfishChaetodon semilarvatus
- Lined BristletoothCtenochaetus striatus
- Red Sea BannerfishHeniochus intermedius
Nearby sites
- 1الإسم العربي ؟0.0 km
- 2SS Dunraven0.6 km
- 3Small Crack4.3 km
- 4Lonely Mushroom4.7 km
- 5Sha'ab Mahmud5.1 km
- 6El Dahr5.8 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org