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Maheleg
Al Quşayr, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp23–30°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Dec
About this site
Maheleg is a reef dive site near Al Quşayr, Red Sea, Egypt, in the Red Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Generally suitable for beginners. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, stingrays, nudibranchs, dolphins, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 23 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma
Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidus
Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima
Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteri
Day OctopusOctopus cyanea
PufferfishCanthigaster margaritata
Two-banded AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctus
Bluespine UnicornfishNaso unicornis
Nearby sites
- 1Sham Fugami3.7 km
- 2Utopia Bay4.8 km
- 3Sharm el Bahari6.3 km
- 4Novotel House Reef6.5 km
- 5Helioland9.0 km
- 6Soug Bahar11 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org