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Salem Express, wreck
Salem Express · Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth12 m–26 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp20–32°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Dec
About this site
Salem Express, wreck is a wreck dive site near Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt, in the Red Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 26 m. Best for divers with some experience. Commonly reported marine life includes stingrays, dolphins, nudibranchs, groupers, soft corals. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 20 to 32 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma
Indian Ocean Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus
Tessellate ConeConus tessulatus
Chevroned ButterflyfishChaetodon trifascialis
Day OctopusOctopus cyanea
Rusty ParrotfishScarus ferrugineus
Exquisite ButterflyfishChaetodon austriacus
Nearby sites
- 1Shaab Hamdallah1.1 km
- 2Shaab Sheer Soraya1.3 km
- 3Shaab Claude1.3 km
- 4Sha ab Sheer - Shark Point2.2 km
- 5Sha ab Sheer - Coral Paradise2.7 km
- 6Abu Kafan4.9 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA, facts) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org