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Shaab Claude
Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp22–29°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Dec
About this site
Shaab Claude is a reef dive site near Safaga, 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 dolphins, stingrays, groupers, soft corals, nudibranchs. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 22 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
Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima
Indian Ocean Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus
Spinner DolphinStenella longirostris
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus
Chevroned ButterflyfishChaetodon trifascialis
Day OctopusOctopus cyanea
Rusty ParrotfishScarus ferrugineus
Nearby sites
- 1Sha ab Sheer - Shark Point1.0 km
- 2Salem Express, wreck1.3 km
- 3Shaab Sheer Soraya1.6 km
- 4Sha ab Sheer - Coral Paradise2.3 km
- 5Shaab Hamdallah2.4 km
- 6Abu Kafan4.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org