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Shaab El Erg
Sha Ab el Erg · Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyGulf of Suez
Water temp21–28°C
Estimated from climate dataJul–Nov
About this site
Shaab El Erg is a reef dive site near Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, in the Gulf of Suez. 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, moray eels, nudibranchs, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 21 to 28 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Indian Ocean Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma
Golden ButterflyfishChaetodon semilarvatus
Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidus
Two-banded AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctus
Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicus
Hooded ButterflyfishChaetodon larvatus
Nearby sites
- 1Poseidon Reef0.8 km
- 2Dolphin House2.2 km
- 3Manta Point.2.9 km
- 4Umm Gamar West4.7 km
- 5Erg Abu Nugar5.8 km
- 6Petra5.9 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