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Shaab Maksour North
Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp24–30°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Dec
About this site
Shaab Maksour North is a reef dive site, Red Sea, Egypt, in the Red Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, groupers, nudibranchs, reef sharks, soft corals. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 24 to 30 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesus
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Rusty ParrotfishScarus ferrugineus
Checkerboard WrasseHalichoeres hortulanus
Cheeklined WrasseOxycheilinus digramma
Lined BristletoothCtenochaetus striatus
Spinner DolphinStenella longirostris
Nearby sites
- 1Shaab Maksour South0.6 km
- 2Shaab Claudio4.5 km
- 3Gota Sataia 24.9 km
- 4Shaab Malahi5.1 km
- 5Claudia Dive Site, Marsa Alam6.1 km
- 6Shaab Ini6.2 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