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Shaab Nakari
Marsa Alam, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp22–28°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Dec
About this site
Shaab Nakari is a reef dive site near Marsa Alam, 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, stingrays, groupers, reef sharks, manta rays. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 22 to 28 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Spinner DolphinStenella longirostris
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Whitetip Reef SharkTriaenodon obesus
Indian Ocean Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus
Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima- Two-banded AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctus
- Exquisite ButterflyfishChaetodon austriacus
Nearby sites
- 1Marsa Alam Shaab Samadai2.7 km
- 2Marsa Nakari North reef2.8 km
- 3Marsa Nakari South reef2.8 km
- 4Shaab Samadai East4.9 km
- 5Sharm Anbaut5.1 km
- 6Shaab shabror5.8 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