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Small Crack
Sharm el-Sheikh, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyGulf of Suez
Water temp21–29°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Dec
About this site
Small Crack is a reef dive site near Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, 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, nudibranchs, moray eels, stingrays, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 21 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
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicus
Rusty ParrotfishScarus ferrugineus
Diagonal ButterflyfishChaetodon fasciatus
Two-banded AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctus
Golden ButterflyfishChaetodon semilarvatus
Devil FirefishPterois miles
Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteri
Nearby sites
- 1Sha'ab Mahmud0.8 km
- 2SS Dunraven3.9 km
- 3Beacon Rock4.3 km
- 4الإسم العربي ؟4.3 km
- 5Lonely Mushroom6.1 km
- 6North Passage6.4 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