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Stone Beach
Hamda · Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp20–28°C
Estimated from climate dataJul–Nov
About this site
Stone Beach is a reef dive site near Hurghada, 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 whale sharks, dolphins, stingrays, sea turtles, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 20 to 28 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma- Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Indian Ocean Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus
Scaly ClamTridacna squamosa
Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima- Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidus
- Klunzinger's WrasseThalassoma rueppellii
Whale SharkRhincodon typus
Nearby sites
- 1Shaab Nenad1.3 km
- 2Sand Beach2.6 km
- 3Banana Reef2.9 km
- 4Ben El Gebel3.0 km
- 5Shaab Pinky3.2 km
- 6Erg Sabina3.5 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