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Umm Gamar
Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp20–28°C
Estimated from climate dataJul–Nov
About this site
Umm Gamar is a dive site near Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt, in the Red Sea. It is reached from a boat. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, dolphins, moray eels, stingrays, sea fans. 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
Indian Ocean Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicus
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma
Two-banded AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctus
Maldives DamselfishAmblyglyphidodon indicus
Greasy GrouperEpinephelus tauvina
Blacktip GrouperEpinephelus fasciatus
Slingjaw WrasseEpibulus insidiator
Nearby sites
- 1Petra1.1 km
- 2Umm Gamar West1.7 km
- 3Wreck Um Qamar1.7 km
- 4Shaab Umm Gamar2.3 km
- 5Poseidon Reef5.5 km
- 6Carless Reef5.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org