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Abu Dabbab I

Also known as Abu Dabbab Wahid; Shaab Abu Dabbab 1; Abu Dabbab One

Coral garden with pinnacles and a cave

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Coral garden with pinnacles and a cave. Depth 3–18 m; day boat. Red Sea Protectorates / Marsa Alam–Wadi el Gemal marine park area; Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Red Sea Protectorates, with HEPCA involvement in mooring and site management.

Highlights

Coral garden with pinnacles and a cave

Marine life

whitetip reef shark
green turtle
barracuda
reef fish

Good to know

Protected status: Red Sea Protectorates / Marsa Alam–Wadi el Gemal marine park area; Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Red Sea Protectorates, with HEPCA involvement in mooring and site management.
Fees: Red Sea marine park / environmental fees have been levied intermittently; HEPCA records that as of January 2011 'no fees collection at all except the entrance fees to Samadai reef'. Day-boat operators commonly bundle a marine-park charge into the trip price.

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Abu Dabbab II

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Abu Dabbab III

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Abu Dabbab IV

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