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Abu Dabbab II

Also known as Abu Dabbab Ithnain; Shaab Abu Dabbab 2; Abu Dabbab Two

Caves and swim-throughs

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Caves and swim-throughs. The wreck of the day boat Heaven One lies here. Depth 7–18 m; day boat. Heaven One / Heaven I - an Egyptian dive day-boat that sank at Abu Dabbab. diveclub-marsaalam.com dates the sinking to 2005 and puts the wreck at 14 m; dive-the-world dates it to 2003. 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

Caves and swim-throughs
The wreck of the day boat Heaven One lies here

Marine life

red anemones and anemonefish
Napoleon wrasse
glassfish

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.
Wreck: Heaven One / Heaven I - an Egyptian dive day-boat that sank at Abu Dabbab. diveclub-marsaalam.com dates the sinking to 2005 and puts the wreck at 14 m; dive-the-world dates it to 2003. Small steel/wooden day-boat hull, shallow and broken, no penetration.

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