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Abu Dabbab IV

Also known as Shaab Abu Dabbab 4; Recif Abu Dabbab 4

Large, less-visited coral garden with pinnacles

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Large, less-visited coral garden with pinnacles. Depth 3–22 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

  • Large, less-visited coral garden with pinnacles

Marine life

  • tuna
  • barracuda
  • green turtle

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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