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Abu Hashish

Also known as Abu Hasheesh; Abu Haschisch; Abu Hashish Reef

Extensive reef on a flat sand plateau with a steep drop-off, at the southern edge of the Hurghada day-boat range

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Extensive reef on a flat sand plateau with a steep drop-off, at the southern edge of the Hurghada day-boat range. Sheltered shallow lagoon full of ergs - an excellent protected training environment. Several distinct dives: Abu Hashish Lagoon, Abu Hashish Drift, Erg Abu Hashish, Tofa Abu Hashish. Depth 6–60 m; day boat; Mild inside the lagoon; moderate on the drop-off current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Extensive reef on a flat sand plateau with a steep drop-off, at the southern edge of the Hurghada day-boat range
  • Sheltered shallow lagoon full of ergs - an excellent protected training environment
  • Several distinct dives: Abu Hashish Lagoon, Abu Hashish Drift, Erg Abu Hashish, Tofa Abu Hashish

Marine life

  • cornetfish
  • bigfin reef squid
  • hooded cuttlefish
  • red octopus
  • blue-spotted rays
  • moray eels
  • glassfish

Good to know

Best season
Year-round. Water 22-29 C; calmest seas and best visibility March-November, with the coolest water and strongest northerlies December-February.
Protected status
Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited
Fees
No separate site fee published; environmental tax historically 3.5 LE/diver/day (Red Sea Governorate, 2001), collection suspended after January 2011 per HEPCA.

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