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Abu Ramada South

Also known as South Abu Ramada; Abu Ramada South Tip; Abu Ramada Island

Terraced plateau with a shallow wall off the southern tip of Abu Ramada island

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Terraced plateau with a shallow wall off the southern tip of Abu Ramada island. Garden eel colony on the western shelf and a distinctive hill-shaped coral head. An old safari-boat wreck on the shallows makes a perfect safety stop. Depth 5–35 m; day boat; Mild to moderate current. Giftun Islands National Park / Red Sea Islands Protected Area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Terraced plateau with a shallow wall off the southern tip of Abu Ramada island
  • Garden eel colony on the western shelf and a distinctive hill-shaped coral head
  • An old safari-boat wreck on the shallows makes a perfect safety stop

Marine life

  • masked butterflyfish
  • bannerfish
  • goatfish
  • sweetlips
  • moray eels
  • napoleon wrasse
  • eel garden on the sand

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
Giftun Islands National Park / Red Sea Islands Protected Area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited
Fees
Marine park / national park conservation fee collected by the government through dive centres (amount varies by operator). HEPCA records that the 2005 unified marine-park fee (12 LE/visitor/trip, 100 LE/boat/trip) ceased to be collected after January 2011 except at Samadai.

Dive centres in Hurghada

Centres that run Abu Ramada South and the reefs around it.

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