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Abu Salama

Also known as Gummibarchenriff; Gummy Bear Reef; Abu Salamah

Small sheltered reef north-west of El Gouna

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Small sheltered reef north-west of El Gouna. Known to German-speaking operators as the Gummibarchenriff (Gummy Bear Reef) for its colourful coral heads. Depth 5–20 m; day boat; Mild current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Small sheltered reef north-west of El Gouna
  • Known to German-speaking operators as the Gummibarchenriff (Gummy Bear Reef) for its colourful coral heads

Marine life

  • anthias
  • clownfish
  • moray eels
  • blue-spotted rays
  • 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.

Dive centres in El Gouna

Centres that run Abu Salama and the reefs around it.

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