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Dolphin House (Sha'ab El Erg)

Also known as Dolphin House Hurghada; Shaab El Erg Dolphin House; Dolphin Reef

The specific dolphin-encounter mooring on the Sha'ab El Erg horseshoe

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The specific dolphin-encounter mooring on the Sha'ab El Erg horseshoe. Shallow, sheltered and snorkel-friendly. A fixture of Hurghada and El Gouna day-boat programmes. Depth 3–15 m; day boat; Mild inside the lagoon current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • The specific dolphin-encounter mooring on the Sha'ab El Erg horseshoe
  • Shallow, sheltered and snorkel-friendly
  • a fixture of Hurghada and El Gouna day-boat programmes

Marine life

  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (resident pod)
  • turtles
  • blue-spotted rays
  • clownfish and anemones
  • goatfish
  • parrotfish

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 Dolphin House (Sha'ab El Erg) and the reefs around it.

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