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El Fanadir Middle (Dacht)

Also known as El Fanadir Dacht; Fanadir Middle

Middle section of the Fanadir reef with an established mooring buoy

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Middle section of the Fanadir reef with an established mooring buoy. One of the standard Hurghada night-dive moorings. Depth 10–16 m; day boat; Mild; suitable for night diving current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Middle section of the Fanadir reef with an established mooring buoy
  • One of the standard Hurghada night-dive moorings

Marine life

  • moray eels
  • octopus
  • Spanish dancers on night dives
  • glassfish
  • lionfish

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 Hurghada

Centres that run El Fanadir Middle (Dacht) and the reefs around it.

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