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El Fanadir North

Also known as El Fanadir Foc; El Fanadir Fog; Fanadir North; El Fanadir West

Northern section of the Fanadir wall, about 60 minutes from Hurghada / 25 minutes from El Gouna

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Northern section of the Fanadir wall, about 60 minutes from Hurghada / 25 minutes from El Gouna. Sand slope with coral blocks and a gentle drop-off. Depth 10–22 m; day boat; Mild to moderate, dived as a drift southwards current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Northern section of the Fanadir wall, about 60 minutes from Hurghada / 25 minutes from El Gouna
  • Sand slope with coral blocks and a gentle drop-off

Marine life

  • moray eels
  • blue-spotted rays
  • lionfish
  • glassfish
  • anthias
  • octopus

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 North and the reefs around it.

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