Also known as El Qadim; El Kadim; Movenpick House Reef; Quseir house reef
The best-known house reef on the El Quseir coast: a broad bay about 4 m deep with a north and a south reef arm dropping from 5-13 m and…
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The best-known house reef on the El Quseir coast: a broad bay about 4 m deep with a north and a south reef arm dropping from 5-13 m and falling away past 100 m offshore. Caves and overhangs, easy shore entry, excellent for training, night dives and snorkelling. The bay is also an archaeological site - the ancient port of Myos Hormos/Quseir al-Qadim - with amphorae and an old anchor. Depth 1–40 m; shore; Sheltered bay, essentially current-free inside; mild flow past the reef mouths. current; visibility 15-25 m. Red Sea coastal protectorate waters; the bay is also an archaeological site.
Entry over the reef top into a 30 m tunnel with a small exit hole, opening onto soft corals and boulders. A committing shore dive that…
A narrow reef roughly 300 m long running north-south with a plateau at each end and near-vertical walls falling well past 100 m. Widely…
Northern plateau and drop-off of Abu Kafan
Southern plateau of Abu Kafan, dived as a drift along the sheer wall.
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