Erg Abu Ramada

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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

Giftun Islands National Park / Red Sea Islands Protected Area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Fees

Marine park / national park conservation fee collected by the government through dive centres (amount varies by operator). HEPCA records that the 2005 unified marine-park fee (12 LE/visitor/trip, 100 LE/boat/trip) ceased to be collected after January 2011 except at Samadai.