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Sharm el-Sheikh, Ras Mohammed & TiranIntermediatereef

Gordon Reef

Also known as شعب جوردون

Southernmost and most sheltered Tiran reef, closest to Sharm. Shallow plateau with a garden-eel bed, a field of dumped metal drums that…

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Southernmost and most sheltered Tiran reef, closest to Sharm. Shallow plateau with a garden-eel bed, a field of dumped metal drums that has become an artificial reef, and the Loullia wreck on the reef top. Day boat; can sweep the plateau; strong at the north and south ends current; visibility 20-25 m.

Highlights

  • Southernmost and most sheltered Tiran reef, closest to Sharm. Shallow plateau with a garden-eel bed, a field of dumped metal drums that has become an artificial reef, and the Loullia wreck on the reef top.

Marine life

  • garden eel
  • octopus
  • peppered moray
  • yellow-edged moray
  • eagle ray
  • white-tip reef shark
  • Napoleon wrasse
  • triggerfish
  • nudibranch

Dive centres in Sharm el-Sheikh

Centres that run Gordon Reef and the reefs around it.

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