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Habili Gafaar

Also known as Habili Gaffar; Hableya Gafaar; Habili Jaffar; Habili Gafar

Small flat submerged reef only about 30 m across, with a ledge at 20-35 m and the reef falling away deeper

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Small flat submerged reef only about 30 m across, with a ledge at 20-35 m and the reef falling away deeper. A pure blue-water site - a mass of soft coral surrounded by pelagics. Depth 20–35 m; liveaboard only; Strong - the current is what draws the pelagics current. Red Sea Protectorates / Marsa Alam–Wadi el Gemal marine park area; Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Red Sea Protectorates, with HEPCA involvement in mooring and site management.

Highlights

  • Small flat submerged reef only about 30 m across, with a ledge at 20-35 m and the reef falling away deeper
  • A pure blue-water site - a mass of soft coral surrounded by pelagics

Marine life

  • snapper schools
  • barracuda
  • tuna
  • grey reef shark
  • silvertip shark
  • manta ray
  • lionfish
  • fairy basslets
  • bigmouth mackerel
  • dense soft coral

Good to know

Protected status
Red Sea Protectorates / Marsa Alam–Wadi el Gemal marine park area; Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Red Sea Protectorates, with HEPCA involvement in mooring and site management.
Fees
Red Sea marine park / environmental fees have been levied intermittently; HEPCA records that as of January 2011 'no fees collection at all except the entrance fees to Samadai reef'. Day-boat operators commonly bundle a marine-park charge into the trip price.

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