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Magawish

Also known as Magawish Island; Umm Agawish; Umm Ajawish al Kabir; Magawish Reef

Inshore island group south of Hurghada with shallow sheltered reefs

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Inshore island group south of Hurghada with shallow sheltered reefs. Standard training and check-dive location for the southern Hurghada hotels. Often combined in one day with Sha'ab Sabina and Gota Abu Ramada. Depth 5–20 m; day boat; Mild - a sheltered inshore site current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Inshore island group south of Hurghada with shallow sheltered reefs
  • Standard training and check-dive location for the southern Hurghada hotels
  • Often combined in one day with Sha'ab Sabina and Gota Abu Ramada

Marine life

  • blue-spotted rays
  • goatfish
  • sergeant majors
  • damselfish
  • moray eels
  • seagrass grazers and turtles

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 Magawish and the reefs around it.

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