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Paradise Reef (Foul Bay)

Also known as Paradise Reef; Sha'ab Paradise

Submerged reef about 900 m long with a shallow section over a shallow seabed

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Submerged reef about 900 m long with a shallow section over a shallow seabed. Liveaboard only. 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

Submerged reef about 900 m long with a shallow section over a shallow seabed

Marine life

Napoleon wrasse
hawksbill turtle
tangs
Spanish dancer nudibranchs
other nudibranchs

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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