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Police Station

Also known as Ham Ham; Hamham; Police Station (Small Giftun)

Named for the small police post on the eastern shore of Small Giftun

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Named for the small police post on the eastern shore of Small Giftun. Sheltered coral garden and small wall, a standard Giftun day-boat mooring. Depth 5–30 m; day boat; Mild to moderate current. Giftun Islands National Park / Red Sea Islands Protected Area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Named for the small police post on the eastern shore of Small Giftun
  • Sheltered coral garden and small wall, a standard Giftun day-boat mooring

Marine life

  • anthias
  • glassfish
  • moray eels
  • groupers
  • blue-spotted rays
  • 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
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.

Dive centres in Hurghada

Centres that run Police Station and the reefs around it.

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