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Port Ghalib House Reefs

Also known as Marsa Ghalib; Port Ghalib marina reef

Sheltered fringing reef either side of the Port Ghalib marina entrance, used for check-out and night dives

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Sheltered fringing reef either side of the Port Ghalib marina entrance, used for check-out and night dives. Shore; Slight 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

Sheltered fringing reef either side of the Port Ghalib marina entrance, used for check-out and night dives

Marine life

reef fish
moray eels
stingrays
occasional turtle

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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