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Poseidon Reef

Also known as Poseidon; Poseidon Gardens; Poseidon Reef @ Shaab El Erg

Shallow sandy plateau punctuated by pinnacles and an oval erg on the Sha'ab El Erg system

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Shallow sandy plateau punctuated by pinnacles and an oval erg on the Sha'ab El Erg system. A beacon on the reef serves as the landmark for drift dives. Very photogenic pinnacle close to the main reef. Depth 9–18 m; day boat; Mild to moderate; sometimes dived as a drift from the beacon current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Shallow sandy plateau punctuated by pinnacles and an oval erg on the Sha'ab El Erg system
  • A beacon on the reef serves as the landmark for drift dives
  • Very photogenic pinnacle close to the main reef

Marine life

  • bannerfish
  • butterflyfish
  • parrotfish
  • surgeonfish
  • Moses sole
  • blue-spotted rays
  • torpedo rays
  • gobies and shrimps
  • glassfish

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 El Gouna

Centres that run Poseidon Reef and the reefs around it.

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