Also known as Ras Umm Sidd; Ras Um Sid; رأس أم سد; El Fanar reef
The largest gorgonian forest in Sharm, on a wall that falls away below a plateau
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The largest gorgonian forest in Sharm, on a wall that falls away below a plateau. A honeycomb network of caves and one of the finest night dives on this coast. Shore entry from the jetty at El-Fanar beach. Depth 5–30 m; shore or day boat; can be very strong current.
Centres that run Ras Umm Sid and the reefs around it.
Sloping reef strewn with the amphora cargo of a wrecked Ottoman-era vessel
Dense carpet of sea anemones and territorial anemonefish on the shallow shelf at the southern end of the Shark Observatory wall
The beacon-marked southern corner of Sha'ab Mahmud
Gently sloping sandy plateau with a V-shaped stream of sand issuing from a small cave
Helwa Ya Baladi
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