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Sha'ab Abu Nugar

Also known as Shaab Abu Nugar; Abu Nugar; Abo El Nogar; Sha'ab Abu Nuggar

Mid-sized reef between Hurghada and El Gouna with pinnacles, coral gardens and a sheer drop-off

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Mid-sized reef between Hurghada and El Gouna with pinnacles, coral gardens and a sheer drop-off. Several distinct dives in one reef system: the reef top, the ergs, the drop-off and the sandy plain. Regularly visited by dolphins. Depth 0–25 m; day boat; Mild to moderate; drift possible along the table corals current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Mid-sized reef between Hurghada and El Gouna with pinnacles, coral gardens and a sheer drop-off
  • Several distinct dives in one reef system: the reef top, the ergs, the drop-off and the sandy plain
  • Regularly visited by dolphins

Marine life

  • nudibranchs
  • groupers
  • snappers
  • cleaning stations with cleaner wrasse and shrimps
  • giant moray eels
  • silversides
  • jackfish
  • turtles
  • dolphins

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 Sha'ab Abu Nugar and the reefs around it.

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