Also known as Shaab Ali; شعب علي
The large shallow reef and lagoon system in the mouth of the Gulf of Suez on which the Thistlegorm was sunk
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The large shallow reef and lagoon system in the mouth of the Gulf of Suez on which the Thistlegorm was sunk. The anchorage for wreck-trip boats. Depth 5–32 m; day boat or liveaboard; Tidal current runs through the reef complex and can be strong on the wreck current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited
Centres that run Sha'ab Ali 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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