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Sha'ab Bruce

Also known as Shaab Bruce

Very shallow reef north of El Fanadir, used as an El Gouna training site

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Very shallow reef north of El Fanadir, used as an El Gouna training site. Depth 7–13 m; day boat; Mild current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Very shallow reef north of El Fanadir, used as an El Gouna training site

Marine life

  • anthias
  • moray eels
  • blue-spotted rays
  • glassfish
  • clownfish

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 Bruce and the reefs around it.

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