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Sha'ab Maksur

Also known as Shaab Maksour; Sha'b Maksur; Maksur; Shaab Maksur

Long north-south reef with sheer walls on both flanks and plateaux at the northern and southern tips

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Long north-south reef with sheer walls on both flanks and plateaux at the northern and southern tips. The best-known big-fish site of the Fury Shoals. Depth 18–40 m; liveaboard only; Can be strong at the tips current. Red Sea Protectorates / Marsa Alam–Wadi el Gemal marine park area; Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Red Sea Protectorates, with HEPCA involvement in mooring and site management.

Highlights

  • Long north-south reef with sheer walls on both flanks and plateaux at the northern and southern tips
  • The best-known big-fish site of the Fury Shoals

Marine life

  • grey reef shark
  • whitetip reef shark
  • hammerhead (occasional)
  • trevally
  • tuna
  • barracuda
  • gorgonian sea fans
  • Napoleon wrasse

Good to know

Protected status
Red Sea Protectorates / Marsa Alam–Wadi el Gemal marine park area; Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Red Sea Protectorates, with HEPCA involvement in mooring and site management.
Fees
Red Sea marine park / environmental fees have been levied intermittently; HEPCA records that as of January 2011 'no fees collection at all except the entrance fees to Samadai reef'. Day-boat operators commonly bundle a marine-park charge into the trip price.

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