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Sha'ab Malahi

Also known as Shaab Malahi; Malahi; The Playground

A dense cluster of towering coral pinnacles forming narrow, high-walled corridors - the name means 'playground'

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A dense cluster of towering coral pinnacles forming narrow, high-walled corridors - the name means 'playground'. A natural-navigation dive through an underwater maze. Depth 0–22 m; liveaboard only; Generally light 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

  • A dense cluster of towering coral pinnacles forming narrow, high-walled corridors - the name means 'playground'
  • A natural-navigation dive through an underwater maze

Marine life

  • yellow goatfish
  • reef fish
  • soft and hard corals

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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