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Sha'ab Sabina

Also known as Shaab Sabina; Shaab Sabrina; Erg Sabina; Sabina Garden; Sha'ab Sabrina

Two oval ergs separated by about 60 m of coral garden on the north-west side of Big Giftun

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Two oval ergs separated by about 60 m of coral garden on the north-west side of Big Giftun. Shallow hard corals in outstanding condition, with a large brain coral and a small glassfish cavern. An oval reef with a shelf at 15-30 m that has claimed several vessels, including an Egyptian army supply boat and the dive boat Colona IV. Depth 8–30 m; day boat; Mild inside the coral garden; can pick up on the outer shelf current. Giftun Islands National Park / Red Sea Islands Protected Area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Two oval ergs separated by about 60 m of coral garden on the north-west side of Big Giftun
  • Shallow hard corals in outstanding condition, with a large brain coral and a small glassfish cavern
  • An oval reef with a shelf at 15-30 m that has claimed several vessels, including an Egyptian army supply boat and the dive boat Colona IV

Marine life

  • bicolour and bluegreen chromis
  • Arabian and humbug damsels
  • sergeant majors
  • goatfish
  • moray eels
  • grey reef sharks and napoleon wrasse on the deeper shelf
  • giant morays
  • large groupers
  • tuna
  • big-eye trevally

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
Giftun Islands National Park / Red Sea Islands Protected Area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited
Fees
Marine park / national park conservation fee collected by the government through dive centres (amount varies by operator). HEPCA records that the 2005 unified marine-park fee (12 LE/visitor/trip, 100 LE/boat/trip) ceased to be collected after January 2011 except at Samadai.

Dive centres in Hurghada

Centres that run Sha'ab Sabina and the reefs around it.

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