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Stone Beach (Hamda)

Also known as Hamda; Sand Beach; Stone Beach Hurghada

Sheltered reef and sand slope on the north-west of the Giftun group

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Sheltered reef and sand slope on the north-west of the Giftun group. Easy training and second-dive site. Depth 5–30 m; day boat; Mild to moderate current. Giftun Islands National Park / Red Sea Islands Protected Area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Sheltered reef and sand slope on the north-west of the Giftun group
  • Easy training and second-dive site

Marine life

  • goatfish
  • snappers
  • moray eels
  • blue-spotted rays
  • turtles

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 Stone Beach (Hamda) and the reefs around it.

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