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Torfa Fanous West

Also known as Fanous West; Dorfa El Fanus West; Torfa El Fanous West

Western counterpart of Fanous East, with the same pinnacle-and-crack topography

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Western counterpart of Fanous East, with the same pinnacle-and-crack topography. Established HEPCA-style mooring buoy. Depth 8–27 m; day boat; Usually mild current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Western counterpart of Fanous East, with the same pinnacle-and-crack topography
  • Established HEPCA-style mooring buoy

Marine life

  • glassfish
  • jackfish
  • lionfish
  • blue-spotted rays
  • moray eels

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 Hurghada

Centres that run Torfa Fanous West and the reefs around it.

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