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Wadi Lahami House Reef

Also known as Wadi Lahmy; Wadi Lahami Azur house reef; Lahami Bay

Large sheltered mangrove-backed bay

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Large sheltered mangrove-backed bay. The shore base for Fury Shoals and Sataya day trips. Shore; Slight current. Within Wadi el Gemal - Hamata National Park, declared 2003, covering roughly 7,450 km2 of desert, coast and sea including the Qulaan/Hamata island group, Wadi el Gemal Island and Sataya.

Highlights

Large sheltered mangrove-backed bay
the shore base for Fury Shoals and Sataya day trips

Marine life

seagrass fauna
turtles
reef fish
mangroves in the adjacent lagoon

Good to know

Protected status: Within Wadi el Gemal - Hamata National Park, declared 2003, covering roughly 7,450 km2 of desert, coast and sea including the Qulaan/Hamata island group, Wadi el Gemal Island and Sataya. Managed by the EEAA Red Sea Protectorates; a published Management Plan for Wadi El-Gemal-Hamata exists (PDF hosted by abughosoun.org).
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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