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Woodhouse Reef

Also known as شعب وودهاوس

Long, narrow reef with a canyon running parallel to its axis, opening at about 30 m onto a sandy ledge at 14 m. Too narrow for moorings,…

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Long, narrow reef with a canyon running parallel to its axis, opening at about 30 m onto a sandy ledge at 14 m. Too narrow for moorings, so always dived as a drift. Noted for a brilliantly luminescent red anemone. Depth 14–30 m; day boat; variable, can be strong current; visibility 20-25 m.

Highlights

  • Long, narrow reef with a canyon running parallel to its axis, opening at about 30 m onto a sandy ledge at 14 m. Too narrow for moorings, so always dived as a drift
  • noted for a brilliantly luminescent red anemone.

Marine life

  • jack
  • turtle
  • reef shark
  • eagle ray
  • anemone
  • black coral
  • fusilier
  • snapper
  • surgeonfish
  • unicornfish
  • tuna
  • trevally

Dive centres in Sharm el-Sheikh

Centres that run Woodhouse Reef and the reefs around it.

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