El Mina Wreck
Minesweeper wreck near Hurghada whose blast hole shelters clouds of glassfish hunted by lionfish and jackfish.
- Advanced
- Wreck
Open Water≤18 m
Shaab El Erg (Dolphin House)
Dive site in Hurghada, Egypt
Reef whose lagoon is home to many bottlenose dolphins; it is not uncommon for a pod to join the dive.
- Usual dive
- 18 m
- Deepest point
- 30 m
- Level
- Open Water
- Best months
- Apr–May, Oct–Nov
The dive
A reef dive. Known for manta rays, dolphins and turtles.
Who it's for
Open Water≤18 mSource: blueocean-eg.com
Recommended minimum: Open Water (PADI Open Water, CMAS/FFESSM N1).
Conditions
- Dive type
- Reef
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Manta rays
- Dolphins
- Turtles
- Stingrays
- Scorpionfish
- Moray eels
- Napoleon wrasse
Season in Hurghada
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Apr–May, Oct–Nov.
Source: divingaround.comWhere is Hurghada?
The point shows the Hurghada area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Hurghada
Giannis D (Abu Nuhas)
Abu Nuhas wreck whose engine room at 13 m allows easy penetration through clouds of glassfish.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Nudibranchs
Carnatic (Abu Nuhas)
Abu Nuhas wreck lying at 24 m parallel to the reef, home to sweepers, glassfish, batfish and nudibranchs.
- Advanced
- Wreck
- Nudibranchs
Pinnacle
down to 40 m
Carless Reef
Two pinnacles rising from an 18 m plateau where whitetip reef sharks, jacks, tuna and barracuda are quite commonly seen.
- Advanced
- Hammerhead sharks
Drift
down to 40 m
Small Giftun
Giftun National Park wall dropping past 100 m, where Napoleon wrasse and hawksbill turtles can be seen.
- Advanced
- Turtles
Pinnacle
down to 27 m
Fanous East
Shallow wall over a sandy slope where jackfish and lionfish hunt clouds of glassfish and silversides around two pinnacles.
- Open Water
- Silversides
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.
Photo credits
- Diver under the hull of the El Mina wreck, Hurghada, Jouni Kuisma, DiveCodex, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Divers at the bow of the Giannis D wreck, Abu Nuhas, W.Strickling, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Inside the Carnatic wreck, Abu Nuhas, Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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