HAMDA
Egypte
Hamda is known as 'cleaning station'. The little cleaner wrasse clean the larger animals. There are even whale sharks in search of a cleanup. Hamda is situated on the northeast side of Big Giftun. It consists of a small plateau with a height ranging from 15 to 35meters. The plateau has a drop-off on either side which goes down more than 50 meters. Most of the marine life is past 15 meters.
Particulars
Don’t just focus on what's happening around you. Take a good look in the big blue ocean as well, there might be triggerfish, tuna, barracuda, sharks and turtles.
Warnings
Do not make physical contact with Hamda's marine life.
HAMDA Features
- Nicknames
- Stone Beach, Umm Dum
- Address
- Giftun Kebir (Big Giftun), Giftun Archipel, Hurghada, Egypte
- Parking
- At charter
- Distance
- 65 min.
- Suitable for
- Advanced adviced, all levels
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Boat from Hurghada
- Facilities
- Boat dive facilities
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Boat dive
- Current
- None
- Visibility
- 30 - 40 m.
- Average visibility
- 30 m.
- Depth
- Plateau 15 m.
- Bottom
- zand en koraal
- Life
- Barracuda, triggerfish, tuna
- Other recreation
- None
- Emergency
- 123