MARSA ABU DABBAB
Egypte
At Marsa Abu Dabbab you can encounter dugongs and huge green turtles. Also guitar sharks and large whip tail stingrays are here in large numbers. Macro photographers get hairy pipe pygmy horses and ghost pipefish in front of their lens. If you pay attention, you can even see the thorny seahorses! If you had enough of diving with turtles, you can enjoy the large fields of soft coral and many reef fish such as red mullet, scorpion fish. Bring your camera!
Particulars
Non-divers can enjoy the sun terrace or swim in the Bay of Marsa Abu Dabab. In the shallow water corals and colorful fish can be seen. Overall, a fantastic shore dive where non-divers can enjoy themselves as well.
Warnings
It can be very busy.
MARSA ABU DABBAB Features
- Nicknames
- Abu Dabbab Bay, Hilton Bay
- Address
- Rode Zee, Egypte, 25 km ten zuiden van Port Ghalib
- Parking
- At Hilton Hotel , * sol y mar & strand
- Distance
- 20 m.
- Suitable for
- All levels
- Permit
- Via duikschool te verkrijgen
- Access
- Free access from beach
- Facilities
- Bar, diving school, hotels, beach
- Water
- Salt
- Tide
- N.v.t.
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive, boat dive
- Current
- None, limited
- Visibility
- 15 - 15 meter
- Average visibility
- 25 m.
- Depth
- Tot 35 meter
- Bottom
- zand, zeegras en koraal
- Life
- Clownfish, swallowtail seaperch or marine goldfish or anthias, perch, sweetlips, etc, mediterranean moray or roman eel, ray, turtle, lionfish, sweetlip
- Other recreation
- Facilities of the 3 hotels
- Emergency
- 123