UMM GAMMAR
Egypte
The island Umm Gammar is surrounded by beautiful dive sites. On the south side is a plateau with three small coral pinnacles (ergs). On the east and west side you can make great drift dives, often accompanied by white tip reef sharks. In this area are also several caves in the wall and on the north side you find yourself in a beautiful coral garden. Umm Gamar is only accessible when the weather is extremely good.
Particulars
At the plateau on the south side of Umm Gammar you will see moray eels, butterfly fish, banner fish and turtles. There are also three small pinnacles, teeming with the glass fish.
Warnings
Accessible only with extremely good weather.
UMM GAMMAR Features
- Nicknames
- Umm Gammar
- Address
- Gobal, Hurghada / El Gouna
- Parking
- At charter
- Distance
- 60 min.
- Suitable for
- West coast advanced, southside all levels
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- By boat El Gouna: 75 min
- Facilities
- Boat dive facilities
- Water
- Salt
- Kind of dive
- Boat dive
- Current
- Limited
- Visibility
- 20 - 40 m.
- Average visibility
- 25 m.
- Depth
- 18 m. Drop-off 60 m.
- Bottom
- zand
- Life
- Barracuda, triggerfish, mediterranean moray or roman eel, napoleonfish or humphead wrasse, ray, turtle, tuna
- Other recreation
- None
- Emergency
- 123
Current weather conditions
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