Marsa Shagra House Reef

Marsa Shagara is a bay with an easy sand bottom entrance that leads to South or North reef dives. The depth starts at 1m and drops to 40m + outside the bay. It is one of the most pristine house reef dives in the south. This dive is great for entry level and experienced divers.

Critters at this site

On an early morning dive do not be surprised to see dolphins. The dive site is also rich in common red sea fish species.

Based on open observations nearbywithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Cauliflower Coral

Pocillopora verrucosa20 obs.

Small Giant Clam

Tridacna maxima19 obs.

Bluespotted Fantail Ray

Taeniura lymma15 obs.

Vandmand

Aurelia solida8 obs.

Lagoon Brittle Star

Ophiocoma scolopendrina7 obs.

Red Sea Anemone Hermit Crab

Dardanus tinctor7 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Nembrotha megalocera6 obs.

Skallus

Acanthopleura vaillantii6 obs.

Collector Urchin

Tripneustes gratilla5 obs.

Blue-spotted Shield Slug

Chelidonura livida4 obs.

Prickly Tube Sponge

Callyspongia crassa4 obs.

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata4 obs.

Net Fire Coral

Millepora dichotoma4 obs.

Red Sea ghost crab

Ocypode saratan4 obs.

Brown-edge Glossodorid

Glossodoris hikuerensis3 obs.

Whitetip Reef Shark

Triaenodon obesus3 obs.

Spanish Dancer

Hexabranchus sanguineus3 obs.

Egyptian Sea Star

Gomophia egyptiaca3 obs.

White-spotted Eagle Ray

Aetobatus ocellatus3 obs.

Red Pencil Urchin

Heterocentrotus mamillatus3 obs.

Spinner dolphin

Stenella longirostris3 obs.

Banded Coral Shrimp

Stenopus hispidus3 obs.

Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops aduncus3 obs.

Day Octopus

Octopus cyanea3 obs.