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Sha’ab Marsa Alam
Dive site is 10min by boat from Marsa Alam marina. The perfect place for a drift dive around the reef. Nice, colorful coral all around plus a small, old wreck to explore.
You can encounter dolphins, stingrays, sea turtles, scorpionfish, crocodile fish, Napoleon wrasse, and parrotfish.
DIVE TYPES
- Drift Diving
- Cavern/Cave
- Snorkeling
Level
- Beginner
Programs
- Extended Range (XR)
- Freediving
- Scuba
Entry
- Shore/Beach
- Boat
Body of Water
- Freshwater
- Salt
currents
- no
- moderate
Maximum Depth
- 18m
Visibility
- 23m
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RECOMMENDED TRAINING
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