Abu Ramada Erg

Site Position

80 minutes cruising from Hurghada ; southeast of Small Giftun

Sea Conditions

Deeper sections require experience. Often exposed to wind and weather.

Profile/Specifics

Depth 10-30 meters., sloping down to 60 meters. Known as Camel Reef. Big erg emerges from plateau with three peaks. Sandy bottom gradually transforms into a coral garden. Caverns and cracks.

Aquatic Panorama

• Pinnacles
• Soft coral
• Mountain coral
• Lyretail anthias
• Crocodilefish
• Devil scorpionfish
• Moray eel
• Napoleon wrasse