Dive Site: Shaab Abu Dabbab 6

Access: Boat, zodiac

Minimum Divers: 12

Minimum Qualification: Open water

Depth Range: 0 - 25 M

Sha’ab Abu Dabbab/ Six Islands

 

30 kilometers cruising ; north of Marsa Alam. Easy site. Mild current. Relatively shallow. Maximum depth 18 meters deep. Holy grail for videographers and photographers. Dugongs present. Features reefs, pinnacles, caves and tunnels.

Residence of the intriguing guitar shark.

 

Aquatic Panorama

  • Mushroom coral
  • Fire coral
  • Pachyseris
  • Black surgeonfish
  • Lined butterflyfish
  • Masked pufferfish
  • Nudibranch
  • Bluepsotted stingray