Scuba Season
Underwater at Shaab Sharm
Bluespotted Fantail Ray confirmed 1 year ago

Shaab Sharm

Fury Shoals · Egypt

Shaab Sharm is a protected bay within the Fury Shoals reef complex offering one of the most accessible anchorages in the system, with a sandy-bottomed lagoon ideal for night dives and morning reef exploration before the liveaboard moves to deeper pelagic sites. The inner walls are alive with chromis, anthias, and sweepers in clouds so dense they appear solid from below, while the outer reef edge delivers consistent encounters with hawksbill turtles and grey reef sharks. A sand garden on the lagoon floor hosts garden eels, blue-spotted stingrays, and occasional pufferfish in an endearing shallow-water macro environment.

Conditions

Depth

3 to 30 m

Open water and up

Current

Usually still

Can pick up on the edge

Visibility

15 to 25 m

Clearest in the calm season

Water

21 to 32°C

3mm wetsuit

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Gear

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 5mm full wetsuit · cooler water
    • Dive computer