
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
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 21 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 |
| Vis (m) | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| Current | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Still | Still | Still | Still | Still | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle | Gentle |
Your chances of seeing each animal
Hawksbill sea turtle
Last confirmed Jan 3, 2024 · 1 records
Likely
About 6 in 10 dives
Round Batfish
Last confirmed Jan 3, 2024 · 1 records
Rare
Now and then
Bluespotted Fantail Ray
Last confirmed Oct 5, 2024 · 1 records
Rare
Now and then
Masked pufferfish
Expected
Known here, not yet in recent logs
Garden eel
Expected
Known here, not yet in recent logs
Anthias
Expected
Known here, not yet in recent logs
Red Sea Leopard Grouper
Expected
Known here, not yet in recent logs
Day Octopus
Expected
Known here, not yet in recent logs
Gear