Abu Hashish

Qesm Safaga, Red Sea Governorate, Egyptreef30 m maxbeginner

Conditions

Abu HashishQesm Safaga

Fair · 4/5

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Fair4/5

Some chop right now — best window today 8 AM–3 PM.

Wind20 kn NNW

Current~0.2 kn SSE · model

Swell

0.2 m · 4s · NNE

Water

26 °C

Max depth

30 m

Conditions through the day

7 AM4 PM

Sunrise 05:59 · Sunset 16:57 local

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On-face swell 0.2 m — the component of the swell aimed at this site’s exposed face. Current is a regional model value (Copernicus, ~9 km grid) — a guide to the area, not a precise reef measurement. Imagery © Esri · not depth or visibility.

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About this site

Abu Hashish is a reef dive around an island at the centre of a wide bay, 90 minutes by boat south of Hurghada, Egypt. A large reef network sits on a flat, sandy plateau that leads to a steep drop-off, and the island was once used as a drop-off point by smugglers. A tongue of reef extends about 1 km south of the island, and the dive site is at its southern tip.

Outside the reef is a shelf between 15 and 22 m, then a steep, fairly bare drop-off, usually with superb visibility. Inside the tongue are many table corals and coral heads to explore. A good route leaves the lagoon through a channel full of table corals, crosses the shelf to the drop-off and follows it north. There are beautiful caves around 30 m. Return along the inside of the shelf and finish in the lagoon.

The current runs mainly north to south and is strongest along the drop-off. The site itself is well protected, but the trip can be choppy, and rough seas often make it inaccessible from Hurghada. It suits divers of all levels.

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Flutefish and squid are the specialities, with a large red octopus living on the far side of the narrow channel. Bigfin reef squid hover in formation in the lagoon, and cornetfish and hooded cuttlefish cross the plateau. Jacks, barracuda, Spanish mackerel and whitetip sharks are common, with the occasional hammerhead and feathertail ray. The shelf holds turtles, bluespotted rays, Spanish dancers, morays, and lunartail and leopard groupers.

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