Shaab Sabina

Qesm Hurghada, Red Sea Governorate, Egyptreef18 m maxbeginner

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Conditions

Satellite view of Shaab Sabina

Shaab SabinaQesm Hurghada · 18 m

Fair · 4/5

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conditions visualisation

Fair4/5

Some chop right now — best window today 11 AM–6 PM.

Wind21 kn NW

Current~0.4 kn S · model

Swell

0.2 m · 4s · NNE

Water

28 °C

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Sunrise 05:32 AM · Sunset 05:39 PM local

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On-face swell 0.3 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

Shaab Sabina is a reef site in the Red Sea Governorate off Hurghada, part of the string of offshore reefs reached by boat from the Qesm Hurghada coast, within the central Egyptian Red Sea's reef system between the mainland and the barrier reefs further out. The dive tops out at around 18 metres over a reef bottom and is rated a beginner site. Divers have reported bannerfish, parrotfish, pufferfish, reef sharks, sea turtles, surgeonfish, and wrasse around the reef, and some have also noted strong currents at times.

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Marine life here

Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.

SurgeonfishSurgeonfishReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
PufferfishPufferfishReported here · unconfirmed
BannerfishBannerfishReported here · unconfirmed
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian LionfishPterois milesReported here · unconfirmed
Bluespotted Fantail RayTaeniura lymmaReported here · unconfirmed
Arabian Picasso TriggerfishRhinecanthus assasiReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidusReported here · unconfirmed
Klunzinger's WrasseThalassoma rueppelliiReported here · unconfirmed
Sulfur DamselPomacentrus sulfureusReported here · unconfirmed
Lined BristletoothCtenochaetus striatusReported here · unconfirmed
Sohal SurgeonfishAcanthurus sohalObserved near here · iNaturalist

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