Eel Garden
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About this site
Eel Garden is a reef garden dive in Dahab, Egypt, with depths of 0 to 30 metres. It is one of Dahab's most colourful sites. You walk over the reef table for about 5 minutes and enter a narrow lagoon to start the dive. Entry and exit can be challenging in wind and waves.
The shallow lagoon is a colourful start, with lots of lionfish and, depending on the season, glassfish. After leaving the lagoon you cross a bright white sandy slope that looks like a ski slope against the dark blue sea, with eels in places. Longhorn cowfish and blue-spotted rays are often found, along with other Red Sea species. You then follow the ascending reef line back, and the shallow reef at the safety stop sparkles with colour. This is where most of the eels live, which gives the site its name. They are shy and disappear into the sand, so keep your distance. Watch out for fire coral.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
LionfishLionfishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed
LizardfishLizardfishReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
UnicornfishUnicornfishReported here · unconfirmed
SnapperSnapperReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Bluespotted Fantail RayTaeniura lymmaReported here · unconfirmed
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctusReported here · unconfirmed
Masked PufferArothron diadematusReported here · unconfirmed
Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteriReported here · unconfirmed
Bluespine UnicornfishNaso unicornisReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon WrasseCheilinus undulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Blue TriggerfishPseudobalistes fuscusReported here · unconfirmed
Rusty ParrotfishScarus ferrugineusReported here · unconfirmed
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
PufferfishPufferfishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
SeahorseSeahorseReported here · unconfirmed
ScorpionfishScorpionfishReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
Garden eelGarden eelConfirmed present · 14 independent sources
Indian Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Klunzinger's WrasseThalassoma rueppelliiObserved near here · iNaturalist
Sohal SurgeonfishAcanthurus sohalObserved near here · iNaturalist
Indo-Pacific Sergeant MajorAbudefduf vaigiensisObserved near here · iNaturalist
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