Marsa Selmi
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About this site
Marsa Selmi lies along Egypt's Red Sea coast, in the stretch south toward the Egypt-Sudan border. The site reaches a maximum depth of around 15 metres and is considered a beginner-friendly dive. Divers here have reported black-and-white snapper, blackback butterflyfish, freckled hawkfish, humpnose bigeye bream, Indian lionfish, Red Sea anemonefish, Red Sea bannerfish, and zebra angelfish among the reef's residents.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Red Sea AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea BannerfishHeniochus intermediusReported here · unconfirmed
Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteriReported here · unconfirmed
Zebra AngelfishGenicanthus caudovittatusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian LionfishPterois milesReported here · unconfirmed
Black-and-white SnapperMacolor nigerReported here · unconfirmed
Humpnose Bigeye BreamMonotaxis grandoculisReported here · unconfirmed
Blackback ButterflyfishChaetodon melannotusReported here · unconfirmed
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