Near Garden
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About this site
Near Garden is a reef site in Sharm el Sheikh, five minutes outside Naama Bay and the closest of the bays known as The Gardens. It is also a good site for snorkellers.
It is usually dived as a drift, starting at the western corner on an inclined plateau that meets the drop-off at around 30 metres, although you do not want to be that deep here. A sandy ledge at about 15 metres falls away at 25 metres to a steep wall, and currents can run strong in either direction. At 14 to 16 metres there is a pinnacle with a red anemone. Heading east with the reef on your left, you pass more pinnacles with gorgonian sea fans, pigmy sweepers or glassfish, and large table corals, and the dive ends in the colourful shallow coral garden on the eastern part of the plateau.
Spotted stingrays, turtles, napoleon wrasse and triggerfish are regular sightings, with grey reef sharks and eagle rays occasionally.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Eagle rayEagle rayConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
TriggerfishTriggerfishReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
LionfishLionfishReported here · unconfirmed
ClownfishClownfishReported here · unconfirmed
StingrayStingrayReported here · unconfirmed
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Reef sharkReef sharkReported here · unconfirmed
Sohal SurgeonfishAcanthurus sohalReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Sergeant MajorAbudefduf vaigiensisReported here · unconfirmed
Klunzinger's WrasseThalassoma rueppelliiReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidusReported here · unconfirmed
Rusty ParrotfishScarus ferrugineusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Sailfin TangZebrasoma desjardiniiReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea Raccoon ButterflyfishChaetodon fasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Masked PufferArothron diadematusReported here · unconfirmed
Arabian Picasso TriggerfishRhinecanthus assasiReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea BannerfishHeniochus intermediusReported here · unconfirmed
Manta rayManta rayReported here · unconfirmed
Whale SharkRhincodon typusReported here · unconfirmed
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