Gabr El Bint
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About this site
Gabr El Bint, meaning 'Tomb of the Girl' in Arabic, is a reef site about 7.5 kilometres south of the caves near Dahab, Egypt, inside the Nabq protected area. It can only be reached by camel or by boat from Dahab marina, and the boat ride takes about 60 minutes. Dives here run roughly 10 to 28 metres deep.
Two dives are done here. The northern side of the buttress is the more beautiful, with a wall that descends into the blue, decorated with many species of coral. You drop to 20 to 25 metres alongside massive boulders on the drop-off, which draw dense shoals of anthias and glassfish, and trevallies hunt fusiliers out in the blue. Some of the healthiest gorgonian fan coral in the Red Sea grows here. On the way back you ascend to about 10 metres, cross the saddle and follow a sandy ledge that runs parallel to the shore.
The ledge has coral heads with anthias, scorpionfish, parrotfish, crocodilefish, surgeonfish, triggerfish, trumpetfish, puffers, stingrays and very often a turtle. At its end, shoals of black-and-white snappers and twinspot snappers swim at 5 to 10 metres. The other side, known as the dark side, is a steep wall that drops to about 60 metres, cut by chasms, sandy ravines and overhangs, and covered in table 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.
SquidSquidReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
CrocodilefishCrocodilefishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Sea turtleSea turtleConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
GlassfishGlassfishReported here · unconfirmed
StingrayStingrayReported here · unconfirmed
AnthiasAnthiasReported here · unconfirmed
TriggerfishTriggerfishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
Whale SharkRhincodon typusConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
SurgeonfishSurgeonfishConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
ScorpionfishScorpionfishConfirmed present · 5 independent sources
PufferfishPufferfishReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
TrevallyTrevallyConfirmed present · 5 independent sources
FusilierFusilierConfirmed present · 4 independent sources
SnapperSnapperConfirmed present · 6 independent sources
MackerelMackerelReported here · unconfirmed
Sulfur DamselPomacentrus sulfureusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Indian LionfishPterois milesObserved near here · iNaturalist
Red Sea AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctusObserved near here · iNaturalist
Klunzinger's WrasseThalassoma rueppelliiObserved near here · iNaturalist
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