Naama Bay
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About this site
Naama Bay is a dive site within the bay of the same name at Sharm el Sheikh, in the Egyptian Red Sea, and is considered one of the least known sites in the area despite its central location. The bay's bottom is composed of large areas of sand and sea grass rather than the drop-offs and coral gardens typical of nearby sites.
The site is well suited to night diving, when the protected, calm waters come into their own. The sandy slope is gentle and scattered with coral outcrops.
The sandy and sea-grass habitat supports marine life that is largely absent from the region's reef and wall sites. Nudibranchs, wart slugs, ghost pipefish, shrimpfish, and seahorses are characteristic of the site, alongside crocodilefish and stonefish. Night diving here brings out sleeping parrotfish, active octopuses, and Spanish dancers.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
CrocodilefishCrocodilefishReported here · unconfirmed
Sohal SurgeonfishAcanthurus sohalReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Sergeant MajorAbudefduf vaigiensisReported here · unconfirmed
Klunzinger's WrasseThalassoma rueppelliiReported here · unconfirmed
Rusty ParrotfishScarus ferrugineusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea Raccoon ButterflyfishChaetodon fasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Sailfin TangZebrasoma desjardiniiReported here · unconfirmed
Arabian Picasso TriggerfishRhinecanthus assasiReported here · unconfirmed
Masked PufferArothron diadematusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea BannerfishHeniochus intermediusReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
Ghost pipefishGhost pipefishReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseReported here · unconfirmed
StonefishStonefishReported here · unconfirmed
ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
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