Other Dive Sites in the Southern Red Sea

Other dive sites in the Southern Egyptian Red Sea include Rocky Island and Zabargad Island, southeast of Ras Banas, St. John's caves, Wadi Gemal, and Ras Shona. Some of these sites are reachable by day boats from Marsa Alam.

Wadi Gemal

These sites have walls, tunnels, swim-throughs, and sea grass beds.

fire coral pillar coral fire coral and anemone tunnels Paul in tunnels tunnels wreck fire coral and damselfish

royal angelfish Royal angelfish, Pygoplites diacanthus

wrasse Checkerboard wrasse, Halichoeres hortulanus

broomtail wrasse Broomtail wrasse, Cheilinus lunalatus

sailfin tang Sailfin tang, Zebrasoma dejardinii

blue-spotted stingray Bluespotted stingray, Taeniura lymma

bannerfish Red Sea bannerfish, Heniochus intermedius

orange anemone and clownfish anemone and clownfish Red Sea anemonefish, Amphiprion bicinctus

moon grouper Moon grouper, Variola louti

brittle stars Brittlestars, <TBS>

giant moray eel being cleaned Giant moray, Gymnothorax javanicus, with common cleaner wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus

pajama slug nudibranches Pyjama slugs, Chromodorius quadricolor

Aron's blenny Aron's blenny, Ecsenius aroni

giant squirrelfish Giant squirrelfish, Sargocentron spiniferum

halfspotted grouper Halfspotted grouper, Cephalopholis hemistiktos

scorpionfish Bearded scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis barbata

clearfin lionfish Clearfin lionfish, Pterois radiata

crown-of-thorns starfish Crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster planci

soeckled sandperch Speckled sandperch, Parapercis hexophthalma

clown sand wrasse Clown sand wrasse, Coris aygula

swarthy parrotfish Swarthy parrotfish, Scarus niger

giant squirrelfish Tailspot soldierfish, Sargocentron caudimaculatum

lion fish portrait Common lionfish, Pterois volitans

masked butterflyfish pair Masked butterflyfish, Chaetodon semilarvatus

tiger cardinalfish Tiger cardinalfish, Cheilodipterus macrodon

lyretail hogfish <TBS>

squirrelfish Bloodspot squirrelfish, Neoniphon sammara

Red Sea Picasso triggerfish Arabian Picasso triggerfish, Rhinecanthus assasi

hawksbill turtle Hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata

Christmas tree worms Chrismas tree worms, Spirobranchus giganteus

fish juvenile minight (black, balck-and-white) snapper, Macolor macularis

juvenile bicolor parrotfish Juvenile bicolor parrotfish, Cetoscarus bicolor

chevron butterflyfish Chevron butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis

wrasse Clown coris, Coris aygula

parrotfish inital-phase Rusty Parrtotfish, Scarus ferrugineus

 

red-brested splendour wrasse Red-breasted splendour wrasse, Cheilinus fasciatus

juvenile bigeye emperor juvenile hump-nose bigeye bream, Monotaxis grandoculis

bigeye Common bigeye, Priacanthus hamrur

shrimp goby Magnus' partner goby, Amblyeleotris sungami

white spotted puffer White-spotted Pufferfish, Arothron hispidus

blotched hawkfish in coral Forster's hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri

fire coral anthias in lettuce coral Sea goldies, Pseudanthias squamipinnis

yellow spotted burrfishYellowspotted burrfish, Cyclichthys spilostylus

You may find unusual animals in the seagrass beds, including dugongs, Dugong dugong, and green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas.

green sea turtle with remora remora on green sea turtle dugong at the surface snorkeler and dugong dugong dugong dugong

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