(from Marsa Ghalib Port)

Fury Shoals Reef System, Abu Dabab, Samadai (Dolphin House) and Elphinstone

This cruise includes a visit to Abu Dahab, a collection of seven reefs offering sheltered diving in rough weather conditions.  Part of these seven reefs is Shaan Naba which is a popular overnight location due to the close proximity to Elphinstone Reef.  It offers a fabulous night dive and you are assured to see some Lion Fish.

At Fury Shoals, dive Shaab Claude and its famous swim-throughs and huge porite corals.   White Tip Reef sharks and an anenome and clownfish settlement can be seen a little off the reef to the South. Abu Galawa Soraya has a fantastic coral garden and a wreck of a private sailing boat packed with glass fish.

Wadi Gamal, with its flowing banks of hard yellow and green soft coral, resident angel and butterfly fish and in the right season huge schools of placid jack and tuna visit the area.

Further north, you will pass by Shab Sharm, with its wall dives and White Tip Reef Sharks.  Oceanic White Tips and Silky Sharks can sometimes be found in the blue and turtles often visit the South side.

Samadai (Dolphin House) is a shallow turquoise water lagoon where a large pod of spinner dolphins live. In 2004, the Egyptian government made this reef a Marine Park to protect the dolphins.  The western tip provides a large group of pinnacles rising to the surface from a carpet of seagrass, populated by schools of reef fish.

Elphinstone Reef has sheer walls plunging steeply into the blue, decorated with soft corals, sponges gorgonians and fans. Sharks feed here on the abundant fish population and the southern plateau is home to Oceanic White Tip sharks.

All liveaboard itineraries are weather dependent and may be amended to suit local conditions.  The decision of the skippers and dive guides is final where safety matters are concerned.