Wall / drop-offMarsa Alam & the South

Sha'ab Sharm

Marsa Alam

Wall / drop-off

Type

Wall to 40 m+

Depth

Marsa Alam

Area

Marsa Alam & the South

Region

About Sha'ab Sharm

An exposed offshore reef ~12 km off the coast with dramatic walls and a plateau.

Grey reef sharks, big groupers and schooling barracuda in the blue.

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Coach to the coast's best shore-snorkel bay: walk in off the sand onto a thriving fringing reef.

The two southern icons in one run — Egypt's most beautiful beach, then the mirror mangrove lagoons.

An offshore plateau where grey reef sharks patrol the drop — current, blue water, the real south.