Any dive is possible at the El Fanadir diving site: the spot is great for drift, deep and
beginner dives alike.
El Fanadir is a long and quite narrow reef north of Hurghada. It can also be reached from El-Gouna. Divers prefer to dive the east side of El Fanadir as it is protected from the weather by a slight curve in the reef. Here you’ll find a shallow hard coral wall sloping slowly to a sandy incline at 12 m. The ledge narrows gradually as you progress northwards. At 20 – 25 m, it drops off to greater depth, where experienced divers come to play. Yet again, most of them prefer to stay in the shallower parts of the reef where marine life abounds with pipefish, stonefish, scorpion fish, and silversides, usually followed by their predators: tunas and jacks. Some have even had the chance to spot frogfish, guitar sharks, mantas, and even a hammerhead at sha’ab El Fanadir.
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El Fanadir is a long and quite narrow reef north of Hurghada. It can also be reached from El-Gouna. Divers prefer to dive the east side of El Fanadir as it is protected from the weather by a slight curve in the reef. Here you’ll find a shallow hard coral wall sloping slowly to a sandy incline at 12 m. The ledge narrows gradually as you progress northwards. At 20 – 25 m, it drops off to greater depth, where experienced divers come to play. Yet again, most of them prefer to stay in the shallower parts of the reef where marine life abounds with pipefish, stonefish, scorpion fish, and silversides, usually followed by their predators: tunas and jacks. Some have even had the chance to spot frogfish, guitar sharks, mantas, and even a hammerhead at sha’ab El Fanadir.
Depth: 25-40 m
Visibility: 25-30 m
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