This island is located off the coast of Hurghada with an area of less than 2 km. The Island is flat with a low alleged surface of 2 meter and covered with organic sand and coral formations. The island of Abu Minqar is located near the mouth of the Gulf of Suez in the Red Sea.
It considers being the only island in the area with rich view of Avicenna marina mangrove. The current total area of the mangrove vegetation on the island is 28.54 hectares, which is 21% of the total area of the island. The single specie of mangrove is Avicenna marina, which can be seen in the place.
The island suffers damage, which is caused by the pollution associated with coastal activities, massive tourism development, and hotel constructions along the coast of Hurghada.
Big Magawish Island
It is an area of 4000 square kilometers. The surface of the island is low, and the total length of coastline is less than one kilometer. The beach is suitable there for snorkeling.
Little Magawish island
The island is located so close to the mother Magawish island and considers an exciting snorkeling spot trip where the corals, magnificent colorful fish and dolphins .the island is often used for night dives.
Tawila Island
The quiet beach at Tawila is located at an hour sail from Hurghada. The surface of the island is full of coral formations while the beach is amazing with its white sand. It is commonly expected to see dolphins while sailing to the island.
The sea birds take the island as a shelter to put its eggs and take care of its nests.
Abu Naggar
It is T shaped reef in a shallow plateau, which extends to the west with numerous small ergs and two small sub reefs Kotta Abu Naggar and Shaab Iris. Some parts of this reef system are positively dull while others are stunning. The diving here is amazing as it is found the broom-tail wrasse as well as parrotfish and unicorn fish.
Fanadir Islands
El Fanadir is a long reef running roughly from the north to the south. The reef can be identified by the four small rocky islets, which are located on it. The reef wall drops from the surface to the depth of 12 meters. The marine life is amazing with its corals and fish. The sandy slope from 12m to 24m is relatively uninteresting apart from a single erg that is just below the most northerly islet. This erg attracts a nig number of glassfish. In the many cracks and crannies, the lionfish and stonefish can be obviously seen. The top of the drop-off is attracting with the manta or hammerhead shark passing by in its blue water.
The Island is located at two hours sail from Hurghada (27°35'32"N; 33°46'40"E).
This gorgeous island offers an awesome snorkeling and diving too. The dive can be done at a depth of 30 with a high visibility. The marine life is so rich here with its corals and fish like octopus, clownfish, parrotfish, and butterfly fish. This is a very pretty dive.
The careless reef
Careless Reef lies in 5 kilometers to the north of Giftun Island (27° 18.700' N, 33° 56.200' E). It has two large ergs rising from a shallow plateau, which is surrounded by sheer walls rising from the deep.
The reef considers a natural aquarium where the extended community of moray eels is easily noticed. The whole area is massed with fish of all types. There are numerous giant morays, which can be seen here, whitetip reef sharks, schooling reef fish and huge groupers. In addition, the hammerhead shark can be occasionally seen in the early morning.
This diving site it located in Hurghada old harbor (27°13'55"N; 33°51'34"E)
Israel bombed the harbor of Hurghada in 1969. They hit then an Egyptian minesweeper, which made it sink at a depth of 30 meters to settle on a rock at the seabed.
It is so interesting to see this 70 meters wreck. The wreck some holes in it and can be penetrated but it is not recommended as the wreck is still has live munitions in it. The wreck has a plenty of glassfish, clownfish and moray. Above the wreck it can be seen a big number of jacks and small barracuda.
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