Skip to content
WAnimals
  • Map
  • Species
  • Parks
  • Diving
Log inCreate account
WAnimals

The guide for travellers and animal lovers: discover, plan and share your wild adventures around the world.

Discover wildlife

  • Species
  • Ecosystems
  • Glossary
  • Tags

Explore places

  • Map
  • Countries
  • Parks
  • Diving

Plan experiences

  • Guides

Learn

  • Blog

Resources

  • About us
  • How we build our profiles
  • Help centre
  • Contact
  • Install the app

Follow us

Account

  • Log in
  • Create account

© 2026 WAnimals. All rights reserved.

Terms of servicePrivacyCookiesLegal notice
MapSpeciesParksDiving
  1. Home
  2. Diving and snorkelling
  4. Israel
  5. Dolphin Reef Eilat

Dolphin Reef Eilat

Semi-open reserve
Depth: 3–18 mLevel: Open WaterAll year round
Spotted something wrong?

A coastal reserve where dolphins swim freely between the open sea and a semi-enclosed bay, with supervised interaction.

Depth

3–18 m

Recommended level

Open Water

Average visibility

15 m

A coastal reserve where dolphins swim freely between the open sea and a semi-enclosed bay, with supervised interaction.

Location

Loading map…

Dolphin Reef Eilat: 26 documented species

Similar dive sites

Which other dive sites are like this one?

Same country: Israel

Similar depth

Similar depth

Keep exploring

Based on what we already know about this dive site.

Share your experience diving or snorkelling at Dolphin Reef Eilat.

Water temperature

23 °C

Current

Weak

Access

Shore

Best season

All year round

Recommended certification

Open Water

Approx. price

50 USD / dive

Plan your dive

Best season
All year round
Approx. price
50 USD / dive
See location

Similar depth

Israel · Gulf of Aqaba
See on the interactive map→
Giant ClamCritically Endangered

Giant Clam

Tridacna gigas

Scarlet Cleaner ShrimpNot Evaluated

Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

Lysmata amboinensis

Peacock Mantis ShrimpNot Evaluated

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Odontodactylus scyllarus

Lobe CoralNear Threatened

Lobe Coral

Porites lobata

Common Mushroom CoralLeast Concern

Common Mushroom Coral

Fungia fungites

Spinner DolphinLeast Concern

Spinner Dolphin

Stenella longirostris

Bottlenose DolphinLeast Concern

Bottlenose Dolphin

Tursiops truncatus

Emperor DragonflyNot Evaluated

Emperor Dragonfly

Anax imperator

Crown-of-thorns StarfishNot Evaluated

Crown-of-thorns Starfish

Acanthaster planci

Christmas Tree WormNot Evaluated

Christmas Tree Worm

Spirobranchus giganteus

Moorish IdolLeast Concern

Moorish Idol

Zanclus cornutus

Reef Manta RayVulnerable

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

See all 26 species found here
Coastal reef

Eilat Coral Reserve

Israel

Up to 25 m · Open Water

Clownfish · lionfish

See dive site
UNESCO
Wall/Cleaning station

Cape Marshall

Ecuador

Up to 30 m · Advanced Open Water

Oceanic manta rays at cleaning stations · turtles

See dive site
UNESCO
Pinnacle/Macrofauna

Cousin's Rock

Ecuador

Up to 25 m · Open Water

Seahorses · nudibranchs

See dive site
CountryIsrael
This page in other languages: Español · Deutsch · Français · Português · Italiano
More places in Israel
UNESCO
Tectonic fissure/Freshwater

Silfra Fissure

Iceland

Up to 18 m · Open Water (drysuit required)

Practically none; filamentous green algae known as "troll hair"

See dive site