Wall/ShipwreckÁrea Marina Protegida

Zabargad Island

Egypt · Southern Red Sea

Profundidad: 10–50 mNivel: Advanced, technicalMay-October

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An island of turquoise lagoons, beaches and steep hills, ringed by calm coral gardens and, further out, walls and canyons swept by current. Turtle Bay concentrates the reef fauna and is a turtle nesting site in August. On the southern face lies a wreck partly covered in coral.

Depth

10–50 m

Recommended level

Advanced, technical

Average visibility

30 m

Water temperature

27 °C

Current

Strong

Access

Liveaboard

Best time

May-October

Recommended certification

Advanced Open Water

Approx. price

150 USD / dive

Ocean Marine protected area

Plan your dive

Best time: May-October
Approx. price: 150 USD / dive

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A remote volcanic island famous for its historic peridot (olivine) deposits, reachable only on extended liveaboard expeditions.

Protection status

Parque marino de Zabargad, el mayor del sur del mar Rojo egipcio

Did you know

El nombre viene del olivino —peridoto—, la piedra verde parecida a la esmeralda que se extraía aquí ya en época faraónica. Es probablemente el único sitio de buceo del mar Rojo cuyo topónimo procede de una mina de gemas de la Antigüedad.

Sources consulted: ZuBlu Diving; Aphrodite Liveaboard; Sadko Safari Fleet

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50 species documented in Zabargad Island

Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

Dugongo

Dugong dugon

Napoleón

Cheilinus undulatus

Tiburón gris de arrecife

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

Critically Endangered

Tortuga carey

Eretmochelys imbricata

Tortuga verde

Chelonia mydas

Critically Endangered

Almeja gigante

Tridacna gigas

Anguila jardinera moteada

Heteroconger hassi

Anguila serpiente de bandas

Myrichthys colubrinus

Anémona alfombra gigante

Stichodactyla gigantea

Anémona disco

Discosoma nummiforme

Anémona magnífica

Heteractis magnifica

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