Eel Garden
A colourful shore site north of Dahab's Lighthouse: a short walk over the reef table leads into a narrow lagoon full of lionfish and seasonal glassfish, then over a bright white sand slope. The shallow reef at the end hosts the largest colony of garden eels, plus cowfish and blue-spotted rays on the sand.
Facts
- Region: Northern Red Sea – Egypt
- Area: Dahab
- Depth: 3–25 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: reef, muck
- Coordinates: 28.5052, 34.5213
- Highlights: garden eel, lionfish, glassfish, longhorn cowfish, blue-spotted stingray, coral pinnacles
- Tips: Approach the eels slowly and keep your distance – they vanish into the sand. Entry is easiest in calm sea.