Gabr el Bint
A boat-accessed site south of Dahab whose name means 'grave of the girl'. The right-hand 'dark side' is a steep, fractured wall with overhangs and table corals where milkfish and occasionally sharks pass; the left side has a dense row of very large gorgonian fans, boulders with anthias and glassfish, turtles and trevally hunting fusiliers.
Facts
- Region: Northern Red Sea – Egypt
- Area: Dahab
- Depth: 5–30 m
- Level: intermediate
- Current: moderate
- Type: reef, wall
- Coordinates: 28.3537, 34.4337
- Highlights: sea fan, gorgonian, table coral, turtle, jack/trevally, crocodilefish, snapper, glassfish, anthias
- Tips: Check the fans for longnose hawkfish and scan the sandy ledge for crocodilefish.