Temple
A flat bay (10–18 m) near Ras Umm Sid with large coral pinnacles that early divers likened to a temple. Swim-throughs cut through the towers, including a crack opened by the 1995 earthquake, and the pinnacles host glassfish, pipefish, morays and lionfish.
Facts
- Region: Northern Red Sea – Egypt
- Area: Sharm el-Sheikh
- Depth: 10–20 m
- Level: beginner
- Current: low
- Type: reef, pinnacle
- Coordinates: 27.8473, 34.3091 (approximate)
- Highlights: coral pinnacles, swim-through, glassfish, anemonefish, moray eel, lionfish, scorpionfish
- Tips: A relaxed mooring dive; good for newer divers and photographers.