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Dive #36 · Saturday, 28 July 2007 · 10:06–10:57
Marsa Abu Dabab
Red Sea Marsa Alam and the deep south
- Day 2 of 6 · Egypt Jul–Aug 2007 →
- First of 3 dives that day(also #37 Gabal el Rosa 14:16, #38 Brayka Bay 20:05)
- Max depth
- 12.2 m
- Avg depth
- 6.7 m
- Bottom time
- 51 min
- Surface
- 30 °C
- Air
- 36 °C
- Visibility
- 12 m
Kit
- Gas
- Air
- Cylinder
- Alu80
- Pressure
- 200 → 40 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Weights
- 8 kg
- Suit
- Shorty / 7 mm, booties, open-heel fins
- Difficulty
- 1 (easy)
- Conditions
- Surge: n/a; weather: clear; current: n/a; tide: n/a
Where
Marsa Abu Dabab
The best-known dugong bay in the Red Sea — a shallow seagrass lagoon, now managed tightly enough that boats are kept out of it altogether.
The only dive here
With
On the map
Marsa Abu Dabab
No route marked
- Entry / exit
- Buoy
- Point of interest
- Pinnacle / rock
- Turtle
- Shoreline
- Dive path
- Wall / drop-off
- Coral / reef
- Reeds / weed
- Depth
Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf
A somewhat barren dive where the interesting fish could be counted on one hand. Did see a blue-spotted stingray and two turtles. Just like in Nemo.