Dennis Bakhuis

Dive site · sea · Safaga and Soma Bay

🇪🇬 Ras Abu Soma

Strait of Gubal, Red Sea, Egypt

The headland at the northern end of Soma Bay, with a reef plateau running off it into the current and a wall on either side.

Dives here
1
Deepest
25.4 m
Water
salt
First · last
2009

Revision 1 · changed 10 Oct 2026

History
  1. r1 10 Oct 2026 Imported from the personal log · Dennis Bakhuis

Site data © divelog-sites contributors (ODbL), descriptions and maps CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf

1 map

Reef topSandy lagoon, coral headsPlateau ~25 mRas Abu SomaWallDrop-off 25-30 mDrift south with the current · 631 mMooringsTable corals up to 4 mCoral blocks on the sandy slopeCurrent, usually north to southN50 m
  • Buoy
  • Hazard
  • Point of interest
  • Shoreline
  • Dive path
  • Wall / drop-off
  • Shallows
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  • Sand
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Site map · 2 objects · 1 path · max 25 m

The reef off the point of Ras Abu Soma: the wall on the north side where the shelf narrows, the sandy slope with coral blocks and the plateau at about 25 m with big table corals to the south, the drop-off beyond it at 25-30 m, the moorings at the corner by the sandy lagoon, and the usual drift south with the current. The zones come from dive-centre descriptions (4eversea), so extents are approximate. The origin is set on the dive site (26.8451, 34.0038); the site's stored coordinates lie about 1.4 km inland.

Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf

Ras Abu Soma is the cape that closes Soma Bay to the north, between Hurghada and Safaga. The reef runs out from the point as a plateau at about 15–20 m before dropping off on both flanks, and because it projects into open water it catches current — which is what brings the fish.

The northern side is the sheltered one, with coral gardens and ergs; the southern and eastern faces are walls. Trevally and barracuda work the tip.

Dived 4 December 2009 to 25.4 m, the same day as Ras Disha.

Dived here with

Arjan

Nearby sites

1 dive at Ras Abu Soma

  1. 4 Dec 2009 with Arjan boat date4 Dec 2009 depth25.4 m time51 min water—

Sources

  • First-hand observation (Dennis Bakhuis)