Dennis Bakhuis

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🇪🇬 Three Pools, Dahab

Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt

Three natural basins in the reef plate, three or four metres deep, that you cross to reach the drop-off beyond.

Dives here
1
Deepest
26.4 m
Water
salt
First · last
2005
Also known as
3 Pools

Revision 2 · changed 18 Oct 2026

History
  1. r2 18 Oct 2026 Neutral geo_source · Dennis Bakhuis
  2. 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 tablePool 1Pool 2Pool 3Sand 9-10 mCoral garden 18-20 m↓20 mUsual route · 694 mExit from the pools↓5 mCoral head↓9 mCoral head↓7 mCoral head↓9 mCoral head↓9 mCoral head↓9 mCoral head↓9 mCoral block↓22 mBeach entryN50 m
  • Entry / exit
  • Point of interest
  • Pinnacle / rock
  • Shoreline
  • Depth contour
  • Dive path
  • Shallows
  • Coral / reef
  • Sand
  • Depth
Site map · 8 objects · 1 path · max 22 m

The three 3 m pools in the reef table, the exit onto the sand at 5 m, coral heads and the coral garden at 18-20 m with the usual loop, placed on the OpenStreetMap coastline; positions and depths are approximate. Coastline © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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

Named for exactly what it says: the reef flat here has three natural pools worn into it at a depth of three to four metres, connected by shallow channels. You walk in, cross the pools, and go out over the reef edge to the wall beyond.

The pools themselves are the reason the site works for everybody — snorkellers and students stay in them, divers pass through, and on the way back at the end of the dive they make a very pleasant five-metre safety stop with a sand floor and something to look at.

Dived here with

Tim

Nearby sites

1 dive at Three Pools, Dahab

  1. 4 Aug 2005 with Tim date4 Aug 2005 depth26.4 m time58 min water—

Sources

  • First-hand observation (Dennis Bakhuis)