Happy Life Housereef
25.3704°N 34.7306°E · reef
Happy Life Housereef is the house reef of the Three Corners Happy Life Beach Resort in northern Marsa Alam, operated by Blue Submarine Diving Center. The resort is located in the Marsa Alam coastal zone, providing direct beach access to a fringing reef typical of this stretch of the Egyptian Red Sea.
Overview
The Three Corners Happy Life Beach Resort is a well-established all-inclusive property in the Marsa Alam area. Blue Submarine Diving Center operates from the resort and provides easy access to the house reef as well as boat trips to famous nearby sites such as Elphinstone Reef, Marsa Abu Dabbab, and Shaab Samadai (Dolphin House). The house reef offers an accessible shore dive for resort guests, typical of Marsa Alam’s coastal fringing reefs.
Marine Life
Marsa Alam’s fringing reefs in this zone typically support:
- Reef fish communities: angelfish, parrotfish, wrasse, groupers
- Moray eels and octopus in reef crevices
- Sea turtles as regular visitors
- Occasional dugong sightings along the seagrass-fringed coast
Site Information
- Location: Northern Marsa Alam, southern Red Sea
- Entry Type: Shore entry
- Site Type: Reef
- Maximum Depth: 25 meters
- Difficulty: Intermediate
Sources: Blue Submarine Diving Center – Happy Life Hotel. No site-specific house reef description found. Last updated 2026-05-17.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
38 verified species observations (18 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1996 and 2026, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Tursiops aduncus · Indian ocean bottlenose dolphin
- Stenella longirostris · Spinner dolphin
- Balaenoptera edeni · Eden's whale
- Nerita sanguinolenta
- Conomurex fasciatus
- Maculastrombus mutabilis
- Clanculus
- Fasciolariidae
- Dolomena plicata
- Stomatella auricula
- Rochia virgata
- Tripneustes gratilla
Scientific survey records skew toward sampled taxa (molluscs, corals) and do not reflect what you are guaranteed to see on a dive.
Source: OBIS (obis.org), aggregated Darwin Core occurrence records.
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