Police Station
27.1850°N 33.9653°E · reef
Police Station is a shore-entry reef dive site on the Red Sea coast near the Hurghada / El Gouna area, named after its position adjacent to a local police facility — a common naming convention for Red Sea dive sites that use nearby landmarks as reference points. The coordinates (27.19°N, 33.97°E) place the site in the central Red Sea coast zone between Hurghada and Safaga.
Overview
Shore dive sites in this stretch of the Egyptian Red Sea typically feature a shallow sandy entry leading to a fringing reef running parallel to the coastline. The reef flat transitions to a coral wall or slope beginning at 5–10 metres and extending to 20–25 metres. These inshore reefs in the Hurghada region are populated by colourful hard and soft corals and support a dense community of reef fish.
Marine Life
The central Egyptian Red Sea coast supports abundant reef fish including parrotfish, wrasse, groupers, moray eels, lionfish, crocodilefish, and schools of fusiliers. Octopus and cuttlefish are common on night dives. Blue-spotted stingrays rest on sandy patches. The hard coral formations provide shelter for anthias, damsels, and cardinalfish.
Dive Profile
Shore entry — typical of this region — with a walk or wade across the reef flat before descending. The dive follows the reef wall or slope to a maximum of around 25 metres before ascending along the reef top. Shore diving in this area is generally uncomplicated but requires awareness of occasional boat traffic in the approach channels.
Site Information
- Location: Hurghada / El Gouna area, Red Sea, Egypt
- Entry Type: Shore entry
- Site Type: Reef
- Maximum Depth: 25 metres
- Difficulty: Intermediate
Additional Resources
- Last Updated: 2026-05-17
No site-specific dive sources for “Police Station” by that exact name were found in major English-language dive databases. This is likely a locally named shore dive site in the Hurghada area. Description based on regional diving characteristics of shore reefs in this zone. General regional context from: Egypt Dive — Dive Sites in Hurghada. Last updated 2026-05-17.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
260 verified species observations (226 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1833 and 2011, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Tursiops aduncus · Indian ocean bottlenose dolphin
- Megaptera novaeangliae · Humpback whale
- Sousa chinensis · Chinese white dolphin
- Amblygobius albimaculatus
- Amphiprion bicinctus
- Hipposcarus harid
- Rhincodon typus · Whale Shark
- Gobiodon
- Grampus griseus · Risso's dolphin
- Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
- Chlorurus sordidus
- Apogon coccineus
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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