Sand Beach
27.2167°N 33.9397°E · reef
Sand Beach is a shore-entry reef dive site on the Egyptian Red Sea coast, positioned in the El Gouna / Hurghada latitude band (lat 27.22, lng 33.94). The name suggests a sandy beach entry point leading to a fringing coral reef — a common site type in this area of the coast.
Overview
The coordinates place this site north of Hurghada, in the El Gouna / northern Hurghada diving area. Shore dive sites in this region typically feature sandy beach entries leading to shallow reef gardens that slope gradually to 20–30 m. The area is home to a wide variety of Red Sea reef species and benefits from the generally good visibility (20+ m) and calm conditions typical of the Egyptian Red Sea coast at this latitude. No specific named dive site documentation for “Sand Beach” was found in English-language dive sources at these coordinates.
Site Information
- Location: Northern Hurghada / El Gouna area, Red Sea, Egypt
- Entry Type: Shore entry
- Site Type: Reef
- Difficulty Level: Intermediate
- Maximum Depth: 25 meters
Additional Resources
- Last Updated: 2026-05-17
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
315 verified species observations (259 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1833 and 2016, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Tursiops aduncus · Indian ocean bottlenose dolphin
- Sousa chinensis · Chinese white dolphin
- Megaptera novaeangliae · Humpback whale
- Grampus griseus · Risso's dolphin
- Gymnothorax flavimarginatus
- Amblygobius albimaculatus
- Amphiprion bicinctus
- Hipposcarus harid
- Rhincodon typus · Whale Shark
- Gobiodon
- Plectorhinchus schotaf
- Corythoichthys flavofasciatus
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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