Sha ab Talata
27.1412°N 33.8835°E · reef
Sha’ab Talata is a reef dive site in the northern Egyptian Red Sea at approximately 27.14°N, 33.88°E, in the Gubal Strait / El Quseir offshore zone near other Sha’ab formations in this area.
Overview
“Talata” means “three” in Arabic, suggesting the site may feature three distinct reef structures or sections. The coordinates (27.14°N, 33.88°E) place this reef close to the Sha’ab Adel entry in the northern El Quseir offshore zone, in a cluster of reef systems in this section of the central Egyptian Red Sea.
No site-specific sources for Sha’ab Talata were found under this name in published dive guides, operator sites, or diving databases. The site is categorised as a coral reef in OSM data.
No site-specific sources were found for this entry.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
803 verified species observations (397 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1758 and 2016, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Sousa chinensis · Chinese white dolphin
- Lethrinus nebulosus
- Lethrinus microdon
- Lethrinus xanthochilus
- Lethrinus borbonicus
- Lethrinus lentjan
- Lethrinus variegatus
- Amblygobius albimaculatus
- Stenella longirostris · Spinner dolphin
- Tursiops truncatus · Common bottlenose dolphin
- Scarus psittacus
- Megaptera novaeangliae · Humpback whale
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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