Sharm Anbaut
24.9645°N 34.9404°E · reef
Sharm Anbaut is a bay (sharm) dive site on the Egyptian Red Sea coast near Marsa Alam (lat 24.96, lng 34.94). The name follows the typical pattern of Red Sea bay dive sites in this area — protected inlet bays with fringing coral reefs accessible from shore.
Overview
The coordinates place Sharm Anbaut in the northern Marsa Alam area, between Port Ghalib and Marsa Alam town. Bay dive sites in this region typically feature coral gardens on both sides of a central sandy bay bottom, with walls and slopes reaching 20–30 m. The Marsa Alam coast is known for healthy reef conditions, sea turtles, dugongs in seagrass areas, and diverse reef fish communities. No specific named dive site documentation for “Sharm Anbaut” was found in English-language dive databases.
Site Information
- Location: Northern Marsa Alam 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).
54 verified species observations (14 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1895 and 2025, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Tursiops truncatus · Common bottlenose dolphin
- Tursiops aduncus · Indian ocean bottlenose dolphin
- Stenella longirostris · Spinner dolphin
- Mobula
- Stenella attenuata · Pantropical spotted dolphin
- Decapterus russelli
- Alepes djedaba
- Mobulidae
- Saurida undosquamis
- Favorinus mirabilis · ウツセミミノウミウシ
- Nerita sanguinolenta
- Acanthosepion pharaonis
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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