Sharm el Bahari
25.8486°N 34.4326°E · reef
Sharm el Bahari (“the sea bay”) is a bay reef dive site on the Egyptian Red Sea coast near El Quseir (lat 25.85, lng 34.43). The name is a common Arabic geographic descriptor for a sea-facing bay. The coordinates sit in the El Quseir / Qusayr area, known for a series of accessible shore-dive bays and fringing reefs.
Overview
Bay dive sites in the El Quseir area typically feature sandy beach entries with fringing reef structures providing coral gardens and slopes to 20–25 m. The El Quseir coastline is documented for its healthy coral reef systems with colorful reef fish diversity. Dive operators in El Quseir offer shore dives at bays along this stretch of coast. No specific named dive site documentation for “Sharm el Bahari” was found in English-language dive databases at these coordinates.
Site Information
- Location: El Quseir 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).
21 verified species observations (13 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 2002 and 2010, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Tursiops aduncus · Indian ocean bottlenose dolphin
- Hippichthys spicifer · Banded Freshwater Pipefish
- Stenella longirostris · Spinner dolphin
- Micrognathus andersonii · Anderson's Pipefish
- Enneapterygius abeli
- Enneapterygius clarkae
- Enneapterygius destai
- Enneapterygius altipinnis
- Fowleria vaiulae
- Nerita sanguinolenta
- Gelasimus tetragonon
- Cranuca inversa
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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