Sharm Shoona
25.4036°N 34.6994°E · reef
Sharm Shoona is a bay reef dive site on the Egyptian Red Sea coast between Port Ghalib and El Quseir (lat 25.40, lng 34.70 — note: coordinates are close to Marsa Murena). The site is listed among dive destinations in the Marsa Alam area by local dive operators. A comparable site called “Marsa Shouna” appears in Red Sea Diving’s Marsa Alam listings.
Overview
Bay sites in the Port Ghalib to El Quseir coastal corridor typically feature sandy-bottomed bays with coral garden margins and walls accessible from shore. The central Red Sea coast at this latitude benefits from protected bay conditions and diverse reef communities. “Shaab Shona” (Reef of Shona) is separately listed as a dive site in the Marsa Alam OSM data, suggesting this name family refers to multiple similar bay/reef sites in the region. No detailed site-specific documentation for “Sharm Shoona” at these coordinates was found in English-language dive sources.
Site Information
- Location: El Quseir / Port Ghalib 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).
25 verified species observations (8 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1999 and 2026, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Tursiops aduncus · Indian ocean bottlenose dolphin
- Stenella longirostris · Spinner dolphin
- Balaenoptera edeni · Eden's whale
- Nerita sanguinolenta
- Rochia virgata
- Halophila stipulacea
- Halophila decipiens
- Halophila ovalis
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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