Sunsplash House Reef

28.4867°N 34.5166°E · reef

Depth
30 m
Level
Intermediate
Entry
shore
Type
reef

Sunsplash House Reef is the fringing reef directly in front of Sunsplash Divers in Dahab, Sinai, providing immediate shore access to the Red Sea reef system and serving as a training ground and introductory dive between explorations of Dahab’s more famous sites.

Overview

Sunsplash Divers is a well-established dive centre based in Dahab with a house reef immediately in front of the property, flanked to the north by additional dive sites and extending south toward the famous Caves site. Dahab’s fringing reef stretches for kilometres along the coast, and the Sunsplash section offers a calm, accessible entry point characteristic of the Dahab lighthouse and town-area reefs.

Dahab house reefs in this area typically feature sandy slopes descending to about 25–30 m, patrolled by a diverse Red Sea reef fish community with good macro life on the rubble substrate. The calm bay conditions make this suitable for night dives and training.

Site Information

  • Location: Dahab, Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea
  • Entry Type: Shore entry
  • Site Type: Reef
  • Maximum Depth: 30 meters

Tips

  • A convenient dive for guests of Sunsplash Divers between excursions to the Blue Hole or the Canyon
  • Suitable for certification training and check dives
  • Night dives on Dahab’s fringing reefs are productive for octopus, crabs, and sleeping fish

Sources: Sunsplash Divers Dahab — House Reef. No detailed depth or marine life specifics were available on the operator page; description based on typical Dahab town-area reef characteristics. Last updated 2026-05-17.

Depth profile
0m · surface−30m max
Ocean conditions
22–30.3°CWater temp (yearly range)
0.4–0.8 mWave height
AugWarmest
JulCalmest seas
31°22° JFMAMJJASOND

Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).

Recorded marine life nearby

359 verified species observations (277 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1968 and 2024, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.

Chordata · 13Mollusca · 54Cnidaria · 19Echinodermata · 4Arthropoda · 4
  • Pleurosicya micheli · Michel's Ghost Goby
  • Aseraggodes macronasus
  • Siganus · Black Spinefoot
  • Priolepis cincta · Banded Reef Goby
  • Haliophis guttatus
  • Pleurosicya prognatha · Beaky Acropora Goby
  • Gobiodon irregularis
  • Tursiops aduncus · Indian ocean bottlenose dolphin
  • Arnoglossus macrolophus
  • Astronesthes martensii
  • Grampus griseus · Risso's dolphin
  • Gobiodon ater

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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Reef with anthias · illustrative · photo credit

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Source: OpenStreetMap via dive-vibe-community (ODbL) · Last updated 2026-07-17