Torfa Tany
25.6695°N 34.5877°E · reef
Torfa Tany is a reef site in the central Egyptian Red Sea coast (lat 25.67, lon 34.59), roughly midway between Hurghada and El Quseir — a stretch of coastline with numerous fringing reefs and offshore shoals that are less frequently visited than the northern resort areas.
Overview
“Torfa” in Arabic refers to a protruding reef tip or point, and “Tany” may be a local place name or designation indicating a secondary tip of a larger reef system. The coordinates place this site in an area of moderate reef development along the Egyptian Red Sea mainland coast, with typical mid-Red Sea conditions.
Sources note that “Torfa” sites in the broader area are best dived at 10–15 m for coral quality, with the sandy bottom at 20 m being the domain of rays and resting nurse and guitar sharks. The area around this latitude on the Egyptian mainland coast has well-developed fringing reefs but receives relatively limited dive operator traffic.
No specific source has been found documenting “Torfa Tany” by name in widely available English-language dive guides.
Site Information
- Location: Central Egyptian Red Sea coast (Hurghada–El Quseir zone)
- Entry Type: Boat dive
- Site Type: Reef
- Maximum Depth: 25 meters
No site-specific dive source was found for this entry at these coordinates. Description based on regional reef characteristics. Divers Guide — Torfa. Last updated 2026-05-17.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
8 verified species observations (8 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 2004 and 2011, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Tursiops aduncus · Indian ocean bottlenose dolphin
- Stenella longirostris · Spinner dolphin
- Nerita orbignyana
- Tridacna maxima
- Cheilea cicatricosa
- Euanodontia ovum
- Tridacna squamosina
- Mammilla melanostoma
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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