White Rock
23.8100°N 35.8033°E · reef
White Rock is a reef site in the southern Red Sea (lat 23.81, lon 35.80), in the same geographic cluster as the Styphano 1 and Styphano 2 sites approximately 20 km to the south — placing it in the Fury Shoals region or the transition zone between the Fury Shoals system and open ocean reefs north of Ras Banas.
Overview
The coordinates (lat 23.81, lon 35.80) place this site on the outer reef edge of the southern Egyptian Red Sea. The Fury Shoals system extends from north of Ras Banas (lat ~23.5) and this site sits just north of that zone, potentially on one of the scattered shoals or outer reefs of the broader southern reef system.
“White Rock” names typically indicate a bleached or light-coloured coral or limestone outcrop visible at or near the surface. No specific source has been found documenting “White Rock” as a named dive site in this area in widely available English-language dive guides.
The southern Egyptian Red Sea at these latitudes features pristine reef systems with minimal diver pressure, typically accessible only by liveaboard.
Site Information
- Location: Southern Red Sea, Egypt (Fury Shoals transition 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 southern Red Sea diving characteristics. Dive the World — Southern Red Sea. Last updated 2026-05-17.
Sea-surface temperature and wave height from Open-Meteo Marine (ERA5 reanalysis, monthly averages).
13 verified species observations (4 species) logged within ~11 km of this site between 1950 and 2012, from the Ocean Biodiversity Information System.
- Tursiops truncatus · Common bottlenose dolphin
- Stenella longirostris · Spinner dolphin
- Stenella attenuata · Pantropical spotted dolphin
- Tridacna maxima
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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