Location

Access to location

Not known

Country

Egypt

Information about the site

Fanadir is one of the longest reefs of Hurghada. It is situated north of Hilton Plaza Hotel and stretches in almost a straight line towards the north. Fanadir itself is divided into two dive sites Fanadir South and North. The northern part consists of 1 m high reefs wall, sandy plateau which is about 15 m wide by the mooring and narrows down reaching the depths of 40 m and over. Navigation of this dive site is very simple we begin our dive having the reef on the left hand side and heading, against the current, in the northern direction. Coming back with the current holding the reef on our right hand side. Initially we dive over a naked sandy plateau, but you could not be mistaking more When observing carefully one can possibly see many inhabitants here among which we can find the rarest samples of Red Sea flora. The edge of the plateau falls down rapidly to 30m and more but it does not offer much apart from some big Tunas or a small reef shark passing by from time to time. Some whip corals fill up the scene. You can often run into walking together Moth Fish, Stone Fish especially during the mating period they give quite a show on the sandy bottom marching together We can also see, in the sand on the edge of the plateau big Sand Rays or Feather tail Rays laying under a thin layer of the sand waiting for their victims. Gobi's together with Partner Shrimp fill the entire bottom digging holes. Octopuses are often visiting this reef as well.

Conditions around the site

good conditions during december month

Maximum depth

40

Surface conditions

Wavy,Wavy and some times it can get rough

Number of logged dives

3