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Turtle Bay


Egypt, Hurghada

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Access
  By boat from Hurghada
  how?By boat
  distanceGood boat time (< 30min)
  easy to find?Easy to find
    More Details
  week crowd Few divers
week-end crowd Few divers
  dangers

Dive site Characteristics
  alternative nameTorfa Hamada
    Quality
 dive site qualityGreat
 experienceCMAS * / OW
 bio interestOutstanding
    Dive site infos
 average depth10.7 m / 35.1 ft
 max depth13.7 m / 44.9 ft
 currentNone
 visibilityGood ( 10 - 30 m)
 dive type- Lagoon
    Dive site activities
    - Marine biology
- Children dive
- Snorkeling / Free diving

  Author: Chris Weldon
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 This is a not so well known dive site off the north tip of Grand Giftun island. It's a small horseshoe reef with a shallow swim through to a bowel reef that is absolutely filled with fish and coral. This was the most like swimming in an aquarium that I have found and one of my favorite dives.

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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.27° 16.17245' N
GPS Long.33° 53.62631' E
PrecisionApproximate
 
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Turtle Bay, Egypt
By Christopherweldon, 2007-04-15 13:50:00
5th Adventure Dive, photo specialty
OK, this was amazing!  This site is a small bay with a shallow pass at the top end that provides access to a bowel reef about 50m in diamiter.  Inside the bowel are thousands of fish and near perfect coral.  This is the closest to an
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Trip: Red Sea (Hurghada)
By Christopherweldon, From 2007-04-12 to 2007-04-16
My family and I recently returned from Egypt and an outstanding week of diving in the Red Sea!!   We booked the entire trip through a small company in Hurghaa called Sunshine Diving ( http://www.sunshinediving.com )  and they were
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