Marsa Alam, Egypt
Sha’ab Samadai (Dolphin House)
A horseshoe reef where spinner dolphins rest in the lagoon.
About the dive
Sha’ab Samadai (Dolphin House) is a beginner-friendly dive site in Marsa Alam, Egypt. It is a drift, reef, wall and open water dive. Divers have logged 13,519 dives here, going to 19 m on average in around 23 m of visibility. 32 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are clownfish, stingrays and butterflyfish. Sightings peak in May, October and November.
- Level
- Beginner
- Entry
- Boat
- Avg. max depth
- 19 m
- Visibility
- 23 m
- Dive time
- 53 min
- Logged dives
- 13,519
- Busiest months
- May · Oct · Nov
- Region
- Northern and Central Red Sea
Most sighted here
ClownfishPhoto: MaLia Evans · CC0
StingraysPhoto: Corentin Largeron · CC0
ButterflyfishPhoto: David Clode · CC0
ParrotfishPhoto: Jeffry Surianto · CC0
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at Sha’ab Samadai (Dolphin House) and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
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| Clownfish | ||||||||||||
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| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
| Moray eels | ||||||||||||
| Triggerfish | ||||||||||||
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Pufferfish | ||||||||||||
| Surgeonfish | ||||||||||||
| Lionfish | ||||||||||||
| Bannerfish | ||||||||||||
| Spinner Dolphin | ||||||||||||
| Soldierfish | ||||||||||||
| Sweetlips | ||||||||||||
| Grunts | ||||||||||||
| Damselfish |
Dive centers nearby
2 dive centers within 10 km. The closest:
- Red Sea Diving Safari - Nakari Village8.4 km
- Scuba World Divers - Lagoon View9.3 km
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