Overview
El Fanadir North is a long sloping wall with a shallow lagoon behind it and coral blocks standing on the sand alongside. What runs through the whole site is cleaning: stations follow one another along the foot of the wall almost without a break, which is why animals that are otherwise difficult to approach hold still here.
Dive plan
The shape of the reef argues for a drift along the wall, and in settled conditions even the far north end is divable. Beside the wall a wide sloping shelf carries coral blocks over sand and ends at 20 to 25 m in a drop-off into deep water. The wall is the draw, its cracks and caves sheltering a wide range of animals, but the shallow ground is better than the deep. One coral block at 12 m carries a cleaning station and is the single best photographic subject on the reef. The site is also among the most used night dives out of Hurghada.
What to see
Bluespotted ribbontail rays rest along the base of the wall. Yellow-edged, yellowmouth and giant morays all swim free here rather than staying holed up. Sweetlips and goatfish school in numbers. Pipefish are plentiful enough to keep a resident population of stonefish, scorpionfish and lionfish fed, which is what makes this a macro site first. Octopus are common but hard to pick out, and are usually spotted only once they move.
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