Overview
Erg Somaya sits immediately north of the police station on Small Giftun, where the vertical wall below the island flattens into a shelf. An erg rises off that shelf to within 5 m of the surface, and further north the shelf gives out and the wall resumes, steeper, with two coral towers standing clear of it.
Dive plan
The site works equally well from the mooring or as a drift. The coral towers on the wall north of the shelf carry soft corals and gorgonians and reach out into open water. The shelf itself is gently sloping sand, and its northeast corner holds a chimney entered at 30 m and exited at 22 m. The erg runs from 5 m down to between 9 and 15 m, which puts the richest part of the site at safety stop depth.
What to see
Barracuda, snapper, jacks and tuna pass along the wall. The towers hold clouds of anthias and silversides and most of the butterflyfish species found in the area. The chimney is packed with glassfish, and the erg itself is covered in invertebrates.
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