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title: Bannerfish Bay
type: Reef dive site
location: Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt
coordinates: 28.498899459838867, 34.51874923706055
max_depth_m: 25
published: 2026-09-03T13:14:01.182Z
updated: 2026-09-05T06:50:00.143Z
tags: Bannerfish Bay, Reef, Red Sea, Dive site, Diving
url: https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/bannerfish-bay
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# Bannerfish Bay

## Quick facts

- **Type:** Reef
- **Location:** Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt
- **Coordinates:** 28.498899459838867, 34.51874923706055
- **Max depth:** 25 m
- **Depth notes:** 12m average, 25m at the outer edge
- **Level:** Advanced

## Good to know

- Snorkeller-friendly reef top
- Suitable for beginners
- Best for advanced divers
- Night dives possible
- Great for macro photography

## Overview

Bannerfish Bay is partly built out of rubbish. Car tires and clay pots went into the bay over the years, and the reef took them: they now carry growth and hold animals in the same way the coral formations do, which is why a bay of sand, seagrass hills and scattered coral supports the species list it does. Sea moths live on the sand here, walking across it on modified pelvic fins rather than swimming, and they are the animal that brings photographers back.

## Location

Dahab bay, between the Lighthouse and Mashraba.

## Conditions

Instant shore entry and shallow throughout, which is why it takes most of the town's training dives. Open to every level and one of the standard night dives.

## Dive plan

The dive works the three grounds in turn: the seagrass hills, the sand patches between them and the small coral formations, none of them deep and none far apart. The tires and pots are treated as part of the reef and are worth as much attention as the coral.

As a drift the bay runs south to Mashraba at around 15 m.

## What to see

The sand holds sea moths, flatfish, ghost pipefish and frogfish; the seagrass holds seahorses and turtles; the coral holds octopus, morays, shrimps and scorpionfish. Bannerfish cruise the bay and gave it the name. After dark the site turns over to squid, cuttlefish and lobsters. Dolphins and manta rays pass through, which for a training bay is unexpected.

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*Source: [Red Sea Creatures](https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/bannerfish-bay)*
*Updated: September 5, 2026*