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title: Canyon Garden
type: Reef dive site
location: Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt
coordinates: 28.554899215698242, 34.52095031738281
max_depth_m: 28
published: 2026-09-03T13:14:00.331Z
updated: 2026-09-05T06:49:59.238Z
tags: Canyon Garden, Reef, Red Sea, Dive site, Diving
url: https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/canyon-garden-dahab
---

# Canyon Garden

## Quick facts

- **Type:** Reef
- **Location:** Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt
- **Coordinates:** 28.554899215698242, 34.52095031738281
- **Max depth:** 28 m
- **Depth notes:** 5-10m across the garden, 28m at the outer edge
- **Level:** Advanced

## Good to know

- Snorkeller-friendly reef top
- Suitable for beginners
- Best for advanced divers

## Overview

Canyon Garden is the shallow half of the Canyon, dived on its own. It shares a parking with the Canyon and the two entries are metres apart: the difference is that this dive never goes into the fissure. The garden lies between 5 and 10 m beyond the reef saddle, hard coral spread across sand, and it is where the divers who did go into the Canyon spend their remaining gas on the way out.

## Location

Same access as the Canyon, about 10 km north of Dahab.

## Conditions

Shallow, low current and best at high tide when there is water over the lagoon. Open to every level, used for training, and shallow enough to snorkel.

## Dive plan

Entry is through the lagoon and over the saddle, the same as for the Canyon, and the dive then works the garden rather than the crack. The coral runs from 5 to 10 m over most of its area and drops to around 28 m at the outer edge, which is as deep as the site needs to go.

## What to see

Butterflyfish and unicornfish work over the hard coral, Red Sea anthias hang above the heads, and octopus hold dens in the broken ground between them. The shallow depth and the sand between the coral keep the light even, which is why the garden photographs better than the fissure does.

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