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title: Erg Abu Ramada
type: Reef dive site
location: Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
coordinates: 27.15839958190918, 33.97880172729492
max_depth_m: 18
published: 2023-11-25T21:59:56.557Z
updated: 2026-09-06T15:02:05.926Z
tags: Erg Abu Ramada, Reef, Red Sea, Dive site, Diving
url: https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/erg-abu-ramada
---

# Erg Abu Ramada

## Quick facts

- **Type:** Reef
- **Location:** Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
- **Coordinates:** 27.15839958190918, 33.97880172729492
- **Max depth:** 18 m
- **Depth notes:** 10-30m at the main reef, terracing down to 60m+
- **Level:** Advanced

## Good to know

- Best for advanced divers
- Wall / drop-off
- Drift dive
- Great for macro photography
- Pinnacles

## Overview

Erg Abu Ramada, also called Camel Reef, stands off the southeast side of Abu Ramada Island as a single large erg with three peaks rising from a plateau. The currents that make it awkward to dive are the reason it remains in the condition it does: strong water movement and an exposed position have kept traffic down and the coral intact. Sand surrounds the base and gives way to a coral garden toward the north.

## Location

About 80 minutes from central Hurghada.

## Conditions

Frequently rough, with strong current. The deeper sections need experience.

## Dive plan

On a calm day with little water moving, the dive starts at the mooring and works the coral garden, which drops away both east and west. Turning back brings the diver around and between the three peaks.

The top of the erg makes the safety stop, and it is the part of the site most worth the gas that is left.

## What to see

Soft coral covers the erg and anthias hang over all of it. Glassfish fill the caverns and cracks with scorpionfish and lionfish stationed at the edges. Crocodilefish lie under the table corals, morays move openly across the peaks, and napoleon wrasse and schooling fish work the plateau.

## Species recorded here (6)

- Common Lionfish (*Pterois miles*)
- Crocodilefish (*Papilloculiceps longiceps*)
- Lunate Anthias (*Pseudanthias lunulatus*)
- Lyretail Anthias (*Pseudanthias squamipinnis*)
- Napoleon Wrasse (*Cheilinus undulatus*)
- Tasseled Scorpionfish (*Scorpaenopsis oxycephala*)

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*Source: [Red Sea Creatures](https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/erg-abu-ramada)*
*Updated: September 6, 2026*