--- title: Rick's Reef type: Reef dive site location: Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt coordinates: 28.557432174682617, 34.52375030517578 max_depth_m: 25 published: 2026-09-03T13:14:00.013Z updated: 2026-09-05T06:49:58.858Z tags: Rick's Reef, Reef, Red Sea, Dive site, Diving url: https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/ricks-reef --- # Rick's Reef ## Quick facts - **Type:** Reef - **Location:** Dahab, South Sinai, Egypt - **Coordinates:** 28.557432174682617, 34.52375030517578 - **Max depth:** 25 m - **Depth notes:** 15m average, 25m at the deepest - **Level:** Advanced ## Good to know - Suitable for beginners - Best for advanced divers - Wall / drop-off - Drift dive - Pinnacles ## Overview Rick's Reef is defined by where it ends. It sits 300 m north of the Canyon, and the dive is a shallow drift south along the shore that delivers the diver to the Canyon's Fish Bowl and then out through the Canyon's own coral garden and lagoon. Entry is through a small opening in the reef table onto a slope of salad coral, with table corals standing at 18 m and a run of pinnacles along the wall. ## Location 300 m north of the Canyon, on the coast road north of Dahab. ## Conditions Shore entry with moderate current running south, which is the current the dive is built on. Open water level is enough. Not a snorkeling site. ## Dive plan The descent is down the salad coral slope from the entry notch, and the current does the rest. The route follows the shore south for around 35 minutes, working the pinnacles along the wall and the table corals at 18 m. The drift finishes at the Fish Bowl, the glassfish chamber at the mouth of the Canyon, and the exit is through the Canyon coral garden and its sandy lagoon rather than back the way it came. ## What to see The pinnacles hold the fish: anthias over the tops, coral groupers sitting in the gaps, pufferfish and parrotfish working the coral. The slope itself is a coral dive, salad coral on the way down and table corals standing clear of the sand at 18 m. --- *Source: [Red Sea Creatures](https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/ricks-reef)* *Updated: September 5, 2026*