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title: Shabruhr Umm Gamaar
type: Reef dive site
location: Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
coordinates: 27.328800201416016, 33.92530059814453
max_depth_m: 30
published: 2023-11-25T21:59:56.557Z
updated: 2026-09-06T15:02:00.617Z
tags: Shabruhr Umm Gamaar, Reef, Red Sea, Dive site, Diving
url: https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/shaabruhr-umm-gamar
---

# Shabruhr Umm Gamaar

## Quick facts

- **Type:** Reef
- **Location:** Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
- **Coordinates:** 27.328800201416016, 33.92530059814453
- **Max depth:** 30 m
- **Depth notes:** 15-20m leading to a sheer drop-off
- **Level:** Advanced

## Good to know

- Snorkeller-friendly reef top
- Best for advanced divers
- Wall / drop-off
- Drift dive
- Great for macro photography
- Pinnacles

## Overview

Shabruhr Umm Gamaar is an oval reef that rises to just under the surface in open water, and it has taken at least three ships that did not see it in time. A shelf runs around it at 15 to 30 m, spreading west into a sandy flat and pinching east into a narrow ledge before the drop.

## Location

About 90 minutes from central Hurghada.

## Conditions

Open water and exposed to the weather, as with Umm Gamar to the northwest. The deep wall calls for experience.

## Dive plan

The south plateau can be dived straight from the mooring: a sloping garden, partly coral-covered, with small pinnacles across it and the remains of an Egyptian army supply ship that went down on its way to Shedwan Island.

The east side sets up as a natural drift, entering to the north and running a long wall. The reef claimed the safari boat Colona IV on this side as well, though she lies below recreational depth.

## What to see

This is one of the few sites out of Hurghada where grey reef sharks are a reasonable expectation rather than a matter of luck, and afternoon dives account for most of the sightings. Giant morays and large groupers hold the reef itself, napoleon wrasse patrol the shelf edge, and tuna and bigeye trevally come in off the blue to hunt.

## Species recorded here (5)

- Bigeye Trevally (*Caranx sexfasciatus*)
- Giant Moray (*Gymnothorax javanicus*)
- Grey Reef Shark (*Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos*)
- Napoleon Wrasse (*Cheilinus undulatus*)
- Yellowfin Tuna (*Thunnus albacares*)

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