Especially in the afternoon many safari boats stay there for noght and sometimes there are lots of divers at the same time in the water. STill the place is quite pleasant, easy, suitable for beginners. The visibility may be fair sometimes depending on the wind direction (the sand may worsen the visibility).

we dive there from the shore, it is located betweeen Marsa Alam harbour and Airport, very closed to Abu Dabab, stunning corals, almost no current

Great site, visited it a couple of times with Emperor Divers... Nice sheltered bay meaning little or no current. Best dived in the morning for the light and photo's... Take your time here looking for the macro stuff as you will be surprised to what you will discover! If experienced try to do it unguided and take your time...

Went to dive with Emperor. When we arrived the boat stopped on one side of the bay. The visibility was particularly bad but no attempt was made to move the boat. The plan was 1 dive headed to the outside of the reef and one dive heading into the bay (with even worse visibility than the first dive). It seemed... More

was hard to see the turtles because they were in the deep and the instructor used to go too much fast!

We went there with Extra Divers from Fayrouz. I know we've been lucky - when we were snorkeling close to shore, a dolphin came to swim with us! It was swimming with us for 10 minutes, really close, it was an extraordinary experience. Reef is ok, there is a plenty of life there.

One of the places we went to dive with Emperor, stunning corals

Marsa Shoona is a very nice lagoon between Marsa Alam and the airport. The dive site is divided into 4 pieces (left and right in the lagoon and left and right outside the lagoon). During our 3 dives (water temp 28° in Nov) we saw 2 eagle rays, 1 very large black spotted sting rays, several turtles, crocodile fish, murena,... More

wonderful place to spend time at and go snorkerling and dive amongst the giant turtles