Shadwan Island, Hurghada, one of the major Hurghada Tourist Attractions, is famous for its scuba diving opportunities in the Red Sea. Those of you who are interested in underwater marine life, should consider visiting this place on their Hurghada Tours. The fame of the Shaker Island or the Shadwan Island, Hurghada is as an excellent dive site on the north wall in North Hurghada.
The best part about Shadwan Island, Hurghada is its reef or drift. The depth of this site varies from 6 meters or 20 feet to even deeper zones. The visibility is 30 meters or 100 feet. Till the early to mid 1990's, it was a lesser known dive site and it might appear desolate and deserted to the passing dive boat at first sight. It is the largest island on the south side of the Straights of Gubal by far. The eastern reef protrudes a large distance from the island shore and admiralty charts have it that it drops away on a considerably shallow slope at the beginning before plunging into the depths. The north side is fantastic near the vertical deep wall.
If you are on a boat ride from the reef of Abu Nuhâs down the north side of Shadwan Island in Hurghada, you might spot group of grey pilot whales. A bit further along the island and you might encounter a big group of dolphins. Often, hundreds of these creatures can be seen here. You can travel along the north side of the island or you will just need to go a few meters from the shore for brilliant views of the island. You will find below the dark blue water just meters from the shore of the Shadwan Island an almost vertical wall. Perhaps the most interesting thing here is the flow of current which was running from south to north. In case, you don’t know, the Red Sea currents in this area normally run from north to south.
The upper reef of Shadwan Island, Hurghada is teeming with marine species like snappers, antheas and sweepers and large shoals of blue lunar fusiliers. This is an excellent spot for white-tip reef sharks and grey reef sharks. Also, you will find here huge gorgonian fan corals growing from the wall and hawksbill turtle.
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