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Ras Abu Soma
★★★★☆
(5,982)
The Somabay headland forms the northern end of Safaga Bay. The “Ras“ (head), is a steep wall that ends in the south on a 25m deep plateau, main current direction is coming from the north. On the plateau you can find ancient table corals up to 4m in size, and a steep wall.
Chance of big fish is given, so encounters with gray reef sharks, whitetip reef sharks, guitarfishes, stingrays, eagle rays, and hammerhead sharks are possible.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
1k Sightings
J
26
F
27
M
51
A
80
M
74
J
52
J
105
A
103
S
183
O
173
N
107
D
66
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
304 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
15
J
17
J
44
A
57
S
59
O
55
N
39
D
18
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
Wrasse
149 Sightings
J
10
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
10
J
0
J
28
A
11
S
33
O
32
N
11
D
14
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
148 Sightings
J
0
F
0
M
13
A
16
M
14
J
0
J
14
A
27
S
30
O
21
N
13
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
141 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
12
J
12
J
20
A
23
S
30
O
13
N
19
D
12
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
102 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
10
A
12
M
18
J
19
J
18
A
13
S
0
O
12
N
0
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
750 Sightings
J
21
F
22
M
49
A
59
M
63
J
38
J
69
A
66
S
105
O
119
N
83
D
56
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
679 Sightings
J
20
F
15
M
44
A
42
M
47
J
26
J
73
A
70
S
116
O
109
N
64
D
53
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
673 Sightings
J
14
F
26
M
42
A
41
M
51
J
31
J
68
A
71
S
107
O
109
N
67
D
46
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
538 Sightings
J
20
F
12
M
34
A
30
M
38
J
21
J
56
A
57
S
99
O
84
N
51
D
36
