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Ras Abu Soma
★★★★☆
(6,522)
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
1.2k Sightings
J
26
F
27
M
52
A
101
M
128
J
77
J
106
A
104
S
183
O
173
N
108
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
330 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
35
J
23
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
186 Sightings
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10
F
0
M
0
A
13
M
19
J
14
J
28
A
12
S
33
O
32
N
11
D
14
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
152 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
13
A
16
M
17
J
0
J
15
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
152 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
0
A
0
M
20
J
14
J
20
A
23
S
30
O
13
N
20
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
132 Sightings
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0
F
0
M
10
A
17
M
35
J
27
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
822 Sightings
J
21
F
22
M
50
A
77
M
100
J
53
J
69
A
67
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
745 Sightings
J
20
F
15
M
44
A
59
M
78
J
41
J
74
A
71
S
116
O
109
N
65
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
717 Sightings
J
14
F
26
M
45
A
47
M
77
J
40
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.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
595 Sightings
J
21
F
14
M
26
A
54
M
66
J
39
J
61
A
55
S
93
O
90
N
41
D
35
