Shabruhr Umm Gamar
Also known as: Sha'b Ruhr Umm Gammar
A line of submerged ergs and a coral ridge just south of Umm Gamar island, scattered with small wreckage — a quieter, deeper alternative to its famous neighbour.
Photo: Derek Keats (CC BY 2.0) · Wikimedia Commons
- Max depth
- 30 m
- Visibility
- 25 m
- Current
- moderate
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Boat time
- 75 min
- Suitable for
- open-water, advanced
Site map
Location
Just south of Umm Gamar, Shabruhr is a series of coral ergs rising from the sand, with bits of old wreckage scattered between them. It is deeper and quieter than the main island reef, which makes it a good second dive for divers who want a calmer, more exploratory profile — finning erg to erg, peering into cracks for resting morays and lionfish.
Site highlights
- String of coral ergs over a sandy seabed
- Scattered small wreckage to explore
- Big moray eels in the cracks
- Often diver-free when Umm Gamar is busy
Marine life on this site
Nearby dive sites
Careless Reef
Two coral pinnacles rising from a plateau between Giftun and Umm Gamar, famous for big morays, turtles and shark sightings in the blue — an advanced site that lives and dies by the current.
Umm Gamar
A crescent-shaped island reef north of Hurghada with a sheer eastern wall, three coral towers off the south tip and a glassfish-packed plateau — one of the area's classic deeper reef dives.