Umm Gamar

Umm Gamar is a diving site near Hurghada in the northern part of the Red Sea. It is a long-isolated reef formed by an underwater mountain, with a crescent-shaped island at the top. Umm Gamar means Mother of the Moon in Arabic. The site offers a variety of dive experiences, from coral gardens to steep walls, from canyons to caves, and from reef fish to pelagic predators. Umm Gamar is about 90 minutes away from Hurghada by boat, and it has a maximum depth of around 30 meters. The site has a plateau on the south, at a depth of 14 to 24 meters, where divers can see a beautiful coral garden with turtles, batfish, moray eels, and Napoleon fish. The site also has several large coral pinnacles that rise from the sandy bottom, creating a maze of canyons and swim-throughs. The pinnacles are covered with colorful soft corals and fan corals, and host a variety of marine life, such as glassfish, lionfish, angelfish, butterflyfish.