Hard Coral7 sites6 countries

Dive sites: Hard Coral

Hard Coral dive sites — depth, conditions, and required training level.

Egypt

Middle Garden

Sharm El Sheikh · South Sinai · Egypt

A classic Sharm El Sheikh reef garden between the Near and Far Garden sites, featuring a stunning coral amphitheatre, resident green turtles, and some of the healthiest hard coral formations on the Sinai coastline.

Jackson Reef

Sharm el-Sheikh · South Sinai Governorate · Egypt

The northernmost and most exposed Tiran reef, marked by a rusting shipwreck on its surface and renowned for hammerhead shark sightings, pristine hard coral gardens, and powerful drift diving.

Israel

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Coral Beach Nature Reserve

Eilat · Southern District · Israel

The northernmost shallow-water coral reef in the world, protected since 1966, featuring pristine hard coral gardens along a 1.2-kilometre stretch of shore in the Gulf of Aqaba.

Micronesia

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Hiroshi Point

Tofol · Kosrae State · Micronesia

A pristine vertical wall on Kosrae's northwestern coast plunging into the Pacific abyss, where hard coral coverage exceeds 90 percent and encounters with grey reef sharks and eagle rays are routine.

Mozambique

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Two Mile Reef Bazaruto

Vilankulo · Inhambane Province · Mozambique

The premier dive site of the Bazaruto Archipelago where a sprawling shallow reef system hosts dugongs, manta rays, green turtles, and spectacular hard coral gardens in the warm Mozambique Channel.

South Africa

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Blue Hole Dwesa

Coffee Bay · Eastern Cape · South Africa

A remote and pristine reef system on the Wild Coast within the Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area, where untouched hard coral gardens and subtropical fish thrive in one of southern Africa's least-visited underwater reserves.