Abu Dabab VI

Abu Dabab VI is one of the eastern reefs of the Abu Dabbab group, numbers 4 to 6, which lie about 5 to 6 km from shore and are rarely a dive destination. It is less known than its neighbours II and III: a semi-submerged pinnacle system farther offshore, rarely crowded and with little boat traffic. The reef is elongated, about 600 m long and up to 175 m wide, with several coral towers at its southern end. Wave action has sculpted unusual shapes in the coral, and the reef is surrounded by small pinnacles.

Moray eels and schools of fusiliers are part of the scene, and reef sharks sometimes appear. In the reef's crevices live lionfish and scorpionfish and, with luck, ghost pipefish. In the sandy channels there are garden eels and blue-spotted stingrays patrolling the seabed.

Marsa Abu Dabbab, the natural bay, or 'marsa', at the mouth of the Abu Dabbab valley, about 35 km north of Marsa Alam, is named after that valley. The Abu Dabbab area is known as the 'house of the dugongs'.