Hausriff Nord (Scuba College – Diving Camp Nuweiba)

The site has fewer colourful corals than is usual in Egypt, but makes up for it with seagrass meadows full of small life. Among this small life are large black and green seahorses. The area starting from the pier could be called muck diving in miniature, with lots of small life hiding in old algae, in the seagrass and sometimes in cans or bottles. In March 2012, a stonefish lived under the small pier, and over two weeks that month there were large numbers of sea hares (Notarchus indicus, Aplysia juliana and Aplysia parvula) and of Melibe bucephala nudibranchs.

In 2012, the mimic octopus was seen there almost every afternoon. The site also has stonefish, many scorpionfish and moray eels. On a night dive the nudibranch Plocamopherus tilesii was seen, and several seahorses and rarely seen pipefish, such as the Flügelseenadel, have also been recorded. At the northern edge of the dive area, the highlight is a large arch that you can swim through.

By 2015, the Scuba College, the dive centre that operated at this site, had already closed.