Gabr El-Bint

Gabr El Bint, meaning ”The grave of the Girl” gets its name from a sad folk story of a girl who was in love with a local boy from the town. It is situated approx. 15km south of Dahab and can be reached by the day boats. There is a possibility of 2 dives here the right side and the left side. The right side often spoken as the dark side has steep walls that were cut out by earthquakes, here there are overhangs and caves, often milk fish are seen in the area and chances of sharks also. The drop off is covered with beautiful table corals.
Diving on the left side there is a dense row of large Gorgonian fan corals some say are the largest in the whole of the Red Sea amongst them you will find the longnose hawk fish hiding in the branches. This side is much more colourful than the right side with big boulders that house swarms of anthias, glass fish and keep an eye in the blue for trevallies that come in to hunt the schools of fusiliers. Swimming up towards the saddle watch out for turtles eating the soft corals and red sea walkman are often found on the sandy alley that runs parallel to the shore line. Following the shore line on the sandy alley watch out for crocodile fish and scorpion fish hiding out in their camouflage and at the end of the sandy ledge there is often a group of black and white snappers hanging out.
This dive site is rated as one of the most attractive divesites in the area.