Abu Dabbab Bay

Abu Dabbab is one of the very few places on Earth where dugongs reliably share their habitat with scuba divers, grazing on extensive Halodule and Cymodocea seagrass meadows in the sheltered bay. Green and hawksbill turtles rest on the sandy plateau and graze on seagrass alongside the dugongs, creating an extraordinary large-mammal encounter in shallow, calm water. The fringing reef at the bay mouth adds coral walls, moray eels, and schools of sergeant majors for those who want classic reef diving after the seagrass meadow.