Sirena Beach - Dive site - Egypt

A guide to scuba diving at Sirena Beach

Dive site: Sirena Beach

Location: Egypt, South Egypt

Dive type: Shore dive, boat dive, reef dive

Skill level: Beginner

Visibility: The average visibility at Sirena Beach is 20 m / 65 ft.

Depth: Sirena Beach has some deep areas that extends down beyond 50 m / 164 feet, and the average depth for Sirena Beach is 20 m / 65 ft.

Water temperature: The water temperatures at Sirena Beach will change according to season. Scuba diving at Serena Beach is warmest in September when the water temperatures go up to 27° C / 81° F or more. February is the coldest of the winter months, and the water temperatures usually stay around 20° C / 68° F.

Dive site information: This is a reef dive conveniently located very close to shore. The reef profile is varied and features caves, chimneys, tunnels, outcrops and a lot of corals. There are pinnacles scattered at the edge of the reef on both sides of the Serena Beach bay.

Marine life: Good variety of different coral species. The sandy areas of Serena Beach are home to gobies, gray morays and shrimps. At the sandy inshore shallows you can often see schools of squid. The outer parts of Serena beach attract a lot of schooling fish, since both corners of the reef ends in deep water. Common schooling species at Serena Beach include tuna, mackerel, snappers and jacks. The reef is inhabited by all the usual reef species such as large groupers, rock cod, trumpetfish, goatfish, lionfish, morays and loads of Napoleons and other types of wrasse.