Far Garden page describing the full drift dive, coral pinnacles, wall, and big-animal potential.
Egypt · Sharm El Sheikh (Ras Mohammed and Tiran)
Boat reef garden with a drift wall finish
Boat reef garden with a drift wall finish
Far Garden is a boat-oriented Sharm reef garden with coral pinnacles, a shallow start, and a drift route that finishes on a deeper wall and cathedral-like crack.
Site Conditions
Safety Notes
Treat the cave-like finish and any swim-through sections as overhead features, avoid brushing fire coral near the canyon, and stay with the planned drift line as the current tightens near the headland.
Access Restrictions
The standard plan is a guided drift or boat entry; shore access exists on some local-coast routes, but the current direction has to be right for the finish.
Legal Notes
Use a guide or boat plan that matches the current direction and keep clear of the fire-coral patches near the canyon and wall.
Community notes to help plan your visit.
Scuba Diving
Usually planned as a full drift dive across coral pinnacles into a wall and coral-garden finish, with the stronger flow building closer to the headland.
Freediving
Freediving is only realistic on the shallower start and in very calm conditions; the drift line and deeper wall are not a casual freedive route.
Snorkeling
Snorkeling is possible near the shallow start, but the site is really best when you stay close to the calmer reef edge and avoid the stronger drift line.
Species commonly reported at this site, with direct links into their wildlife guides.
Conservative baseline from public research. No community dives logged yet.
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Research Sources
Far Garden page describing the full drift dive, coral pinnacles, wall, and big-animal potential.
Listing with visibility, medium currents, and boat/shore access information.
Local-site page with east-running current, site depth, and all-levels framing.
Travel page giving average depth, max depth, visibility, and shore/boat access.
Coast guide noting the Cathedral at roughly 35m and seasonal current/visibility variation.

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