Shaab Shehr (Hyndman Reef)

Shaab Shehr, also known as Hyndman Reef, is a boomerang-shaped reef running east to west, with coral gardens and pinnacles rising from the seabed. The east and southwest sides are the reef's dive areas, and on the west side a small passage leads to a plateau to the north that ends in a wall. On the east side, a wide garden of brain corals, bounded to the east by a coral rock formation, gives the dive its character. Also on the east side, a few ergs, coral towers rising from the seabed, stand with narrow canyons between them.

Triggerfish, wrasse, parrotfish and surgeonfish cruise the reef. Emperorfish, bannerfish and sweetlips hang in schools by the canyons in the pinnacles. On the northeast side, bottlenose dolphins are often encountered.

In Safaga, dives usually take place throughout the year; summer tends to bring the warmest water, and spring and autumn the most comfortable air. In the region, it is usually the wind that decides which reefs are open in each season.