Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt)

Sharm el-Sheikh is a tourist destination in Egypt. It is located near the tip of the Sinai Peninsula. It is not a location often associated with sharks necessarily, but is a popular place for snorkling in the Red Sea, which means there is the occasional shark encounter. The waters off the coast of the city are filled with coral reefs and around 1,000 different species of fish and sharks in its waters. There are also natural beaches in the area and warm weather. The animal diversity draws in not only tourists but marine biologists and other studiers of sea life.

Some species sighted there include oceanic whitetip sharks and the rare snaggletooth shark, a species of weasel shark.

In the winter of 2010 there were a series of shark attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh that wounded 4 people and killed 1 person. They were thought to be done by an oceanic whitetip or many oceanic whitetips.