Marsa Shagra is a small bay on the Egyptian Red Sea coast, approximately 60km north of Marsa Alam. It is best known as the shore diving base for Red Sea Diving Safari, one of Egypt's oldest dive operations, running from the village since the 1990s. The reef here is the house reef: a wall that begins 15 metres from the beach and runs the full length of the bay.

The reef crest sits at 6–10m, dropping on the outer face to 30m and beyond with exceptional wall coral, soft corals, gorgonians, and table corals on the upper ledges. The base is sandy with occasional coral outcrops at 25–30m. Three separate entry points along the bay allow divers to target different sections of the wall. No boat required, you walk in from the beach.

Night diving is exceptional here. The reef is extremely active after dark: hunting moray eels in the open, octopus on the coral, crustaceans on the wall, and the occasional dugong moving through the seagrass patches at the bay edges. Night dives are available daily from the village.

Green turtles are common throughout the bay, the seagrass patches at the margins are feeding grounds and turtles are encountered on almost every dive. Photographers travel specifically for Marsa Shagra: shore access, unlimited bottom time, and dense macro life make it one of the best dedicated photography bases in the Egyptian Red Sea.