Large whale filmed again off Marsa Alam, this time in the Sataih area
The video was filmed during a dolphin-watching trip. A marine-activities worker suggested from the footage that the animal is a blue or fin whale; the species is not officially confirmed.
6 November 2026
A large whale has been filmed again off Marsa Alam, this time in the waters of the Sataih area. It is the second reported sighting within a few days, after the animal was recorded near Umm Qamar island off Hurghada.
The footage was taken by a worker in the marine-activities sector during a dolphin-watching trip. It shows the whale feeding with its mouth open, surrounded by large numbers of birds: the animal takes in big volumes of water, filters it and holds back the fish.
Judging from the video, a worker in the same sector suggested the whale is a blue or fin whale. Both are baleen whales, which filter food from the water through baleen plates instead of teeth. No official identification of the species appears in the reporting.
Describing the earlier Hurghada sighting, Hurghada boat captain Mahmoud Shazly told Youm7 he was taking four German guests on a snorkelling trip in the El Erg area when the whale surfaced beside the boat at about 2pm. He said the guests were astonished and took photographs and video.
Whale sightings in the Red Sea are usually linked to deep, open water, particularly the stretches between Samadai reef, Marsa Tondoba and the area known as Flintstone. Humpback whales have been recorded there before, with one of the individuals put at about four metres long.