Season

Fishing in August

76 species are recorded as in season in Egypt during August, across 8 regions with marks active that month.

Last reviewed: 5 September 2026

Regions fishing this month

Red Sea Mediterranean coast Hurghada the North Coast Alexandria Damietta and Ras El Bar Baltim El Alamein

Species in season (76)

African Tigerfish Albacore Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Atlantic Bonito Bayad (Black Nile Catfish)Blacktip Reef Shark Blue Runner (Egyptian Scad)Blue Swimming Crab Blue-barred Parrotfish Bluespine Unicornfish Bluespotted Cornetfish Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray Bogue Brown Meagre Bryde's Whale Common Bottlenose Dolphin Common Dentex Common Guitarfish Common Stingray Crown Squirrelfish Dugong Dusky Grouper Electric Catfish European Barracuda (Yellowmouth)European Conger European Pilchard (Sardine)False Killer Whale Flathead Grey Mullet Giant Manta Ray Greater Amberjack Greater Weever Green Jobfish Green Sea Turtle Grey Triggerfish Houndfish (Crocodile Needlefish)Indian Mackerel Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Leatherback Sea Turtle Leerfish (Garrick)Little Tunny Loggerhead Sea Turtle Mahi-Mahi (Common Dolphinfish)Marbled Rabbitfish Masked Pufferfish Mediterranean Moray Milkfish Napoleon (Humphead) Wrasse Nile Barbel (Binni)Nile Tilapia North African Catfish Orbicular Batfish Pelagic Thresher Shark Picarel Pronghorn Spiny Lobster Red Sea Goatfish Red Soldierfish Reef Manta Ray Risso's Dolphin Round Sardinella Saddled Seabream Salema Porgy Sandbar Shark Scalloped Hammerhead Shortfin Mako Silky Shark Silver-cheeked Toadfish Skipjack Tuna Sohal Surgeonfish Spinner Dolphin Spotted Eagle Ray Spotted Porcupinefish Striped Seabream (Sand Steenbras)Swordfish Teira Batfish Tiger Shark Whale Shark

From the season records in the fish guide.

Common questions

What fish can you catch in Egypt in August?

76 species are recorded as in season in August, among them African Tigerfish, Albacore, Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Atlantic Bonito, Bayad (Black Nile Catfish), Blacktip Reef Shark, Blue Runner (Egyptian Scad), Blue Swimming Crab, Blue-barred Parrotfish, Bluespine Unicornfish.

Where should you fish in Egypt in August?

Regions whose marks are active in August: Red Sea, Mediterranean coast, Hurghada, the North Coast, Alexandria, Damietta and Ras El Bar, Baltim, El Alamein.