How to avoid triggerfish bites while snorkeling from hotel piers in Egypt

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TL;DR

Bluefin triggerfish can be encountered around Egyptian hotel piers and coral reefs; their strong teeth and territorial behavior can make close encounters risky. Keep your distance and leave the coral area if one approaches.

What the community said

The fish was identified from a video still as a bluefin triggerfish. It is a large, toothy fish that swimmers in the discussion considered potentially dangerous at close range.

12 days ago Bluefin triggerfish

If a triggerfish comes very close near a hotel pier, do not try to interact with it; calmly swim away. Reports described it repeatedly approaching swimmers at close range.

12 days ago Hotel pier

After a bite near a pier and another attempted bite by a coral patch, the practical precaution is to avoid the specific reef section where the fish was seen and snorkel elsewhere.

61 days ago Coral patch by the pier