Which hotel/area in Hurghada has the best coral reef for snorkeling?

Contrary to claims that there's no reef there, the beach at Jaz Star and Spa 5* actually has a reef — two medium-sized patches and one large one (large by Hurghada standards), with plenty of marine life spotted (except turtles).

The Farana reef continues to slowly die off (confirming last year's observations); this year, in search of a livelier reef, some travelers went to Marsa Alam despite the long transfer. It's also noted that in Sharm El Sheikh, the Hadaba area is currently considered to have one of the most alive reefs.

At Rif Oasis Beach Resort the reef is great with lots of fish, but the pier/pontoon is very long and inconvenient.

Makadi Bay has essentially no reef, but has a nice artificial lagoon instead; for reef snorkeling it's better to go to Sharm El Naga.

Sentido hotel shares the same grounds as Rif Oasis Beach (5-star), and its reef was called the best of all — rays kept coming close to shore, though the pontoon there is also long and tiring.

The reef near the Robb (Robinson Club) area is very rich: huge schools of fish, moray eels, manta rays, eagle rays, octopuses, turtles, and even a rare crocodilefish spotted. Much better than the reef at the PR resort, which was unimpressive.

The Safira reef is noticeably better and more colorful than the reefs near Sunrise, Garden Bay, and Tower Bay hotels, where the corals are badly damaged.

In Hurghada you usually enter the water directly from a sandy beach without long pontoons, unlike Sharm El Sheikh, where pontoons stretch for a kilometer but the reef there is considered more impressive.

At one hotel the pontoon is long and tiring to walk, but the reef at the end is great, with plenty of fish.

At another hotel the reef is described as "half-dead" — there is some fish life, but not much; reefs at other hotels are noticeably richer.

The reef near Farana used to be spectacular but has degraded significantly, partly due to constant boat and ship traffic in the area.