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Barge de Gubal
Gubal Barge · El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat · Shore
Max depth25 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyGulf of Suez
Water temp20–28°C
Estimated from climate dataJul–Nov
About this site
Barge de Gubal is a reef and wreck dive site near El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt, in the Gulf of Suez. It is reached from a boat or the shore with a maximum depth of about 25 m. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, moray eels, groupers, nudibranchs, jacks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 20 to 28 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Indian Ocean Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus- Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicus
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma- Two-banded AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctus
- Devil FirefishPterois miles
- Grey MorayGymnothorax griseus
- Indian ScadDecapterus russelli
Banded Coral ShrimpStenopus hispidus
Nearby sites
- 1Bluff Point0.5 km
- 2Ulysses1.0 km
- 3Gubal Island1.5 km
- 4Rosalie Moller4.5 km
- 5Wreck Gubal4.5 km
- 6Small Gubal7.4 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org