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Gotta Kebira
Shalātīn, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth40 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp23–31°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Nov
About this site
Gotta Kebira is a wall dive site near Shalātīn, Red Sea, Egypt, in the Red Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 40 m. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes soft corals, dolphins, sea fans, stingrays, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 23 to 31 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Spinner DolphinStenella longirostris
Blue-spotted StingrayTaeniura lymma
Pantropical Spotted DolphinStenella attenuata
Cauliflower CoralPocillopora damicornis
Coral CodCephalopholis miniata
Whip CoralCirrhipathes anguina
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Napoleon WrasseCheilinus undulatus
Nearby sites
- 1
St John's Gota Kebir0.5 km - 2Gota Soraya2.8 km
- 3St John's Small Gota3.5 km
- 4Habili Ali5.6 km
- 5St John's Habili Gaffar5.8 km
- 6St John's Um Arouk7.1 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org