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Gubal Island

El Gouna, Hurghada, Egypt

Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain

Water bodyGulf of Suez

Water temp20–28°C

Estimated from climate dataJul–Nov

About this site

Gubal Island is a drift, reef, wall and wreck dive site near El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt, in the Gulf of Suez. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, moray eels, groupers, nudibranchs, stingrays. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 20 to 28 °C over the year.

Conditions by month

BestGoodMixed

OctoberBest

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
Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidus
Indian ScadDecapterus russelli

Nearby sites

Straight-line distances.

Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org