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St John's Habili Gaffar
St John S Habili Gaffar · Shalātīn, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp23–31°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Nov
About this site
St John's Habili Gaffar is a reef dive site near Shalātīn, Red Sea, Egypt, in the Red Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Generally suitable for beginners. Commonly reported marine life includes dolphins, soft corals, groupers, sea fans, reef sharks. 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
Pantropical Spotted DolphinStenella attenuata
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Cauliflower CoralPocillopora damicornis
Clown CorisCoris aygula
Coral CodCephalopholis miniata
Moontail BullseyePriacanthus hamrur
Nearby sites
- 1St John's Um Arouk1.3 km
- 2St John's Small Gota2.8 km
- 3Gota Soraya3.2 km
- 4St John's Gota Kebir5.7 km
- 5Gotta Kebira5.8 km
- 6Abu Bassala8.0 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