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St John's Um Arouk
St John S Um Arouk · Shalātīn, Red Sea, Egypt
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelAdvanced and up
Water bodyRed Sea
Water temp23–31°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Nov
About this site
St John's Um Arouk 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. Recommended for advanced divers. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes groupers, soft corals, sea turtles, dolphins, jacks. 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
Coral CodCephalopholis miniata
Hawksbill TurtleEretmochelys imbricata
Small Giant ClamTridacna maxima
Freckled HawkfishParacirrhites forsteri
Golden ButterflyfishChaetodon semilarvatus
Bluefin TrevallyCaranx melampygus
Exquisite ButterflyfishChaetodon austriacus
Arabian PicassofishRhinecanthus assasi
Nearby sites
- 1St John's Habili Gaffar1.3 km
- 2St John's Small Gota4.0 km
- 3Gota Soraya4.5 km
- 4St John's Gota Kebir7.0 km
- 5Gotta Kebira7.1 km
- 6Abu Bassala7.3 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