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Gota Abu Galawa

Also known as Gotta Abu Galawa; Jotao Abu Galawa; Gota Abu Galaua

Shallow, sheltered coral head in the El Gouna house-reef range

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Shallow, sheltered coral head in the El Gouna house-reef range. One of the standard El Gouna training and check-dive sites. Depth 8–11 m; day boat; Mild current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • Shallow, sheltered coral head in the El Gouna house-reef range
  • One of the standard El Gouna training and check-dive sites

Marine life

  • clownfish and anemones
  • blue-spotted rays
  • moray eels
  • glassfish
  • goatfish

Good to know

Best season
Year-round. Water 22-29 C; calmest seas and best visibility March-November, with the coolest water and strongest northerlies December-February.
Protected status
Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited
Fees
No separate site fee published; environmental tax historically 3.5 LE/diver/day (Red Sea Governorate, 2001), collection suspended after January 2011 per HEPCA.

Dive centres in El Gouna

Centres that run Gota Abu Galawa and the reefs around it.

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