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Gota Soraya

Also known as Gota Soghayr; Gotta Soraya; Small Gota; St John's Small Gota; Gota Sagheer

Small steep-walled reef with the shallows at about 10 m and near-vertical drop-offs with overhangs

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Small steep-walled reef with the shallows at about 10 m and near-vertical drop-offs with overhangs. Diveclub-marsaalam.com calls it 'possibly one of the best wall dives in the Red Sea'. Liveaboard only. Red Sea Protectorates / Marsa Alam–Wadi el Gemal marine park area; Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Red Sea Protectorates, with HEPCA involvement in mooring and site management.

Highlights

Small steep-walled reef with the shallows at about 10 m and near-vertical drop-offs with overhangs
diveclub-marsaalam.com calls it 'possibly one of the best wall dives in the Red Sea'

Marine life

Napoleon wrasse
bumphead parrotfish
hammerhead shark
grey reef shark
glassfish
juvenile reef fish

Good to know

Protected status: Red Sea Protectorates / Marsa Alam–Wadi el Gemal marine park area; Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) Red Sea Protectorates, with HEPCA involvement in mooring and site management.
Fees: Red Sea marine park / environmental fees have been levied intermittently; HEPCA records that as of January 2011 'no fees collection at all except the entrance fees to Samadai reef'. Day-boat operators commonly bundle a marine-park charge into the trip price.

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