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Small Gubal Island

Also known as Gubal Seghir; Gubal Saghir; Jazirat Jubal al Saghirah; Little Gubal

The island that carries Bluff Point, the Gubal Barge and the Ulysses on its shores

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The island that carries Bluff Point, the Gubal Barge and the Ulysses on its shores. Sheltered lagoon used as an overnight anchorage by liveaboards. Excellent night diving in the lagoon. Depth 5–30 m; liveaboard only; Strong on the exposed eastern and northern faces; sheltered lagoon on the south-west current. Egyptian Red Sea marine protected area; HEPCA-maintained mooring buoys, anchoring prohibited

Highlights

  • The island that carries Bluff Point, the Gubal Barge and the Ulysses on its shores
  • Sheltered lagoon used as an overnight anchorage by liveaboards
  • Excellent night diving in the lagoon

Marine life

  • morays
  • napoleon wrasse
  • turtles
  • jacks
  • glassfish
  • dolphins

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.

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