Marsa Alam
Gota Kebir (St John's)
- CertificationCavern
- Water temperature≈ 22–30 °C, varies with the seasonestimated, no reports yet
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The dive
Gota Kebir is a massive reef, known for its tunnels and its south plateau. On the south-east corner the wall is broken by deep fissures you can enter and tunnels you dive through.
Profile and sections
Gota Kebir is a massive reef, known for its tunnels and its south plateau. On the south-east corner the wall is broken by deep fissures you can enter and tunnels you dive through. Around the reef you'll see jacks and barracudas, now and then a manta, and on the two plateaus in the north whitetip reef sharks and bluespotted stingrays.
Emperor Divers, Egypt Divers and Scuba Travel call the tunnels ideal for novice cave divers. Dive The World spells the name Gota Kebira.
Practical: there is no pin on the map, as no source gives the spot. Several drift dives are made around the reef. Per Emperor Divers, the cruise director may ask you to skip a dive that doesn't suit your experience.
- Depth and profile
- Deep fissures and tunnels in the reef wall on the south-east corner of a reef over 800 m long. No source gives the depth of the tunnels; the reef's east and west sides slope deep, and Dive The World gives 5 to over 40 m for the St John's area.
- Configuration
- Tunnels and fissures in the reef: recreational gear with a primary and a backup light, with a guide (estimate).
Who can dive where
- At least Cavern
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR / Small cylinders / no-mount (speleo sumps)
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How to get there
Only by liveaboard, on the routes to the deep south (such as South & St John's), mostly from Port Ghalib; the St John's reefs lie ~210 km south of Marsa Alam, close to the Sudanese border. Emperor Divers recommends Advanced for the trip as many dives go below 18 m; Dive The World calls the area one for experienced divers only.
Around Gota Kebir (St John's)
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