Strait of Gubal.

About this region

The narrows between Sinai and the mainland, where the shipping lane and its reefs have claimed wreck after wreck. The Thistlegorm and the four ships piled on Sha'ab Abu Nuhas — Giannis D, Carnatic, Chrisoula K, Kimon M — make this the pilgrimage of Red Sea wreck divers.

Region facts

The sites

novice

5–25 m

Bluff Point (Gubal Island)

intermediate

18–27 m

Carnatic

intermediate

4–27 m

Chrisoula K

intermediate

15–30 m

Dunraven (Beacon Rock)

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intermediate

1–20 m

El Malk

advanced

5–27 m

Giannis D

advanced

16–32 m

Kimon M

advanced

9–20 m

Kingston (Sarah H)

technical

35–50 m

Rosalie Moller

technical

30–55 m

Rosalie Moller Wreck

intermediate

5–30 m

Sha'ab Abu Nuhas (Reef)

novice

5–20 m

Sha'ab Ali

intermediate

1–22 m

Sha'ab Onghosh

advanced

8–40 m

Shadwan Island

intermediate

1–22 m

Small Crack

advanced

16–32 m

SS Thistlegorm

intermediate

1–25 m

The Alternatives

intermediate

5–28 m

Ulysses

Likely sightings

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