Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
77Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Thu 5: Sea: flat, Visibility about 20 m, Water 26 °C
Tue 3 · 74 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Air
- 27°C
Wed 4 · 73 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 16 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Air
- 27°C
Thu 5 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 10 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 27°C
Fri 6 · 77 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 13 kn
- Gusts
- 20kn
- Air
- 26°C
Sat 7 · 75 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 22kn
- Air
- 25°C
Sun 8 · 74 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 16 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Air
- 23°C
Mon 9 · 77 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.3 m
- Wind
- 13 kn
- Gusts
- 21kn
- Air
- 24°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 9 days
Full forecast- Tue 374, good
- Wed 473, good
- Thu 580, good
- Fri 677, good
- Sat 775, good
- Sun 874, good
- Mon 977, good
- Tue 1069, good
- Wed 1178, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 25 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 26 °C3 mm wetsuit
- Faces NEswell from there reaches it
Full forecast
every day, every number
The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.
Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. Scored for Advanced divers.
| Day | Score | Sea | Wind | Gusts | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3Nov | 74, good | 0.3 m | 15 kn | 21kn | 27°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 73, good | 0.4 m | 16 kn | 20kn | 27°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 10 kn | 16kn | 27°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 77, good | 0.3 m | 13 kn | 20kn | 26°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 75, good | 0.3 m | 15 kn | 22kn | 25°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 74, good | 0.4 m | 16 kn | 24kn | 23°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 77, good | 0.3 m | 13 kn | 21kn | 24°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 69, good | 0.6 m | 19 kn | 29knboats in | 25°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 78, good | 0.3 m | 11 kn | 23kn | 23°C |
Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More
Tide
- Tue 3 NovHigh 00:37 +0.1 mLow 06:41 −0.3 mHigh 13:20 +0.3 mLow 19:45 −0.3 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 01:54 +0.1 mLow 07:52 −0.3 mHigh 14:26 +0.3 mLow 20:51 −0.3 m
- Thu 5 NovHigh 03:02 +0.2 mLow 08:57 −0.3 mHigh 15:23 +0.3 mLow 21:47 −0.4 m
Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.
Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
Map
the site and its town
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About
the place in full, sources, credits
About Gribal
A reef dive. It goes down to 25 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces NE: swell from the NE reaches it, and wind from the SW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 28 km away. The sea is about 22°C in February, its coldest month (5 mm wetsuit), and 29°C in August, its warmest (rash vest or 1 to 2 mm). The town to stay in is El Gouna. Within 5 km we also list 9 dive sites.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 25 m.
- Getting in From a boat.
- Who it suits Suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it.
- Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 28 km away.
Water about 26°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility about 20 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov and Dec (about 20 m).
The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).
Rough cost (estimate): about US$792–US$1,600 each
about US$792–US$1,600 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food.
Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.
How we worked it out
| What | How we worked it out | Each |
|---|---|---|
| Flights | return ORD to SSH, estimated from distance and season, changing at IST, full-service airlines, with a hold bag | about US$664–US$1,380 |
| Hire car | 6 days, shared | about US$27–US$40 |
| Stay | 6 nights, a mid-range double, shared | about US$47–US$81 |
| Food | 7 days eating out | about US$54–US$101 |
| Total | about US$792–US$1,600 |
Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.
Where to stay: El Gouna
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about 50 min by car · 40 places to stay
about US$20/nightcountry average
About El Gouna its beds, food and every spot near it
About US$20 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.
Getting there: about 22h 25m
About 22h 25m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → SSH, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 1h 30m by road
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An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.
In the water
Dives and courses in El Gouna · GetYourGuideDive gear hire in El Gouna · GetYourGuide
Dive centres nearby
No dive centre mapped within 25 km.
Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits
What you might see
Too few records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.
Bluespotted ribbontail ray Taeniura lymmaRay
Seen in 62 records, mostly May to Oct.
Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricataSea turtle
Seen in 8 records.
African rainbow dorid Chromodoris africanaNudibranch
Seen in 13 records, mostly May to Oct.
Red Sea clownfish Amphiprion bicinctus
Seen in 80 records, mostly May to Oct.
Giant moray Gymnothorax javanicus
Seen in 75 records, mostly May to Oct.
Yellowbar angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus
Seen in 52 records, mostly Sep to Nov.
Bubble-tip anemone Entacmaea quadricolor
Seen in 45 records, mostly May to Oct.
Acropora digitifera
Seen in 40 records.
Blackside hawkfish Paracirrhites forsteri
Seen in 40 records.
Bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii
Seen in 37 records, mostly May to Oct.
White-spotted puffer Arothron hispidus
Seen in 33 records, mostly Apr to Sep.
Sling-jaw wrasse Epibulus insidiator
Seen in 33 records, mostly May to Oct.
Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: Programme BioObs: observations naturalistes en milieux aquatiques-Observations de BioObs.; Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. Credits
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