Advanced divers and up
Is it worth the trip?
80Good out of 100 for your dates
Best on Mon 9: Sea: flat, Visibility about 25 m, Water 26 °C
Tue 3 · 79 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 19kn
- Air
- 27°C
Wed 4 · 78 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.4 m
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 24kn
- Air
- 28°C
Thu 5 · 83 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 12 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 26°C
Fri 6 · 80 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 15 kn
- Gusts
- 19kn
- Air
- 26°C
Sat 7 · 77 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
- 17 kn
- Gusts
- 24knboats in
- Air
- 23°C
Mon 9 · 84 out of 100
- Sea
- 0.2 mflat
- Wind
- 11 kn
- Gusts
- 16kn
- Air
- 24°C
Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast
Forecast: next 10 days
Full forecast- Tue 379, good
- Wed 478, good
- Thu 583, good
- Fri 680, good
- Sat 777, good
- Sun 874, good
- Mon 984, good
- Tue 1072, good
- Wed 1175, good
- Thu 1279, good
The site in five facts
- Down to 32 mits deepest
- From a boathow you get in
- Advancedand up
- Water 26 °C3 mm wetsuit
- Faces SEswell 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 | 79, good | 0.4 m | 15 kn | 19kn | 27°C |
| Wed 4Nov | 78, good | 0.4 m | 15 kn | 24kn | 28°C |
| Thu 5Nov | 83, good | 0.2 mflat | 12 kn | 16kn | 26°C |
| Fri 6Nov | 80, good | 0.2 mflat | 15 kn | 19kn | 26°C |
| Sat 7Nov | 77, good | 0.3 m | 15 kn | 22kn | 25°C |
| Sun 8Nov | 74, good | 0.4 m | 17 kn | 24knboats in | 23°C |
| Mon 9Nov | 84, good | 0.2 mflat | 11 kn | 16kn | 24°C |
| Tue 10Nov | 72, good | 0.5 m | 20 kn | 28knboats in | 24°C |
| Wed 11Nov | 75, good | 0.5 m | 16 kn | 30knboats in | 23°C |
| Thu 12Nov | 79, good | 0.4 m | 15 kn | 20kn | 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 00:46 +0.1 mLow 06:38 −0.3 mHigh 13:22 +0.3 mLow 19:55 −0.3 m
- Wed 4 NovHigh 02:03 +0.1 mLow 07:46 −0.3 mHigh 14:24 +0.3 mLow 20:56 −0.3 m
- Thu 5 NovHigh 03:09 +0.1 mLow 08:50 −0.3 mHigh 15:21 +0.3 mLow 21:49 −0.3 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 Wreck Gubal Strait
A reef dive. It goes down to 32 m. You get in from a boat. It suits Advanced divers and up, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces SE: swell from the SE reaches it, and wind from the NW blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 42 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 2 dive sites.
- What it is Reef.
- How deep Down to 32 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 42 km away.
Water about 26°C: 3 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.
Visibility about 25 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct and Nov (about 25 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 1h 15m 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 15m
About 22h 15m door to door from Chicago
Fly ORD → SSH, changing at İstanbul Airport (IST), then 1h 20m 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 17 records, mostly Mar to Jul.
Red Sea clownfish Amphiprion bicinctus
Seen in 25 records, mostly Apr to Sep.
Giant moray Gymnothorax javanicus
Seen in 20 records, mostly Jul to Oct.
Yellowbar angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus
Seen in 17 records.
Tentacled flathead Papilloculiceps longiceps
Seen in 15 records, mostly May to Oct.
Emperor angelfish Pomacanthus imperator
Seen in 12 records.
Scorpaenopsis oxycephalaScorpionfishes
Seen in 12 records, mostly May to Sep.
Crystal coral Galaxea fascicularis
Seen in 10 records, mostly Apr to May.
Red Sea bannerfish Heniochus intermedius
Seen in 10 records, mostly Apr to May.
Acropora digitifera
Seen in 9 records.
Orbicular batfish Platax orbicularis
Seen in 9 records.
Parapercis hexophtalmaSandperches
Seen in 8 records.
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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