Question 1

How deep is Ras Ghozlani?

Accepted Answer

The reef top starts at the surface and a sandy slope runs down from about 6 m to a drop-off. Operators put the shelf edge between 12 and 25 m: Oonas Dive Club gives a sandy plateau at about 12 m with the drop-off at about 25 m, and Diving World Red Sea gives the site as 25 to 30 m. The wall below the edge continues past recreational depth, so a normal dive here works the 6 to 30 m band and leaves the rest alone.

Question 2

How do you get to Ras Ghozlani?

Accepted Answer

By dive boat from the Sharm el Sheikh marinas into Ras Mohammed National Park; there is no shore access. Because the fixed moorings were removed, the boat drops divers on the slope, often at a sandy bowl or canyon, and follows the drift to pick them up. It is usually scheduled as the first or last dive of a Ras Mohammed day.

Question 3

Is Ras Ghozlani good for beginners?

Accepted Answer

Operators describe it as suitable for all levels, and the shallow part of the slope is undemanding. The catch is that there is no mooring, so every dive is a live-boat drift with a pickup away from the reef, and Dive The World describes the current here as generally strong. An Open Water diver can do it with a guide, but you should be comfortable drifting and carrying an SMB; the deeper end of the profile is Advanced territory.

Question 4

Can you snorkel Ras Ghozlani?

Accepted Answer

Not really. The fringing reef does reach the surface, so there is coral to look at, but there is no shore access and no mooring to swim from, and the boat below you is running a one-way drift. If you are on a Ras Mohammed boat as a snorkeller, this is not the stop that works for you.

Question 5

Is there current at Ras Ghozlani?

Accepted Answer

Usually, and it is the defining feature of the dive. Dive The World says the current is generally strong and that with no mooring the site is always dived as a drift, while Oonas Dive Club describes it as variable, sometimes gentle enough for photography. Take the stronger description as your plan: a live-boat drift, direction decided on the day, SMB up on the ascent.

Question 6

What will you see diving Ras Ghozlani?

Accepted Answer

Coral pinnacles under red and pink soft coral with dense schools of anthias, and Acropora tables and branching hard coral standing on the sand near the drop-off. Dive The World lists pufferfish, groupers, Napoleon wrasse and eagle rays here. Bluespotted ribbontail ray sits on the sand, and the pinnacles are good macro ground, with Spanish dancer and other nudibranchs among the reasons photographers ask for the site.

Question 7

When is the best time to dive Ras Ghozlani?

Accepted Answer

October and November are the settled Sinai months, with water still at 25 to 27 C, and March to May gives similar conditions with fewer boats. December and January are the low season, when a choppy surface pulls visibility down and can close sites off. That matters more here than at moored sites, because the dive depends on the boat being able to work the drop and the pickup.

Question 8

Do you need a permit or a fee to dive Ras Ghozlani?

Accepted Answer

You dive it through a licensed operator, and the Ras Mohammed National Park entrance fee is added to your bill at the dive centre rather than paid at a gate. Reef Oasis Dive Club published the rate as 7 EUR per person per trip when it changed in November 2019, so check the current figure when you book. Park rules also restrict diving to designated areas, close Marsa Bareika bay itself, and require everyone out of the park by sunset.

Species	How often	Records
Rhincodon typus	occasional	6
Amphiprion bicinctus	occasional	6
Bodianus anthioides	rare	4
Torpedo panthera	rare	4
Grampus griseus	rare	4
Heniochus intermedius	rare	4
Cephalopholis miniata	rare	3
Pseudanthias squamipinnis	rare	3
Caesio suevica	rare	3
Hexabranchus sanguineus	rare	3
Neopomacentrus miryae	rare	3
Variola louti	rare	3
Gymnothorax javanicus	rare	3
Dascyllus marginatus	rare	2
Amblyglyphidodon indicus	rare	2
Arothron diadematus	rare	2
Balistoides viridescens	rare	2
Chaetodon semilarvatus	rare	2
Gomophia egyptiaca	rare	2
Pterois miles	rare	2
Pycnochromis dimidiatus	rare	2
Pseudobalistes fuscus	rare	2
Chaetodon trifascialis	rare	2
Malacanthus brevirostris	rare	1
Naso unicornis	rare	1
Ostracion cyanurus	rare	1
Papilloculiceps longiceps	rare	1
Parupeneus forsskali	rare	1
Pastinachus sephen	rare	1
Plectorhinchus gaterinus	rare	1
Priacanthus hamrur	rare	1
Pseudanthias taeniatus	rare	1
Pseudocheilinus evanidus	rare	1
Pseudochromis fridmani	rare	1
Pseudochromis springeri	rare	1
Neoniphon sammara	rare	1
Pomacentrus sulfureus	rare	1
Pygoplites diacanthus	rare	1
Sargocentron spiniferum	rare	1
Stegastes lacrymatus	rare	1
Taeniura lymma	rare	1
Tridacna maxima	rare	1
Tursiops truncatus	rare	1
Zebrasoma xanthurum	rare	1
Sargocentron caudimaculatum	rare	1
Ctenochaetus striatus	rare	1
Coris caudimacula	rare	1
Cheilinus undulatus	rare	1
Chaetodon fasciatus	rare	1
Caesio lunaris	rare	1
Amblyglyphidodon flavilatus	rare	1
Clathria (Clathria) arbuscula	rare	1
Hemigymnus melapterus	rare	1
Holothuria nobilis	rare	1
Epinephelus tauvina	rare	1
Chaetodon austriacus	rare	1
Abudefduf vaigiensis	rare	1
Acanthaster benziei	rare	1
Balistapus undulatus	rare	1
Chlorurus sordidus	rare	1
Epinephelus fasciatus	rare	1
Chromis flavaxilla	rare	1
Grammistes sexlineatus	rare	1
Echeneis naucrates	rare	1
Hypselodoris pulchella	rare	1

Ras Ghozlani

Ras Ghozlani

The dive

Please note before you go

Access & rules

Certification required

Getting there

Operator

Restrictions

Rules and permits

Season

Conditions

Dives & underwater footage

Questions & answers

Life recorded at Ras Ghozlani

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