Small Giftun Drift
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About this site
Small Giftun Drift is a wall dive about 75 minutes east of Hurghada, in front of the small police station on Small Giftun. It is a drift along a wall strewn with gorgonians and over a plateau, moving with the current. The plateau varies between 15 and 25 metres deep, and the wall seems to fall off into infinity.
The dive begins at the buoys and follows the wall south to the southern plateau of Small Giftun. There divers leave the steep slope and swim toward the shallow reef, and on turning the corner the buoy lines and the mooring of the boat come into view.
The sea can sometimes be slightly restless at the entry point, so the exit is in the calm waters south of the blue lagoon.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Moray eelMoray eelReported here · unconfirmed
Giant MorayGymnothorax javanicusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctusReported here · unconfirmed
Bluespotted Fantail RayTaeniura lymmaReported here · unconfirmed
Indian LionfishPterois milesReported here · unconfirmed
Masked ButterflyfishChaetodon semilarvatusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian Bullethead ParrotfishChlorurus sordidusReported here · unconfirmed
Arabian Picasso TriggerfishRhinecanthus assasiReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea BannerfishHeniochus intermediusReported here · unconfirmed
Masked PufferArothron diadematusReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
ParrotfishParrotfishReported here · unconfirmed
BarracudaBarracudaConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
TunaTunaReported here · unconfirmed
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
StonefishStonefishReported here · unconfirmed
TrevallyTrevallyReported here · unconfirmed
MackerelMackerelReported here · unconfirmed
Klunzinger's WrasseThalassoma rueppelliiObserved near here · iNaturalist
Sohal SurgeonfishAcanthurus sohalObserved near here · iNaturalist
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