© ORCA DIVE CLUB Paradisio, El Gouna
El Gilwa
★★★★☆
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2 hours in the north direction are the Siyoul Islands with different and nice dive sites. El Gilwa is on the westside of the Siyoul Kebir Island and has a lot of nice coral blocks covered in soft corals. Sometimes there can be a strong current here.
You will encounter lots of nudibranchs, glass fish, puffer fish, clown fish, and other reef fish. Also, you may see big rays like feather tail rays and eagle rays.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
36 Sightings
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
6 Sightings
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Total number of species: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
4 Sightings
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Total number of species: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
41 Sightings
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Total number of species: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
38 Sightings
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Total number of species: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
34 Sightings
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Total number of species: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
34 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130
Shutterstock_Krzysztof Odziomek
Butterfly Fish
21 Sightings
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Total number of species: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
17 Sightings
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Total number of species: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
16 Sightings
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