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title: Small Giftun
type: Reef dive site
location: Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
coordinates: 27.18670082092285, 33.98360061645508
max_depth_m: 100
published: 2023-11-25T21:59:56.557Z
updated: 2026-09-06T15:01:51.426Z
tags: Small Giftun, Reef, Red Sea, Dive site, Diving
url: https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/small-giftun
---

# Small Giftun

## Quick facts

- **Type:** Reef
- **Location:** Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt
- **Coordinates:** 27.18670082092285, 33.98360061645508
- **Max depth:** 100 m
- **Depth notes:** 18-30m, with a drop-off past 100m
- **Level:** All levels

## Overview

Small Giftun is dived off the south side of the island by the police station, where a plateau at 15 to 25 m carries the moorings. At its northeast corner the plateau turns into a shelf running north, and that shelf ends at a steep wall dropping past 100 m, which is the part technical divers come for.

## Location

Around 80 minutes from central Hurghada.

## Conditions

Exposed to weather at times, with strong current. The deep wall calls for experience.

## Dive plan

A drift is the natural choice here, though the plateau can also be reached from the mooring. Entry is beside the vertical wall, and the route follows the current due south as the wall gives way to a shelf that widens as it goes.

## What to see

The photographs taken here for the catalogue are dominated by the small and the stationary: Christmas tree worms retracting into their coral heads, crown squirrelfish under overhangs, rusty parrotfish, marble shrimp and lyretail anthias. All of them belong to the plateau rather than the wall, which is where the diving time usually goes.

## Species recorded here (8)

- Abudjubbe Wrasse (*Cheilinus abudjubbe*)
- Christmas Tree Worm (*Spirobranchus giganteus*)
- Crown Jellyfish (*Nausithoe punctata*)
- Crown Squirrellfish (*Sargocentron diadema*)
- Lyretail Anthias (*Pseudanthias squamipinnis*)
- Marble Shrimp (*Saron marmoratus*)
- Polyp Sponge (*Mycale fistulifera*)
- Rusty Parrotfish (*Scarus ferrugineus*)

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*Source: [Red Sea Creatures](https://redseacreatures.com/diving/dive-sites/small-giftun)*
*Updated: September 6, 2026*