Gota Abu Ramada

Type
Reef
Max Depth
25m
Level
Advanced
Rating
5.0 (0)

An excellent dive site if you are on a liveaboard as you can drop in at the far end of the reef a long way from all the day boats. The shallow reef has plenty of coral outcrops away from the main reef to explore around and there is an abundance of life wherever you look. Because of the shallow depth there is plenty of light making it an excellent dive for taking photos. There are a couple of eagle rays that have made this reef there home and are often come across by divers. Crocodilefish and stonefish are also something to look out for and underneath where the day boats moor there were some nesting triggerfish to steer clear of!

The try dives going on at this site led to plenty of amusement for us with one person being led around by a dive guide holding their pillar valve, doing what could only be described as doggy paddle through the water. Unfortunately we also saw a guide seating a try diver on a coral mound before swimming backwards to take their photo. The poor beginner was struggling to stay on the coral and I'm sure the coral disliked it even more.

Dive Site Features

Diving Level
Snorkeling
Beginner Friendly
Advanced
Expert Only
Dive Type
Wall / Drop-off
Drift Diving
Night Dive
Macro Spot
Site Features
Reef
Wreck
Pinnacles
Cleaning Station

Creatures Found43

Arabian Crust-sponge
Arabian Crust-sponge
Hemimycele arabica
Big Blue Octopus
Big Blue Octopus
Octopus cyanea
Blackside Hawkfish
Blackside Hawkfish
Paracirrhites forsteri
Blackspotted Rubberlip
Blackspotted Rubberlip
Plectorhinchus gaterinus
Bluecheek Butterflyfish
Bluecheek Butterflyfish
Chaetodon semilarvatus
Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray
Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray
Taeniura lymma
Bubble Coral
Bubble Coral
Plerogyra sinuosa
Christmas Tree Worm
Christmas Tree Worm
Spirobranchus giganteus
Crescend-tail Bigeye
Crescend-tail Bigeye
Priacanthus hamrur
Crown Jellyfish
Crown Jellyfish
Nausithoe punctata
Devil Scorpionfish
Devil Scorpionfish
Inimicus filamentosus
Divided Flatworm
Divided Flatworm
Pseudoceros dimidiatus
Elegant Unicornfish
Elegant Unicornfish
Naso elegans
Five-lined Cardinalfish
Five-lined Cardinalfish
Cheilodipterus quinquelineatus
Giant Clam
Giant Clam
Tridacna maxima
Giant Moray
Giant Moray
Gymnothorax javanicus
Goldblotch Grouper
Goldblotch Grouper
Epinephelus costae
Half-and-half Chromis
Half-and-half Chromis
Pycnochromis iomelas
Klunzinger's Wrasse
Klunzinger's Wrasse
Thalassoma rueppellii
Lined Butterflyfish
Lined Butterflyfish
Chaetodon lineolatus
Long-Spined Brittle Star
Long-Spined Brittle Star
Ophiothrix Savignyi
Lyretail Anthias
Lyretail Anthias
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Masked Puffer
Masked Puffer
Arothron diadematus
Net Fire Coral
Net Fire Coral
Millepora dichotoma
Orange-striped Triggerfish
Orange-striped Triggerfish
Balistapus undulatus
Orbicular Batfish
Orbicular Batfish
Platax orbicularis
Peacock Grouper
Peacock Grouper
Cephalopholis argus
Picasso Triggerfish
Picasso Triggerfish
Rhinecanthus assasi
Polyp Sponge
Polyp Sponge
Mycele fistulifera
Pulsating Xenid
Pulsating Xenid
Heteroxenia fuscescens
Red Sea Bannerfish
Red Sea Bannerfish
Heniochus intermedius
Red Sea Goatfish
Red Sea Goatfish
Parupeneus forsskali
Red-breasted Wrasse
Red-breasted Wrasse
Cheuinus quinquecinctus
Regal Angelfish
Regal Angelfish
Pygoplites diacanthus
Sammara Squirrelfish
Sammara Squirrelfish
Neoniphon sammara
Slingjaw Wrasse
Slingjaw Wrasse
Ebibulus insidiator
Smallscale Scorpionfish
Smallscale Scorpionfish
Scorpaenopsis oxycephalus
Smooth Cornetfish
Smooth Cornetfish
Fistularia commersoni
Speckled Sandperch
Speckled Sandperch
Parapercis hexophtalma
Squretail Rabbitfish
Squretail Rabbitfish
Siganus luridus
Tentacled flathead
Tentacled flathead
Papilloculiceps longiceps
White Stinger
White Stinger
Macrorhynchia philippina
Yellowfin Goatfish
Yellowfin Goatfish
Mulloidichthys vanicolensis

Location

27.1389, 33.9536
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