Ocelis or Okelis (Ancient Greek: Ὄκηλις ἐμπόριον/Okêlis emporion; and Ὤκηλις) was a port on the Red Sea, on the Arabian side near or at Bab al-Mandeb, the strait separating the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aden, part of the ancient reckoning of Arabia Felix.
[3][4][5] Ocelis belonged to the South Arabian kingdom of Saba-Himyar and is known as a stop on the maritime route from Egypt to India in the 1st centuries CE.
In the 1st century, Periplus Maris Erythraei describes it as "not so much a port of trade as harbour, watering station, and the first place to put in for those sailing on".
[6] Pliny the Elder reports their destination and describes Ocelis as the first stop on the sea journey from Egypt to India.
[6] The site of Ocelis is tentatively identified as at Khor Ghurayrah (Shaykh Sa'id) in Yemen.