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The reef
slopes from the surface to 12m, before dropping at 20m
to a sheer Wall (70m) Diving along the edge of the wall
offers spectacular views. This is the hunting ground of
large pelagic species. Soft corals abound as nutrient
rich waters gently flow along the wall. This dive
requires good buoyancy control and offers some
magnificent coral outcrops with huge numbers of Fishes.
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First Bay:
Average depth: 15m
Max depth: 30 m |
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About
700m long reef situated just south of the Marina Science
Station, shallow fringing reef of fire Corals and small
coral gardens about 8m. Reef slopes down from 15m and is
the best depth to stay there.
Corals: varies from fire corals, cabbage, table
and small coral gardens.
Fish Life: Puffer fish, squids, octopus,
lionfish, groupers, very well hidden away scorpion or
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King Abdullah Reef:
Average depth: 13m
Max depth: 30m |
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Reef
extends about 500m out from the shore in front.
Corals: excellent patchy corals cover over sandy
bottom.
Fish Life: white morays, triggers, goatfish,
angels, scorpions, lionfish, wrasses, butterflies,
damsels, clownfish and odd blue spotted stingray. |
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Black Rock:
Average depth: 14m
Max depth: 30m |
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Corals: coral gardens starts just below the surface
with fire corals and pinnacles.
Fish life: emperor, snapper, lyre tail, small
triggerfish, wrasses, parrotfish, lionfish, scorpion
fish, box fish, and many butterfly fish. Regularly
visited by Turtles. |
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Rainbow
Reef: (B. Rock South)
Average depth: 14m
Max depth: 30m |
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The dive site
was named by rainbow fish which lives there.
Corals: excellent healthy reef from 20m depth,
wide range of hard corals.
Fish life: excellent throughout the site, various
sorts of butterfly, parrot, lion, and wrasse fish. |
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Shipwreck: (Cedar Pride)
Min depth: 10m
Max depth: 28m |
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Diving highly
recommended, the wreck is 760 tons, 81m long, and 20m
wide, was sunk in 1986. She lies on her site, bridging
two reefs, so you can dive underneath her at about 26m.
The ship is in a good condition, tank area can be dived
inside.
Corals: a lot of soft corals, gardens of sea
fans, and around the ship is a very wonderful garden of
hard corals variety.
Fish life: lion fish, angel, large snappers,
school of double bar bream, barracuda, and the smaller
reef species such as damsels are well represented.
Big napoleon can be seen. |
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Japanese Garden:
Average depth: 18m
Max depth: 30m |
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The reef begins
in shallow water with some firs corals and then gently
sloping to magnificent colorful reef.
Corals: large coral heads, cabbage corals, black
corals, and others.
Fish life: lion, angel, cornet, grey moray,
groupers, snappers, and butterfly. |
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Gorgonian 1:
Average depth: 18m
Max depth: 25m |
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One of best for
diving and snorkeling sites. The site is named after a
large gorgonian sea fan coral which is in 15m depth.
In the shallow water are very interesting pinnacles with
colorful life.
Corals: large yellow cabbage at beginning of the
dive, fire corals, brain, and varieties of stony corals.
Fish life: on pinnacles shoaling glass fish,
sleeping up side down lion fish, and frog fish. |
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Gorgonian 2:
Average depth: 20m
Max depth: 30m |
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Excellent
diving site, it was named after two gorgonian fan
corals, which is in 20m and 29m depth. Very interesting
pinnacles are in the shallow water.
Corals: fire corals, table, cabbage, and stony or
raspberry corals.
Fish life: lion, scorpion, parrot, wrasse, and
reef fishes. The reef is visit by green turtles feed on
sea grass. |
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New
Canyon: (S. from Tank)
Average depth: 18m
Max depth: 30m |
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The canyon has
a sandy bottom and drops to over 40m depth.
On the north of the canyon at 5m depth is the shell pf a
Russian tank, sunken in 1999.
Corals: plenty of healthy hard and soft corals.
Fish life: eel moray, lion, scorpion fish,
octopus. |
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Eel
Canyon:
Average depth: 18m
Max depth: 30m |
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The site is
located to the south of the new canyon. The canyon
splits the reef to a valley with sandy bottom and a big
table coral in the middle, it looks like a tent from
distance. The reef is flat sloping and descents to 40m.
Corals: various all sorts of corals, soft and
hard.
Fish life: eel moray, scorpion, lion, parrot,
many butterfly, box, damsels, and lizardfish. |
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Blue
Coral:
Average depth: 20m
Max depth: 40m |
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Located in
middle of the big bay, named for a type of lacy blue
coral.
Corals: variety of healthy corals with different
shape.
Fish life: this is know as a home for the
razorfish (plate fish), which swims in vertical
position, head down. |
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Saudi
Border:
Average depth: 20m
Max depth: 35m |
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Excellent reef
for diving, one of most popular dive sites. Drop off
reef with a very long wall extend to 850m distance.
Corals: excellent cover, huge size of cabbage
corals (all sorts of types)
Fish life: hump head napoleon, wrasse, butterfly,
angel, puffer, and gobies. |
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