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Royal Diving Club
One
of the most attractive ones is the shipwreck Cedar Pride, the Lebanese
freighter, sunk intentionally in 1986. Our
experienced instructors will show you the best of each site, so everyone from
very beginners to advanced divers will have fun. Most
of the dive sites have fringing reef with very prolific coral
and fish life. The coral reef is in excellent condition and home to wide range
of fish like groupers, parrotfish, angelfish, butterfly fish, numerous moray
eels, lionfish and close to the sea anemones the clownfish. The reefs are
regularly visited by
turtles. First
Bay About
700m long reef situated just south of the Marine Science Station, entrance point
south of the reef between Coastal Radio Station and Ras al Yamaneah. Shallow
fringing reef of fire corals and small coral garden about 8m. Reef slopes down
from 15m. Corals:
varies from fire corals, cabbage corals, table corals and small coral gardens. King
Abdullah Reef rating:
snorkeling highly recommended, diving good Just
south of the First Bay, between Ras Al-Yamania and the camping site. Entry point
150m north of camping fence. Reef
extends about 500m out from the shore in front and just north of the camping. Corals:
excellent patchy corals cover a sandy bottom. Black
Rock rating:
ideal for snorkeling, diving is good
located
between the Camping site and the Rainbow reef Corals:
coral garden starts just below the surface with fire corals and pinnacles. Rainbow
Reef The
dive site was named by rainbow fish which lives there .the dive site located
110m to the right from the ship wreck buoy. Corals:
Excellent healthy reef from 20m depth, wide range of hard corals. Shipwreck
– "cedar pride" rating:
diving highly recommended, snorkeling possible The
wreck of Lebanese freighter (760 tons, length 81m and 20m wide) was purposely
sunk in 1986.
The wreck is marked by a surface marker buoy less than 150m offshore. She
lies on her port site, bridging two reefs, so you can swim underneath her at
about 25m. Near the stern is a life boat in 20.5m of depth. The ship is in good
condition, tank area can be explored. Corals:
very good soft corals growth, magnificent garden of sea fans covering the wreck
inside and out side. Japa Located just to the
south of the shipwreck. very good condition for snorkeling. The
reef
begins in shallow water with some fire corals and then gently sloping to
the magnificent colorful reef. corals:
large
coral heads, cabbage corals, black coral Gorgonian
I rating:
one of the best for diving, snorkeling recommended Site
is named after a large gorgonian sea fan coral, which you can find at 15m depth. The
shore entry is through zigzag like passage interesting also for snorkelers.
The
reef is sloping gently. In the shallow water are very interesting pinnacles with
colorful life. Corals:
Large
yellow cabbage at beginning of dive, fire corals and brain corals, varieties of
stony corals. Gorgonian
II rating:
excellent for diving, snorkeling possible Dive
site is also named by two Gorgonian fan corals, which is 20m and 29m depth. Site
is located at the south of the Gorgonian I. - just left site of the parking area
in the Marine Park. This
dive site has varieties of pinnacles and reefs with a different shapes and
depth. Very
interesting pinnacles are in the shallow water. Corals: Fire
corals on beginning of dive, table corals, cabbage and stony or raspberry
corals. New Canyon Tank Wreck rating:
good for diving and snorkeling Located
at the south from the Gorgonian II. site. Very flat sloping reef, starting from
12m and gently slops to more than 30m depth. The
canyon has a sandy bottom and drops to depth over 40m. At
5m depth is the shell of a Russian tank, sunken in 1999 by King Abdullah. This
is also attraction for snorkelers,30m from the shore line. Corals:
plenty of healthy hard and soft corals, like cabbage coral, large spherical
coral heads. Eel Canyon The
site is located at 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 sort of corals, soft and hard. Blue
Coral Located
in the middle of the Big Bay. Named
for a type of lacy blue coral. Sloping reef about 30m wide, cut through with
deeper sand gullies. The reef runs down to 40m. corals:
variety of healthy corals with a different shape Moon
Valley This site is located about 700m to the north of the Royal Diving Center. The sloping
reef is intersected with valleys. Corals:
Good range of corals, healthiest corals are in deeper water. Long
Swim Long
swim starts from the Moon Valley and ending by the jetty at the Royal Diving
Center. Aquarium (
House Reef ) rating:
excellent for diving and snorkeling. Located
just front of the Royal Diving Center, to the north of the jetty. Corals:
variety patches of very nice soft and hard corals. At deeper reefs some black
corals. The Gardens (House
Reef) rating:
excellent for under water photography pro located
just front of the Royal Diving Center to the south section from the jetty corals:
excellent
condition, huge massive size of table corals and very nice pinnacles covered
with soft coral it is considered an exceptional site for advanced divers and
photographers .100% healthy coral. Saudi
Arabia Border Rating:
excellent for diving and snorkeling Located:
near to the Saudi border 4 km south of the Royal Diving Center, one of the most
popular dive sites. Drop off reef with a very long wall extends up to
850m distance Corals: cover
is excellent ,huge size cabbage corals (all sort of types)
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