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Ever since Jacques Cousteau explored its waters four decades ago, the Red Sea has attracted and amazed divers from all around the world. Nowhere are there coral walls and gardens more brilliantly abundant, waters more crystalline, or underwater life more varied and plentiful.
Along the southern and eastern shores of the Sinai astounding sites are scattered like pearls for hundred of miles, from the celebrated walls and holes north of Dahab to the truly unmatched splendour of Ras Mohammed's lush underwater beds.
SHARK REEF & YOLANDA REEF
Two emerging reefs which rise from a sandy seabed some 20-30 meters deep are the most distinctive features of this splendid dive site, set a few hundred meters from the coast, right in line with the easternmost tip of the Hidden Bay, where it is possible to admire a great many species of pelagic fish. Powerful currents, a chance of encountering sharks here.
SHARK OBSERVATORY
Directly beneath the observation platform known as Shark Observatory, and accessible by land. Magnificent coral reef that plunges down to depths of up to ninety meters, with a great many species of pelagic fish. A chance of encountering sharks.
ANEMONE CITY
Across from Shark Reef, an interesting reef, about 120m from shore, first slopes gently, then drops away with a wall from which huge corals extend, waving with the currents. The corals are Dendronephtya sp. The site owes its name to the rich and remarkable abundance of sea anemones of the species Radianthus. There are plenty of gorgonians as well. Typical reef fish also found in considerable numbers.
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