True name | Blue Coral |
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Depth | 10m to 25m+ |
Conditions | Varied topography, excessive depth |
Visibility | Excellent (20m+) |
Platform | Boat, shore |
Level | Beginner to Advanced |
Snorkelling? | Yes |
Other names used | N/A |
We’ll moor to the buoy in 12m of water, over the central reef and descend here. Diving site in aqaba Blue Coral – names for, you guessed it, this site’s remarkable displays of blue Acropora coral – is entirely open-ended in terms of direction and depth. The reef begins at 10m and extends all the way out to 25m with 3 massive coral shelves and a number of pinnacles poking out of a sandy bottom and seagrass bed. So where do you want to go?
Stick to the shallows, and you’ll see turtles, morays, reef fish, rays, and invertebrates galore – especially nudibranchs, for which Blue Coral is particularly well-known. If we head down a little deeper, we’ll start to see schools of larger fish feeding over the reef, larger sponges and even more impressive soft and hard corals.
With sandy gullies separating the 3 finger reefs, most divers choose to dive one at a time, saving the others for future dives – there’s simply too much life at Blue Coral to cover it all at once.
This site is particularly great at night, since its varying depths and topography offer a variety of experiences, but its overall simple, sloping layout are easy to navigate.
Please, choose one of the reefs to see its location on the map, or browse through all the reefs below