Diving at Aqaba - Page 2

Gorgonion II Average Depth: 20m - Maximum Depth: 30m
Named by two Gorgonian fan corals, which is 20m and 29m depth. Site is located at the south of the Gorgonoion 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.
Rating:	Excellent for diving, snorkeling possible.
Corals:	Fire corals on beginning of dive, table corals, cabbage and stony or raspberry corals.
Fish Life:	Lionfish, scorpion fish, parrotfish, wrasse fish. Visited by green turtles, feed on sea grass.

New Canyon TankWreck Average Depth: 18m - Maximum Depth: 30m
Located at the south from the Gorgonion 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 snorkels, 30m from the shoreline.
Rating:	Good for diving and snorkeling.
Corals:	Plenty of healthy hard and soft corals, like cabbage coral, large spherical coral heads.
Fish Life:	Eel moray, lionfish, scorpion fish, and green turtles can be seen.

Eel Canyon Average Depth 18m - Maximum Depth: 30m
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.
Fish Life:	Eel moray, scorpion fish, lionfish, parrotfish, many butterfly fish, box fish, damsels, and lizardfish.

Moon Valley Average Depth: 20m - Maximum Depth: 35m
This site is located about 700m to the north from The Royal Diving Club. The sloping reef is interesting with valleys.
Corals:	Good range of corals, healthiest corals are in deeper water.
Fish Life:	Snapper, grouper, angelfish, puffers, wrasse fish, lionfish.

Aquarium Average Depth: 20m - Maximum Depth: 35m
Located front of The Royal Diving Club to the north from the jetty.
Rating:	Excellent for diving and snorkeling.
Corals:	Variety of patches of very nice soft and hard corals. At deeper reefs some black corals.
Fish Life:	Lots of pufferfish, wrassefish, lionfish, scorpionfish, snappers, emperors, cornetfish, napoleon wrasse, damsels and stingrays.

The Gardens (House Reef) Average Depth: 20m - Maximum Depth: 40m
Located front of The Royal Diving Club to the south section from the jetty, considered as an exceptional site for advanced divers and photographers, 100% healthy coral.
Rating:	Excellent for underwater photography.
Corals:	Huge massive size of table corals and very nice pinnacles covered with soft coral.
Fish Life:	Up to the usual standard for this stretch of coast, with the reef fish like sea horses, interesting sand gobiees, pipefish, cornetfish, lionfish, eel moray.

Saudi Arabia Border Average Depth: 20m - Maximum Depth: 35m
Located near to the Saudi Arabia border, 4km south of The Royal Diving Club. One of the most popular dive sites. Drop off reef with a very long wall extend up to 850m distance.
Rating:	Excellent for diving and snorkeling.
Corals:	Cover is excellent, huge size of cabbage corals (all sort of types).
Fish Life:	Humphead napoleon wrasse, gropers, butterfly fish, angle fish, puffer fish, gobies, and small wrasse fish.