The Tank
La profondeur indique la plage entre le sommet du site et son maximum habituel ; le « niveau de certification recommandé » correspond au niveau généralement demandé par les opérateurs selon les agences grand public, et non à une règle légale. Les courants et la visibilité varient chaque jour — considérez toutes ces informations comme des estimations de planification.
An American-built M42 Duster - an anti-aircraft gun carriage retired by the Jordanian army - was lowered onto the sand here in 1999, and the little vehicle has since become Aqaba's unofficial mascot. It sits upright in barely six meters of clear water, twin barrels still elevated, every surface crusted in hard coral and swarmed by sergeant majors; an easy photograph and a genuinely odd one. The surrounding seagrass and rubble hold their own interest for patient eyes: octopus dens, flounders, seahorse luck for the fortunate. As a dive it lasts twenty minutes; as a snorkel or a novelty stop between reef dives it earns its fame, and it proved the concept Jordan later scaled up into the military museum down the coast.
Le moment pour lequel vous venez: A coral-covered tank at snorkel depth; effortless conditions; the original piece of Aqaba's sunken-machine collection.
Topographie: A single armored vehicle upright on sand and seagrass in the shallows
Entrée: A short swim from the beach; usually combined with the neighboring reef or visited on the way to deeper sites.
À savoir avant de plonger
Dangers: Snorkel-boat traffic overhead; sharp edges on the vehicle under the coral.
Qui vous croiserez
Blue-Spotted Ribbontail Ray
Common Reef (Day) Octopus
Lionfish
Porcupinefish
Pour les photographes
Grand angle: ★★★★☆ · Macro: ★★★☆☆ — note 1–5 des éditeurs sur ce que ce site offre à chaque style de prise de vue