The Islands
La profondità indica il range dalla sommità del sito al suo massimo abituale; il "brevetto consigliato" è il livello richiesto di norma dagli operatori delle principali agenzie, non una norma di legge. Correnti e visibilità cambiano ogni giorno — considera tutto ciò che trovi qui come range di pianificazione.
The Islands is Dahab's coral cathedral quarter: towers of porites and branching acropora grown so tall and close that the dive becomes a route through canyons and courtyards rather than along a reef line. Guides navigate a circuit of sand-floored amphitheaters - one nicknamed the swimming pool for its bright, enclosed calm - linked by passages that open suddenly onto the next chamber. Fish life is domestic rather than dramatic: anemonefish colonies, parrotfish working the walls, the odd turtle wedged in for a rest. What stays with divers is the architecture, some of the healthiest shallow hard coral on this coast, best photographed in the low gold of late afternoon. Navigation is genuinely confusing without a guide, which keeps the maze feeling private.
Il momento che aspettavi: Hard-coral architecture unmatched on this coast; enclosed sand amphitheaters; superb late-light photography.
Topografia: A labyrinth of hard-coral towers, sand amphitheaters, and connecting passages
Entrata: South of town near the lagoon; a marked channel threads the reef flat into the coral maze.
Sapere prima di tuffarsi
Pericoli: Easy to lose orientation inside the maze; shallow coral close on every side.
Conservazione: The maze funnels every diver along the same corridors - fin control protects coral that cannot be replaced at this density.
Chi incontrerai
Blue-Spotted Ribbontail Ray
Clownfish & Anemonefish
Hawksbill Turtle
Titan Triggerfish
Per i fotografi
Grandangolo: ★★★★★ · Macro: ★★☆☆☆ — valutazione da 1 a 5 dei redattori su ciò che questo sito offre per ogni stile di ripresa