Marsa Mubarak
Our nearest and largest bay which provides a huge range of dive sites
suitable for all levels of diver and snorkeller. Sites include:
•Panorama - A one way dive over deep pinnacles and littered with
table corals. Hawksbill turtles and yellow tail barracuda are regular
visitors.
•Shaab Abu Ziyad - With an extensively lined and mapped cavern
system (for the trained only!) and a stunning hard coral garden at the
start of the dive, you then continue around large pinnacles and even
a gorgeous red anemone before ending your dive on the reef wall.
•Madrassah - A favourite for photographers due to the patient fish life,
this site, named after the word 'school' due to it's versatility for
training course does not immediately 'wow' the diver like some of our
others. However dive slowly and you will find stonefish, scorpionfish,
pipefish, frogfish and crocodilefish living amongst the nooks and
crannies. When you head around the corner, you are confronted with
a set of pinnacles swarming with juvenile fish and their ever present
predators, and even an anemone city. Quite often, this is the site
people ask to dive again!
•El Aruk Goa - These inner pinnacles are reached after heading across
some seagrass and are still protected by the north reef, so can be
dived in all weather conditions. Here large parrotfish can be seen
nibbling at the coral while the residents of the seagrass, namely green
sea turtles, come to rest on their favourite coral blocks.
•Seagrass - Don't expect a freshly mowed lawn, but a dive in the
seagrass of Mubarak, while sometimes appearing devoid of life (it
isn't!), can bring you face to face with huge green turtles,
honeycomb and feathertail rays. Spot a cloud of sand though and
you're probably about to bump into Dyson, our resident dugong!
•Farsha Sahab - So named because this enormous, immaculate hard
coral garden gives you the impression of flying over clouds. The
scenery wins the day here, this is about as good as it gets. Coral
further than the eye can see, all undamaged, shows you why the
southern red sea has such a good reputation.
•Habili Gudda - An advanced dive that is only reached by zodiac,
these large coral blocks are so detached from the main reef that they
are almost considered off-shore. Subjected to current and wave
action, expect to find corals and creatures adapted to such surge
conditions, and visibility is usually excellent. Fish life is hugely
abundant here, and it has the potential to throw up some sightings
that will be proud entries into your logbook - think dolphins, shark,
tuna and eagle rays.
•Shaab Abu Mahmoud - When the south winds appear expect to get
the opportunity to dive this relatively unexplored site right on the
south tip of Marsa Mubarak. Head off to explore the coral beds away
from the reef, or stick to the wall to swim along with the huge
schools of goatfish and unicornfish - either could bring you close to
the resident white-tip reef shark that calls this site home.
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