| A world ranked dive site formed of two little underwater islands, the Shark reef and the
Yolanda reef. Shark Reef, is a vertical wall dropping to 700 meters, covered with fantastic
corals. While the Yolanda Reef has a wide plateau with a coral garden and lots of of
pinnacle corals. Between Yolanda reef and the Ras Mohamed reef lies the remains of the
wreck of the Yolanda that is 74m long and was carrying bathroom supplies heading to the
Gulf of Aqaba when she crashed in 1980. The presence of strong currents is often at this
site. Diverse marine life to watch : scorpionfish, crocodilefish, groupers, turtles, tuna, big
morays and napoleon fish, Red Snapper, batfish, unicornfish, barracudas and more which
of course sometimes attracts the predators such as Grey reef or black tip Sharks.
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