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Egypte Sharm el Sheikh Ras Ghozlani Red Sea Anemone and nemo 21 november 2023
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Ras Ghozlani
The deep bay of Marsa Bareika has the dive site
of Ras Ghozlani on its northern tip and Ras Za’atar to the south. The bay was opened to
scuba divers only a few years ago, and access is still restricted and allowed on its outer
sides only. A small stake with two banners, red and green, set into the sandy coast
indicate the area not to be entered. There used to be two fixed moorings situated on
the accessible coastal part which then were removed, so today the dive at Ras Ghozlani
has to be done as a drift. The route winds along an
extensive sandy slope starting at a depth of 6 meters which descends to the drop-off
situated at around 25 to 30 meters. A series of coral pinnacles, often covered with red
and pink soft corals and populated by dense schools of anthias, together with huge
Acropora table and branching corals rise up from the sand, especially by the drop-off.
This formation creates fantastic and fascinating landscapes that take over the aspect of
a real coral forest, especially close to the entrance to the bay.
The table corals offer shelter to batfish (Platax sp.), glassfish or Pigmy sweepers
(Parapriacanthus ransonneti) and groupers, whereas on the sandy slope there are
Bluespotted stingrays (Taeniura lymma), pufferfish (genera Arothron and Diodon) and
triggerfish (genera Odonus and Pseudobalistes). Unfortunately, the beauty of this site
attracts numerous scuba divers who are slowly beginning to overcrowd this site. |
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