Napolion en rode annamoon Really three "gardens" near, middle and far. The most seaward of the gardens (far), is a colourful fringing reef with a slope to 25m and dotted with small "ergs" At the top of the drop off there is a few pinnacles frequently visited by pelagics. Glass fish caves are in the reef wall at 12m. "Near" garden is just a few minutes from Naama Bay and is a great spot for a night dive with a sandy ledge sloping away to 25m. Look out for flashlight fish at night and napoleons, blue spotted stingrays and the odd grey reef shark in daylight hours Near Garden 27°54.401' N – 34° 20.833' E This is the dive site closest to Naama Bay and the most southerly of the ‘Gardens’. Unfortunately, because of the excessive number of divers and the debris deposited on the corals during the construction of the neighbouring hotel complexes, this locality has lost parts of its original allure. At the southwest sector of the site there is a vast whitish area with a great number of dead corals, often called the ‘dead area’. Yet Near Garden still remains today an interesting dive site and, thanks to its location, a onto a sandy plateau at about 15-20 meters which is bordered on the edge of the drop-off by a series of hard coral heads, and then proceed along numerous gorgonians up to a ridge with four pinnacles running in a northwest-southeast direction that become deeper and deeper. After passing this underwater ridge, go northwards to explore the numerous gullies in the reef by crossing a narrow passageway between two coral formations inhabited by a colony of Cave sweepers |
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