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Jordan Dive in Aqaba |
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All dives have an easy shore entry and exit, as well as access by boat. The fringing reefs starts very close to the shore, which is also ideal for snorkellers. The dive sites are made up of walls, canyons or gardens. Everyone can find something beautiful or special, whether they are experienced or novice divers.
The coral reef is in an excellent condition and home to wide range of fish like groupers, parrotfish, angelfish, butterfly fish, moray eels, lionfish and, close to the sea anemones, the clownfish and turtles regularly visit the reefs. |
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Red Sea The Gulf of Aqaba is a semi-enclosed water basin attached to the semi-enclosed Red Sea. It is a morph-tectonic trough, originated in late Cenozoic times, and part of the Syrian-African rift valley. The length of the Gulf of Aqaba is about 170 km and the average width is about 15 km only. It is totally surrounded by desert; Sinai from the west and the Jordanian/Saudi desert from the east. The Gulf is very deep with a maximum water depth around 1,800 m.
The Jordanian coast extends only for about 27km from the northern most tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. Aqaba’s short coastline is characterised by coral reef, sea-grass beds, deep sea, sandy bottoms, muddy bottoms and rocky bottoms; it hosts approximately 500 fish species and 158 coral species. |
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