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Dahab Islands This dive spot is known as one of Dahab’s most beautiful ones. Besides,
it is situated directly in front of our DiveIN
dive center. The Islands got their name from the half-moon-shaped reef which sticks out
of the water at low tide. The school of barracudas at the left-side picture lives in the Islands and can almost always be met there. |
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The entry and exit is a narrow, approx. 100m
long sandy stripe at the top of the reef which gets more tempered in the
direction towards the sea. One has to walk through this sandy stripe
towards the reef edge. At the aerial picture you can see it in the upper
right edge at the level of the anchoring ship.
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Diving through these canyons can only be recommended at high tide and calm sea. At the entry the reef edge drops down to 7m, the way back had been marked here by an old care tire. The inner part of the half moon faces the reef edge and seem to be bricked by coral blocks. In backlit they carry one back to the battlements and towers of a fairy tale’s landscape. Diving in northern direction one gets in about 8m depth to a small sandy area. |
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The bluespotted stingrays which rest here have a relatively little escape distance. After a small saddle one gets after 5m to
another sandy area which serves as arena to a big school of barracudas.
Their argentine shining bodies seem to build a wall. Enjoy the spectacle
when you will be circled by those fierce looking, but peaceful hunters. The Napoelon (right side) is in the Islands at home as well. |
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In northern direction the sandy area is increasingly tempered with coral blocks so that the access to the outer side of the reef is blocked. Only experienced divers find the way through this maze which is guarded by a swarm of lion fishes. From there one dives over a gentle slope with sporadic coral blocks. Curiously the two murays on the left picture are guarding the Dahab Islands. |
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In the southern part of the reef wall some murays (like in the picture above) are hiding themselves in the clefts. A funnel shaped indentation in the reef wall with a little coral block in front of it
marks the way back to the inner part of the Islands. The 4-5m deep
canyon ends in the arena of the barracudas. Over tha saddle and the sandy area one dives back to the entry. |
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