good scuba diving
Posted: 13 Mar 2005, 10:41
guess wot??? im going to sharm el sheikh (if that is how you spell it) for easter!!im going scuba diving there,so can any1 tell me some marine beauties to look out for
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I'll be there in the future, because the one time back, my ears where all sticky and clogged so I snorkeled instead....
a selection:
Masked Puffer, LOTS of different Surgeon fish (including the Sohal that attacks your feet in 1 foot of water), Lionfish in hipdeep water, Crocodile fish under the pier, Pompano, Fusilier, Great and Giant Trevally, Greater Barracuda, Blue-Spotted Stingray, Octopus, Brown Moray Eel, Pincet-fish, Anchovy (wich are great to swim through; you'll be surrounded by fish), Trumpetfish, Spotted Eagle Ray, Crown Butterfish, Black Spotted Grunt, Sweetlips, Sergeant Major and other tiny critters, more Butterflyfish that you can blow bubbles at, Cornetfish, White tip Reef Shark, Blue and Giant Triggerfish, Emperor Angelfish, Hawksbill Turtle and Bottlenose Dolphin to name a few
if you go out (wich I didn't but plan the next trip) you can add Black Tip Reefsharks, Grey Whalers and all kinds of big fish to that list.
have fun!
(a secret; it's the second best Reef in the world; according to the die-hard Nitrogen Narcosis addicts out there; although many would go for a tie or put it #1)
and forget about Sharm itrself; go a bit off the coast to the east; there's Namba Bay/Shark Bay and THAT's THE spot in the reef; Sharm is a dump. there's bus running from the airport to Namba Bay, and they got very cheap and good quality hotels too.