user picture
  • Nº54 # Date: 2015-07-17 - 10:02
  • # Max Depth: 25m Duration: 33mins
Diver's Notes

Amazing dive!! Descended through a school of huge Batfish,followed by a massive bank of Unicorn Fish a several large Snapper.Out in the blue I saw 5 Tuna(Blue finned I think).Drifted over Yolanda and saw two Moray eels as well as Lizard fish,Spotted Coral Trout and thousands of electric Blue Glass Fish.The whole dive was amongst large schools of various species of fish like a scene out of a Costeau film.Used a 15 ltd tank and still on the SPG as computer was still in Error mode.

Dive Profile
Pictures

No pictures for this dive


  • Temp: Surf 32°C Bottom 30°C
  • Dive type : Drift, Reef
  • Visibility: Excellent Water: Salt
Specific gear used
  • Fins: Mares - Avanti Quattro Plus
  • Mask: Atomic Aquatics - Frameless
  • Wet suit: Scuba pro - everflex 5/4
  • Weights: 8 kg
Dive reviews
Overall review
Dive difficulty
Marine life quality
Recent Divers in Sharm El Sheikh
Recent Pictures in Sharm El Sheikh
Dive Shop & Buddies
#

Link to this spot:

  • Spot:
  • Country:
  • Area:
  • Body of water:

Dive Profile

  • 1. Air
  • 15L Aluminium     250 → 110 bar
  •  
  • Average depth: 16.7m
Data provided by EOL.org

Species Identified

Platax orbicularis (Forsskål, 1775) (Orbicular batfish) Live in shallow protected coastal waters to deep, somewhat silty habitats. Often with deep shipwrecks . Adults are found singly or in small groups and occasionally in large schools in some areas. Juveniles occur singly ...
Read More
Naso brevirostris (Cuvier, 1829) (Spotted unicornfish)
Muraena retifera Goode and Bean, 1882 (Moray eel) Known only from moderate depths along outer continental shelf.
Synodus intermedius (Spix & Agassiz, 1829) (Lizardfish) Found on the sandy bottom around boulders or in sandy corridors in patch reefs . Uncommon near the shore.
Thunnus tonggol (Bleeker, 1851) (Blue-fin tuna) Predominantly neritic species avoiding very turbid waters and areas with reduced salinity such as estuaries. May form schools of varying size. Feeds on a variety of fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans, particularly stom...
Read More
Pagrus auratus (Forster, 1801) (Snapper) Inhabit rocky reefs . Also occur in estuaries . Juveniles mainly inhabit inlets, bays and other shallow, sheltered marine waters, often over mud and seagrass . Small fish measuring less than 30 cm TL are common inshore ...
Read More

Share on Social Networks

  • Facebook:

    personalize your shared text as well as its destination (wall, page...) or send as a private message to a friend

  • Twitter: personalize your tweet
  • Google Plus: +1 and add a comment

Direct link to this dive

  • Long link:
  • Short link:

#
#
Close

Species

(...)

Add		 Comments

(...)

Add
Loading

Loading...

What's up on Diveboard