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Dive #67 · Thursday, 7 August 2008 · 14:19–15:21

Coral Garden, Dahab

Dahab, South Sinai Dahab and the Gulf of Aqaba

As ticked in the paper log: Salt Water; Nitrox; Fun; Entry: Beach

Max depth
29.4 m
Avg depth
10.1 m
Bottom time
62 min
Surface
27 °C
Air
32 °C
Visibility
30 m

Kit

Gas
Nitrox 32 · measured 31 %
Cylinder
Alu80
Pressure
185 → 35 bar
Mode
Open circuit
Weights
6 kg
Suit
7 mm / shorty, booties, open-heel fins
Surface interval
3:15
Safety stop
3 min
Difficulty
1 (easy)
Conditions
Surge: weak; weather: clear; surf: calm; current: low; tide: low

On the map

Coral Garden

No route marked

Reef flatReef flatLagoon 3 mCoral gardenReef edge↓10 m↓25 mThe CanyonCoral garden loop (south of the lagoon) · 690 mEntry Canyon (beach, lagoon)↓0 mFishbowl (entry hole into the canyon)↓20 mCoral tower with cave and glassfish↓15 mGarden eels on sand↓10 mCoral headN50 m
  • Entry / exit
  • Point of interest
  • Pinnacle / rock
  • Shoreline
  • Depth contour
  • Dive path
  • Wall / drop-off
  • Shallows
  • Coral / reef
  • Sand
  • Depth

Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf

Nice dive. Saw two bigfin squid again. Very graceful the way they swim. Also saw a stonefish; you can barely see them. Saw another mourning doris as well. Right at the start also a moray, it looked like a giant moray. Average heart rate: 85.

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