Diving Abu Maa

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Red Sea Shadow

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A few weeks ago, I promised to describe a new site we dove in Dahab. I asked the divers whom I escorted to make a dive report but unfortunately no body participated so here's what I remember from this dive:

Site Name: Abu Maa (Father of Water)
Location: Around 500 meters north of the Canyon dive site.
Average Depth: 20 meters (66 feet).
Maximum Depth: 35 meters (115 feet).
Average Visibility: 20 meters (66 feet).

Although there's no entry sign, the entry point could be easily located. It is just infront of some old bricks, as if it was a well! I think that's what gives the site its name. This extensive site features an inshore reeftop dropping to 5 - 6 meters (16 - 20 feet). Swimming straight out from here with 45 degrees to the north, a coral table crossed our way to the site's main coral pinnacles. There's a plenty of scope for exploration among these scattered coral blocks.

On our way back, we saw a net covering a big area descending from the surface. Corals throughout the site are good but not extraordinary. The major thing to notice is the dense existense of gradient color Acropora. You can even spot some Acropra on the shore before entering the water! Fish life is sparse, with the existence of unicorns, lionfish, and groupers. At the exit we saw a baby
stonefish.

An alternative dive that I'll be trying on my next trip to Dahab is to drift from Abu Maa to the Canyon.
 
hi Asser
isnt it the divesite known as wrecks reef? I do that drift very often with my guest and if they have enough air we enter the canyon from the normal exit point but we dont go to the bottom we do it as shallow as we could insiode the canyon.
I love that dive

Tariq
 
Tariq,
Rick's reef is the drift to the Canyon. However, Abu Maa is not Rick's reef. Abu Maa is mainly the coral pinnacles you'll find after swimming straight out with 45 degrees to the north. Same entry point but different directions :)
 
ic ic
thank you brother... is that the name Bedouins give it to the area? I have done it once but dont know the name.. actually I was using a scoter and had a long drift.
I thought you were talking about wrecks reef and you talked about the Internace
see ya
 
ok brother... thanks for the map... pass by my office by the bridge so we can meet... my phone number is 0109581134 you may contact me anytime
salam for now
 
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