Dive Sites Aqaba, Jordan — Red Sea

Just offshore and directly in front of Aqaba's electricity plant - the Power Station - we find a colourful reef of small hard corals in only a few…

It's hard to miss this one - you can see it from shore. We'll need to be careful of the fire corals as we enter this sheltered site right next to…

First Bay South's topography is highly varied, so we'd end up swimming out to the mooring buoy to get oriented anyway. Heading down the line, we see…

As we make our descent over a thriving seagrass bed prowled by lionfish, scorpionfish, and several species of seahorse, we'll quickly discover how…

The unique Underwater Military Museum offers a journey through 60 years of Jordanian Armed Forces history. Dive along the display in battle formation,…

This site, named after King Abdullah II, offers some of the finest diving in the Northern Red Sea. Since the reef starts a little bit offshore, some…

This site gets its name from the black rocks scattered in front of the reef, near the shoreline - we'll use those as entry markers and follow the…

While colourful and active during the day, the easily-navigable Rainbow Reef - whose shape matches its name - really comes alive at night. When the…

It's rare to see such a photogenic shipwreck so close to shore - you can even see her from the surface! Would you like to dive down to the Cedar…

Not too far off the Cedar Pride, this site gets its name from its many large coral heads which some say resemble ancient Japanese pagodas. But they're…

Taiyong translates to "Sunrise", following the sloping bottom in Japanese Garden, she will rise out of the blue beyond recreational depths, showing…

A Gorgon is a mythical creature with hair made of living snakes (the most famous one is Medusa). Guess where gorgonian corals got their name? This…

You'd never know this was part of the same reef as its sister site, Gorgon I - that is, until you notice the same striking fan corals protruding…

This site's every bit as spectacular as the clusters of stars (and related ancient legends) from which its name is derived. With 7 main pinnacles and…

Back in 1999, the Jordanian Royal Ecological Diving Society set their eyes on a big prize: an M42 "Duster" anti-aircraft tank. And they got it.…

This deep, coral-walled canyon was discovered after the Aqaba Earthquake in 1983. Keep a sharp eye out - life here is vibrant at all levels of the…

One of the main attractions for the divers and visitors to the South Beach from all over the world: The C-130 Hercules was officially scuttled in…

There's no way you could call this site anything else. You'll see dozens of garden eels poking out of their holes in the sandy bottom between large…

She almost ended up at extreme depth, but luckily the Al Shorouk's 2008 scuttling ended up going pretty close to plan. This pristine wreck now lies on…

Named after the national park in the United States (due to the large, yellowish pinnacle visible from the surface), Yellowstone Reef is mostly popular…

Covering this large, varied, and very healthy set of 3 finger reefs in a single dive is just about impossible. You could easily use your whole tank…

Discovered by (and named for) a New Zealander on vacation, Kiwi Reef offers a variety of dive conditions and life, making it a favourite for…

With its density of red soft corals punctuated by bright blue branches and gradual, sloping reef, it's easy to see why this site takes its name from a…

This looks more like a coral forest than a garden! The topography here is somewhat flat but the coral and fish life is diverse and colourful...

Wall diving, drop offs, a small cave, spectacular dives with strong currents - find it all at Paradise, it is a diver's heaven when you have a TEC…

What is better than one airplane wreck? Two! When the C-130 airplane wreck leaves you hungry for more, you can continue with a Diving Boat trip in…