Near Garden - Local
Near Garden - Local
As you sail north from Naama bay the very next bay is “The Gardens” closest to Naama bay is Near Garden, furthest away is Far Garden, in the middle is of course Middle Garden and between middle and far is Fiddle Garden
Near Garden
The reef wall descends down to 8-10 metres then slowly slopes to the drop off at 18-20 metres, another fabulous topography site filled with pinnacles dotted throughout the dive, staying at 18 metres at the beginning of the dive with the reef on the left you can find one of the most truly magnificent red anemones just ahead of this is a glassfish pinnacle that those with cameras could get stuck on for the remainder of the dive, nudibranch, shrimps, blennies, christmas tree worms and banded pipefish are just a few of the creatures found on this pinnacle. Towards the corner the drop off ridge stretches out into a flat bottom with large fan corals at about 22 metres. Turn the dive and come up to a row of pinnacles that indicate the corner of near garden and the beginning of the bay, as the current is usually strongest here the soft corals are healthy and colourful. There is a dead area in the shallows which has been named this since the early dive guide map books, keep your eyes peeled on this site for mantas in the summer months.
Near Garden
The reef wall descends down to 8-10 metres then slowly slopes to the drop off at 18-20 metres, another fabulous topography site filled with pinnacles dotted throughout the dive, staying at 18 metres at the beginning of the dive with the reef on the left you can find one of the most truly magnificent red anemones just ahead of this is a glassfish pinnacle that those with cameras could get stuck on for the remainder of the dive, nudibranch, shrimps, blennies, christmas tree worms and banded pipefish are just a few of the creatures found on this pinnacle. Towards the corner the drop off ridge stretches out into a flat bottom with large fan corals at about 22 metres. Turn the dive and come up to a row of pinnacles that indicate the corner of near garden and the beginning of the bay, as the current is usually strongest here the soft corals are healthy and colourful. There is a dead area in the shallows which has been named this since the early dive guide map books, keep your eyes peeled on this site for mantas in the summer months.
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