Ras Ghamila - Local
Ras Ghamila - Local
The most northerly of the local dive sites Ras Ghamila is definitely aptly named. Ghamila in Arabic means beautiful so the dive site name means beautiful head. The reef wall descends to just 12 metres with a long slow descent towards a drop off at least 100 metres away. The divesite is a mostly flat bottom covered with hard corals but sprouting from the sea bed are ginormous gorgonian fan corals, around the fans often turtles can be found or schools of glass fish. Use your imagination on this divesite as some are sure under the corals here is a very very old shipwreck, not visible to the eye now but some of the shapes of the coral are at odd angles. In the shallows there are sandy patches where feather tailed rays are often found.
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