For those people that have yet to see the reef in question (and this is from memory a few years ago)...
You swim out (yes - please don't walk out over the coral) over some extremely shallow reef(about 1.5m at high tide) - on the way out you should see a plethora of what I think are baby moray eels (correct me please if I am wrong). Out about 20 - 30 yards you get to the drop-off - an 18m coral wall that extends vertically down to a sandy bottom (excellent for some light free-diving practice). Out on the wall (just take a snorkel and hang out) I would usually see the usual array of reef fish, plus lots (2-3 per dive on average) of lionfish, morays, plus turtles (less often) and spotted eagle rays. This was a few years ago now - hopefully all the interesting life has remained.
A good couple of hours of anyone's time in my opionion - its the reason I would go to Bedouin moon over any hotel in the area if I had my way.
Dave
You swim out (yes - please don't walk out over the coral) over some extremely shallow reef(about 1.5m at high tide) - on the way out you should see a plethora of what I think are baby moray eels (correct me please if I am wrong). Out about 20 - 30 yards you get to the drop-off - an 18m coral wall that extends vertically down to a sandy bottom (excellent for some light free-diving practice). Out on the wall (just take a snorkel and hang out) I would usually see the usual array of reef fish, plus lots (2-3 per dive on average) of lionfish, morays, plus turtles (less often) and spotted eagle rays. This was a few years ago now - hopefully all the interesting life has remained.
A good couple of hours of anyone's time in my opionion - its the reason I would go to Bedouin moon over any hotel in the area if I had my way.
Dave
