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Ceder Pride - Wreck Ship Dive
A little further down the coast, towards Saudi, lies the wreck of the Cedar Pride. This 1,161 tonne freighter, while not a huge ship, is the only diveable wreck in Jordan and is a spectacular dive.
She is intact and lies across two reefs on her port side. Divers can swim under her at 27m. she can take several dives to fully appreciate and is an excellent night dive. It is also the site for beautiful sea horses.
Entry through a narrow path through the reef to drop into 5m of water where a small pinnacle sits with a myriad of life, an excellent safety stop on the return. Follow Rainbow Reef down to the wreck, explore from bow to stern, working your way to the top of the superstructure. The mast is covered in large red soft coral, large snappers and cruising Yellow Bar Bream.
Named after the huge Gorgonia fan coral at 16m. After a zigzag entrance thru’ fringing reef you are confront with a huge Cabbage coral, the size of a house. There are 3 pinnacles each supporintg a huge variety of life, including a Arabian Angel and Yellow Mouth Moray. Max depth 17m, a good easy, shallow dive.
Also in Wreck Bay but to the southern end. Entry is through a narrow gully in the fringing reef and then descend to an eel grass bed, where you will find Snowflake Morays.
The main reef is encountered at 5m then follow it down through shoals of Orange Basselets and Sergeant Majors.
Keep at a 20m depth and swim along edge of reef over bushes of black coral.
If sharks are to be seen (White Tip Reef sharks) this is where you will see them in the deep blue of the Gulf to your right.
At 23m at the head of a gully there is a large Gorgonia Fan coral.
From here start working your way into the shallows, keeping an eye out for resident turtles.
At 15 there is a pinnacle with a large Yellow Mouth moray and large Cornet Fish hunting in the shoals.
Continue up to 2 pinnacles at 6m filed with Lion Fish and shoaling Basselets and the occasional Barracuda.
Easy entry over grass to where reef starts at 2-3 m.
Lots of interesting invertebrate life in the shallows...
Swim through the pinnacles and then turn in towards the shore to another set of pinnacles "the Fairy Ring"....
Continue south at 8 m where patchy coral makes way for grass and sand till you will see in 6m an M40 anti aircraft tracked vehicle ("The Tank") scuttled in September 1999 to create an artificial reef.
Play around it, but not on it as corals are beginning to colonise and Seastar is recording the colonisation process. From here make your way to the safety stop and out.
Here 7 pinnacles of coral vie for your attention over a solid coral reef. Luckily the depth is only 8-9m so you can enjoy the wonders each has to offer. Big Eye Emperor and shoals of Fusiliers live around these pinnacles. This area is full of marine life and worthy of a dive on its own, shallow with lots of bottom time. Superb for the photographer.
Normally done as a drift dive thru’ and over many fascinating gullies, revealing different habitats and a wide variety of soft coral life, exiting 1 km south. Max depth 15m.
This dive is normally done by experienced divers since it's 1 hour and 30 minutes.
A spectacular canyon dropping between 2 reefs with an eel garden at the bottom. Large table corals lead back up to shallower reef where time can be spent observing he magnificent variety of life to be found in this region. Large clams are numerous here.
A flat piece of "slab" marks the entrance of this unusual site. Care is needed on entry as the slab and flat stones can often be slippery and there are urchins lurking. Once over this area swim across the grass down to 12m where the reef starts. This a long finger of coral like a lava flow reaching into the depths fringed with blue acropora coral.. Excellent for macro shots, many unusual nudibranchs.
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