Also known as Lagoon Reef; North and South Laguna
Shallow lagoon on the eastern, Tiran-Island side of the Straits, split into North and South Laguna by a hard-coral wall. Afternoon is…
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Shallow lagoon on the eastern, Tiran-Island side of the Straits, split into North and South Laguna by a hard-coral wall. Afternoon is the preferred time. Dived only in exceptional conditions. Depth 10–12 m; day boat; strong tidal flows dictate dive timing current; visibility 20-25 m.
Centres that run Laguna Reef and the reefs around it.
Sloping reef strewn with the amphora cargo of a wrecked Ottoman-era vessel
Dense carpet of sea anemones and territorial anemonefish on the shallow shelf at the southern end of the Shark Observatory wall
The beacon-marked southern corner of Sha'ab Mahmud
Gently sloping sandy plateau with a V-shaped stream of sand issuing from a small cave

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