Also known as Paradise Reef
Ergs and pinnacles in red, pink and yellow soft coral with caves and overhangs, on the northern side of the Ras Umm Sid wall
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Ergs and pinnacles in red, pink and yellow soft coral with caves and overhangs, on the northern side of the Ras Umm Sid wall. The wall runs at about 10 m and the plateau falls past 25 m. Depth 10–25 m; day boat; needs checking before entry current.
Centres that run Paradise 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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