Also known as Small Passage; Sha'ab Mahmud crack
A narrow break in the Sha'ab Mahmud reef wall through which the lagoon drains and fills
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A narrow break in the Sha'ab Mahmud reef wall through which the lagoon drains and fills. Tidal exchange makes it a noted night dive. Day boat; strong tidal flow through the gap current.
Centres that run Small Crack 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
Helwa Ya Baladi
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