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Jackson reef


Egypt, Strait of Tiran

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  by baot.
there are 3 difrent dive site on this amzing reef.

the boat allways ancor on the south.
a. dive to the west with the reef on yr right.
and come back to the baot
b. dive to the east with the reef of on left and come back to the baot or do as a drift dive and be pick up by the boat on the north eat point.
c. jump at the blue on teh north - it is worth doing in July - October as there are hammerheads about 50 metter from the reef at 30 metter. at 15:00 u alsmot allways see them.
  how?By boat
  distanceLong boat time (> 30min)
  easy to find?Easy to find
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  week crowd Crowded
week-end crowd Crowded
  dangers - Depth
- Current
- Dangerous species
- Boat trafic


Dive site Characteristics
    Quality
 dive site qualityGreat
 experienceCMAS ** / AOW
 bio interestOutstanding
    Dive site infos
 average depth30.0 m / 98.4 ft
 max depth60.0 m / 196.9 ft
 currentMedium ( 1-2 knots)
 visibilityExcellent ( > 30 m)
 dive type- Drift dive
- Wall
- Deep
- Sharks
- Big fishes
- Reef
    Dive site activities
    - Marine biology
- Night dive
- Photography

  Author: michal
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 a. the dive to the west is an amazing reef with lots of fish, and sometimes shrks, a turtle or a sting ray.
lots of macro, and amazing colurfull soft corals.
u must be carfull of the reef end on the west as currents might be too strong to come back.

b. dive to the east. - depending on curenets.
can be done as drift or as ancor dive.
if it is a drift - there is an amazing coral garden on the south east point of the reef.
sometimes current is too strong to see it and u fly over it sometimes current will allowe u to see all the macro in it.
big shrls on the point, turtles.

c. the blue dive. can be done only when sea allows. if it is high then the captian will not allowe it.
Hammerheads only Mid July till end of September.
and also the only time of teh year this dive is possible due to sea conditions.
it a deep dive and is recommended only for experienced divers.



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DatumWGS84 [ Help ]
GPS Lat.28° 0.34557' N
GPS Long.34° 28.2754' E
PrecisionApproximate
 
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Jackson reef, Egypt
By chris, 2008-05-01 10:03:00
Jackson reef
Dive with Béné, Gaëlle & Cyril. Gaëlle did her first photo dive. She shots a lot of pictures!   I just pick the camera for some shots of yellow butterfly fish.
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Jackson reef, Egypt
By chris, 2008-04-29 11:50:00
Jackson reef
Dive with Béné & Reco. Very colorful dive site with great reef fishes. Bruno took the camera and shots some nice sea fans and morays. There was a shoal of blue balistes. I also found some clown fish nest with hundreds of eggs; jus
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Jackson reef, Egypt
By gilm, 2007-09-05 09:45:00


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Jackson reef, Egypt
By divingstcon, 2006-01-13 09:35:08
Sharm El-Sheikh
CAD Multilevel Dive.A lot of marine life: saw -* Two (2) Hawkbill Turtles - adult and baby breeding from the bottom;* Large Stone Fish;* Many Cornet Fish, which followed the divers from curiousity;* Medium-size Giant Moray, -1.8 m long;* Very big
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Trip: Sharm El Sheikh
By chris, From 2008-04-26 to 2008-05-03
Dive trip with my scuba diving club, UCB1 Plongée. Water temp was 24°C; air around 30°C. Two days of wind with some swell in Tiran Strait. Otherwise, very good conditions.           
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Trip: Sharm-El-Sheikh 2006, Family Trip
By divingstcon, From 2006-01-04 to 2006-01-18
Family trip. Got villa in Pyramisa Hotels and Resorts in Sharm. Hotel territory was nice, but the villa was not equipped at all as they considered that in FB / AI Hotel guests don't need the coffee-maker, dishes, etct in their place. The dive
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