Blue Coral
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About this site
Blue Coral is a reef at Tala Bay in Aqaba, Jordan, entered from the shore and named for its blue Acropora coral. The reef begins at 10 metres and extends out to 25 metres, with three massive coral shelves and a number of pinnacles poking out of a sandy bottom and seagrass bed. Visibility is excellent.
The sandy gullies between the three finger reefs mean most divers take one at a time. The layout is a simple slope, easy to navigate, and the site is particularly good at night.
In the shallows you see turtles, morays, reef fish, rays and plenty of invertebrates, especially nudibranchs, for which the site is well known. Deeper there are schools of larger fish, bigger sponges and more impressive corals. Shrimpfish, seahorses, pipefish and worms also live here, and the jetty has beautiful soft coral growing on it.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
PipefishPipefishReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctusReported here · unconfirmed
Klunzinger's WrasseThalassoma rueppelliiReported here · unconfirmed
Indian LionfishPterois milesReported here · unconfirmed
Sulfur DamselPomacentrus sulfureusReported here · unconfirmed
Pyjama SlugChromodoris quadricolorReported here · unconfirmed
Lined BristletoothCtenochaetus striatusReported here · unconfirmed
AngelfishAngelfishReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseReported here · unconfirmed
FusilierFusilierConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Indo-Pacific Sergeant MajorAbudefduf vaigiensisObserved near here · iNaturalist
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