Black Rock
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About this site
Black Rock is a shore dive on the northern side of Wreck Bay in Aqaba, next to the former Tourist Camp. Entry is at a gravel and shingle point. Swim out, pick up the reef on the right and follow it down to the planned depth, usually around 25 m. The coral garden starts just below the surface and runs for about 30 m before dropping steeply, with a total depth range of 5 to 40 m.
Heading north there are immense coral slopes and valleys with large black coral bushes. On the way back, the reef rises to cabbage coral at about 14 m and you return between 9 and 12 m past pinnacles and plates put down for coral growth research. Current can reach up to 1 knot.
Emperors, snappers, crocodilefish, lyretail, small triggerfish, wrasse, parrotfish, lionfish, scorpionfish, boxfish and many butterflyfish live here, and turtles visit regularly. Ornate ghost pipefish are found here, and seahorses sometimes appear near the seagrass area. The site suits beginners.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Sea turtleSea turtleReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea AnemonefishAmphiprion bicinctusReported here · unconfirmed
Indian LionfishPterois milesReported here · unconfirmed
Klunzinger's WrasseThalassoma rueppelliiReported here · unconfirmed
Sulfur DamselPomacentrus sulfureusReported here · unconfirmed
Pyjama SlugChromodoris quadricolorReported here · unconfirmed
Lined BristletoothCtenochaetus striatusReported here · unconfirmed
WrasseWrasseConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
ParrotfishParrotfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
ScorpionfishScorpionfishConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Napoleon (humphead) wrasseNapoleon (humphead) wrasseReported here · unconfirmed
PufferfishPufferfishReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
LionfishLionfishConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
SeahorseSeahorseConfirmed present · 3 independent sources
SnapperSnapperConfirmed present · 2 independent sources
Ornate ghost pipefishOrnate ghost pipefishReported here · unconfirmed
TriggerfishTriggerfishReported here · unconfirmed
Garden eelGarden eelReported here · unconfirmed
FrogfishFrogfishReported here · unconfirmed
FusilierFusilierReported here · unconfirmed
Indo-Pacific Sergeant MajorAbudefduf vaigiensisObserved near here · iNaturalist
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