JAPANESE GARDEN

Located near the Cedar Pride wreck, Japanese Garden is renowned for its almost boundless picturesque corals and abundant fish and invertebrate life. The reef begins in shallow water, perfect for beginners, with huge schools of Anthias feeding around the pinnacles. It then gently slopes down to around 24 metres, where advanced divers will discover an even greater variety of hard and soft corals as well as larger pelagic fish. A few metres further and you’ll see beautiful black corals before heading into technical diving territory as you encounter a wreck smothered in soft corals and interesting sponges.

“The reef begins in shallow water, perfect for beginners, with huge schools of Anthias feeding around the pinnacles”

DIVE EXPERIENCE Beginner to technical

BEST TIME TO DIVE May to June and September through October

WATER TEMPERATURE 26°C to 27°C

VISIBILITY 10 to 30 metres

DEPTH 5 to 40 metres

The coral-adorned Cedar Pride wreck off Aqaba Corals and Anthias fish in Aqaba’s Japanese Garden