Diving at dive site Far Garden

Name divesite:	Gardens, Far Garden
Depth:	0-40m (0-131ft) and deeper
Visibility:	10-30m (32-98ft)
Accessibility:	Shore
Time to visit:	All year around with warmest water in summer (apr-aug)
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Far Garden at one kilometer north of Na'ama Bay is definitely the most colorful of the three gardens. Currents can be strong here which attract many large pelagic feeding on the currents. Manta rays are frequent visitors here as are all the other common reef fish. Diving here at night can be a spectacle and coral such as stony and gorgonians are very prolific here.

Far Gardens is an area that gradually descents to the start of a nice wall at 25 meters of depth. It is dotted with smaller coral heads, pinnacles, boulders and ergs. There are nice small caves that are filled with glassfish and there is a small and deep overhang between 35 and 45 meters which is called The Cathedral. Diving here can be done drifting as well as a fixed mooring dive. But to see all the different spots and because of the strong currents it is better to do it as a drift dive.

The Gardens which are often named after its distance from Na'ama Bay are famous for its coral formations and vivid marine life. It is very touristic with dive boats coming and going during the day. You have to be careful for glass bottom boats and snorkeling boats when surfacing, as they only tend to pay attention for each other. And the constructions of massive resorts have not improved the colors of the coral and the amount of fish. But despite all these disadvantages diving here is still worth it and there are still some very nice areas.

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