Marsa Alam – Marsa Shoona – English Version

Marsa Shoona is a lagoon between the city of Marsa Alam and his airport, in the Red Sea, Egypt.

It was a trip proposed by SeaWorld diving, and so we went… and I assure you… it’s worth a while, sure!

It’s a pity that we have found some small ships into the lagoon, in the left reef, but I think the most beautiful reef was in the right, where we have found many turtles, and one marine eagle, that I’m sorry I couldn’t take a picture.

Here the pictures of this wonderful lagoon

Andrea of the SeaWorld diving before entering in the water

In this lagoon we had two dive, one in the right and one in the left reef, but, as I’ve just said, the right reef was more beautiful of the left.

Technical data of first dive:

Maximum depth: 12 meters
Minimum Temperature: 28°C
Dive time: 49 minuti
Diving: SeaWorld
Divemaster: Bazooka

Here the first turtle… we have seen a lot… with many remoraz

Near turtle you can see one Zebrasoma desjardinii

A very impressive Turbinaria mesenterina with 2 Chaetodon lunula over the huge coral

Acropora over the sand… wow like my tank 🙂

A trigone, Taeniura lymma, over the reef… great!

Ampiphrion bicinctus into his anemone Entacmaea quadricolor together with very small Dascyllus aruanus

Technical data of second dive:

Maximum depth: 8,1 meters
Minimum Temperature: 28°C
Dive time: 48 minuti
Diving: SeaWorld
Divemaster: Bazooka

A very wonderful Acropora

Wow… a very beautiful Heniochus intermedius

One of the many crocodile fish, Papilloculiceps longiceps.

You know I love this wonderful flame coral

Yellow millepora

Fish into the reef… whenever you watch… it’s a costant and pleasant view into the Red Sea

Giant moray, Gymnothorax javanicus, hiding in the nest

very near… yes I know it’s not a great pics… but… I think it’s very interesting…

Huge porites, with a beautiful purple Acropora

Near the porites… take a look to the tridacna inside his branch

Beautiful tridacna

Acropora sp.

Over the reef you can a titan triggerfish, Balistoides viridescens, uno of the harmful of the whole Red Sea.

And we have finished also for Marsa Shoona… I hope you like my pictures… Any comments?

Other post linked from the same trip:

– Introduction: Marsa Alam – Holiday Beach Resort 2009
– Marsa Asalaya
– Abu Dabbab
– Marsa Shoona
– House Reef
– Marsa Murein

If you want more informations about fishes of red sea you can buy the Red Sea Guide written by Helmut Debelius… from Amazon

Red Sea Reef Guide written by Helmut Debelius ed. Primaris – Hollywood Import & Export Inc. Price: 61,32 $ amazon.com