To the south lies Egypt's first marine protected area and national park, Ras Mohammed, with
its colourful soft coral walls and buzzing marine life.
Rocky formations, pinnacles and boulders are the back drop to Koh Lipe's reefs where you will see
colourful soft coral and much more.
Magnificent,
colourful soft coral gardens can be found hanging on most walls and pinnacles, plus white sandy beaches.
Watch this video of diving in Fiji with footage of the spectacularly
colourful soft coral slopes for which Fiji is renowned.
Raja Ampat is very well known for it's density of
colourful soft coral.
You have
the colourful soft coral areas around the southern islands of Misool with the opportunity to see sharks and mobula rays.
The wall itself is full of
colourful soft coral that reminds me of diving Belongas in the South of Lombok.
This week in Lembongan... The waves have picked up in the south, so the manta sites have been unreachable but this means we have spent the week drifting over
the colourful soft corals of the slopping reefs on the north coast of Nusa Penida.
Situated within the Vanua Levu group of Fiji islands and known as «the soft coral capital of the world», Taveuni is a place of big reef fish and incredibly
colourful soft corals.
You will also find large schools of fish, beautiful hard - corals,
colourful soft corals and a range of critters from macro to pelagics.
Shark Point is a series of pinnacles covered in
colourful soft corals and alive with sea life.
Both sites were good for an amateur photographer like myself and I took plenty of shots of
colourful soft corals and Christmas tree worms.
The bommies are completely covered in
colourful soft corals, numerous table corals and gorgonian fans, providing the perfect home for thousands of reef fish and marine critters.
Beautiful tropical reef fish school on both sites in huge numbers, with
colourful soft corals and anemones cover the rocks like a living carpet.
Colourful soft corals and anemones cover the rocks like a living carpet.
The coral reefs around Nusa Lembongan and the other islands are very healthy, with an incredibly diverse variety of creatures offering a mixture of fantastic hard corals,
colourful soft corals and a range of critters from macro to pelagics, as well as huge schools of fish with visibility nearly always 20 - 25m.
You will also find large schools of fish,
colourful soft corals and a range of critters from macro to pelagics.
Predominantly, there are hard corals and gorgonians whereas to the north of Mahe many
colourful soft corals can be found.
North Sulawesi is world famous for its muck / critter dives but the outer reefs are adorned with
colourful soft corals.
Like many dive sites near Vatu - I - Ra, there are many different types of
colourful soft corals and particularly colourful reef fish of all sizes, from swarms of anthias, to currents of fusiliers streaming up and down the reef wall.
Scuba divers do not come to South Male to look for pristine hard corals but rather to investigate colourful caves and overhangs, be surrounded by vast schools of reef fish, spot large pelagic fish, and marvel at the variety of
colourful soft corals.
Colourful soft corals are mixed with hard coral reefs where moray eels and scorpionfish hide.
Far Islands - This group of islands offers several stunning dive sites which are characterised by healthy, vibrant reefs,
colourful soft corals, an abundance of reef fish including some larger species and a plethora of critters.
Here the waters are a flurry of fish with fluffy antennas, incredibly
colourful soft corals growing next to surly - mouthed stone fish and giant clams donning painted purple lips.
As you drift north through the channel, the topography shifts from a gentle slope to steep wall, festooned with
colourful soft corals, huge gorgonian sea fans, and sea squirts and tunicates in a multitude of sizes and shapes.
Many of the dive sites have beautiful and very
colourful soft corals.
The wreck is covered with
colourful soft corals and it is a perfect hiding place for numerous schools of fishes, as well as scorpionfish, leaffish, nudibranchs and flat worms.
Not exact matches
Everybody loves a free go at something new and nothing compares to taking a proper dive out on our magical reefs around Senggigi with our
soft, hard
corals and amazing marine life including moray eels, shrimps, crabs, octopus, cuttle fish, lobsters and a whole range of
colourful reef fishes.
Colourful hard
corals and
soft corals; clear water, calm sea and stunningly numbers of reef fish.
We have a good variety of
soft colourful corals around the north Gilis such as anemones, bubble
coral (a favorite turtle food), Daisy
coral, whip
coral, feather stars, sea fans, sea pens, leather
coral, sponges, barrel
coral and in some spots we get
soft coral colonies.
Soft Coral was a first for me and a truly beautiful dive site with schools of reef fish, Pygmy seahorse, squat lobsters, bat fish and a colourful range of soft and hard corals covering boulders and rocks, a great dive site to conduct the Advanced Navigation d
Soft Coral was a first for me and a truly beautiful dive site with schools of reef fish, Pygmy seahorse, squat lobsters, bat fish and a
colourful range of
soft and hard corals covering boulders and rocks, a great dive site to conduct the Advanced Navigation d
soft and hard
corals covering boulders and rocks, a great dive site to conduct the Advanced Navigation dive.
So, both are now safe to swim in, with
soft sand underfoot in the shallow waters and with 30m of visibility is superb for snorkelling and diving among the
corals and
colourful fish.
The main one is around 200 metres long, with silky
soft white sand and exceptionally clear water, containing
colourful corals and exotic fish.
Thousands of
colourful fish swam through the delicate purple and white
soft coral.
You'll be able to enjoy the magnificent
colourful coral displays in «The Soft Coral Capital of the World» with large volumes of tropical
coral displays in «The
Soft Coral Capital of the World» with large volumes of tropical
Coral Capital of the World» with large volumes of tropical fish.
Whether you want to relax on
soft sands while the waves wash onto the shores, plan a diving expedition to see the
colourful marine life and
coral reefs, or explore the historic town, the memories of a trip to beautiful Lucea are guaranteed to linger long after your tan has faded.
Here there are dramatic limestone walls decorated with healthy
soft corals, gorgonians branching out from the many
colourful walls, and dives ending in shallow
coral gardens where all manner of marine life frolic among the
soft corals and sponges.
There is great variety from sheer drop offs, pinnacles, to expansive hard and
soft coral gardens offering the opportunity to see a multitude of
colourful sea life including crocodile fish, lionfish, blue spotted stingrays and occasionally sharks.
Coral Trout, Groupers, Barramundi, eels, sting - ray, estuary fish as well as very
colourful crustaceans, molluscs, hard and
soft corals, sponges and starfish are just a few examples of the vast array of sea creatures that may be discovered on the reef.
The diversity of topography is reflected in the many animal attractions here, from moray eels, lionfish, squirrelfish,
soft corals and fans occupying the
colourful chamber dwellings, to schooling trevallies and sharks patrolling the reef channels and walls.
Turtle Reef (West Bay) Primarily a shore dive with a mini — wall, snorkeller's can follow the edge of the wall, looking at the
colourful reef fish and
soft corals.
We followed the current down the
colourful slope covered with hard and
soft corals.
The walls are adorned with lots of enormous Gorgonian fans and
colourful sponges and
soft corals.
We jumped in the point when flat bottom goes into slope with ridge of rocks and boomies covered in
colourful sea fans and
soft corals.
Divers can expect to see hard and
soft corals, sponges, sea fans and a wealth of
colourful reef fish as well as the occasional shark and passing squadron of eagle rays.
Massive hard,
soft coral and sponge formations are a playground for the
colourful angelfish, butterflyfish, parrotfish to the wide range of critter life such as spiny spotted crabs, nudibranch, blennies.
As well as the wide variety of
soft corals, there is bubble
coral and all kinds of other
colourful stuff that you'd need a couple of degrees in marine biology to label.
So hard
coral landscape might at first look a little lunar compared to the
colourful seascapes presented by
soft corals, but look carefully as it sustains its own
colourful marine ecosystem.
A stunning array of hard and
soft corals will greet each diver jumping in from a liveaboard boat, from tiny
colourful polyps to gigantic fans.
Fiji is known as «The
Soft Coral Capital of the World» and when the current flows the
corals bloom into fabulous displays of
colourful splendour.