South District

Be'er Sheva

Israel

artificial reef-building

University Beach area

Eilat

University Beach

This is a large pinnacle with two big cracks.

Just north of he Princess Hotel.

The Lighthouse is also known as The Caves.

The Lighthouse



There are a number of entry points to the sea along the beach here. use the drift to have a long and scenic dive.

Veronica Beach is also known as Neptune's table; חוף ורוניקה.

Veronica Beach

Caves

Very nice living corals. Jacks, barracudas, Whitetip reef sharks.

Many table top corals. Needle fish, Unicorn fish and Moray eel. Moses rock, a tower, surrounded by schools of fish.

South to Moses Rock dive site. Entrance fee (marine reserve).

Site is reachable either by boat ride, or by swimming south from the reserve entrance.

Japanese Gardens

Coral beach is a wide sloaping coral reef. There are coral pinnacles over a sandy seabed. The depper pinnacles are the better ones.

Approx 200m south of the Aquasport Dive Center

Coral Beach

Table Coral

House Reef Taba

Right across the Israeli border- which is easy to cross from Eilat- is Taba's Hilton hotel. It is very good value for Hilton, because they had terrorist attacks a few years back. But now it feels extremely safe (your luggage gets screened at check in: a bit odd but understandable).  The hotel has nice bungalows facing a white sand beach, and a dive center which is operated on both sides of the border (Israel and Sinai/Egypt).  In front of the beach are 3 small reefs, and a local dive master takes you out for up to 3 shore dives a day. It's the red sea, with all its beauty.  Even though the site is less spectacular than Dahab etc. it is very easy convenient, and wonderful because there's plenty of time to take pix.  Easy relaxed dives. The dive master was also outstanding, pointing to marine life we never would have seen (octopus, sea horses, garden eels etc.).  Two minor drawbacks: since it's in the gulf of Aqaba, there aren't many big creatures around. Also, because you are literally swimming at the border of 4 countries (Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan), night dives were not allowed unfortunately.  The dive center also operates daily dive trips to Dahab etc. and it's also easy to go on a live-aboard e.g. Sharm El Sheik straight from Taba.  Much cheaper and far less crowded than Eilat!

Taba Hilton



South of Coral Beach dive site. Need to pay an entrance fee (natural reserve).

Moses Rock is also known as Nature Reserve.

Moses Rock

The 15m long Yatush Gunboat was intentionnaly sunk in august 1987 for divers.

Approx 400m south of the Sufa Wreck, just in front of the Aquasport Diving Center.

Yatush Wreck is also known as Yatush Gunboat Wreck, Yatouche.

University Beach

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at University Beach