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Eilat underwater 2/2
Just some fish from a reef near Eilat.
This one is big and looks tasty.
Unfortunately spearfishing is not allowed.
Directions to best sights:
Get to Eilat reef reserve, there is an entrance fee. Get to the water from a left jetty. Then swim right past right jetty, past a buoy with text "only experienced swimmers swim further", then past another buoy with text "even more experienced swimmers swim past this point", then pass a fenced area marking an exit to the shore. (Use this exit later if you are too tired to get back to a jetty against current and waves)
Worksround:
There is an entrance to water 500 meters to the left from a reserve gates, and it is free. Than swim right 500 meters to get to the same place.
Any way, park at the empty space across the road, parking is free there.
Few more pics are under cut.
This looks edible too.
A broomtail wrasse always managed to escape me.
It was not running away actually, but just looking for urchins for lunch as usual. Any way I was always behind.
We were chasing it together with this guy
But I bet he managed to get a proper picture as he did not have to swim up to get some breath every minute.
It was not always me harassing fish (most fish actually did not mind, and those who were afraid I was trying to avoid)
This pic needs some explanation. I noticed that one big black fish was swimming alone, and when I get at about 3 meters distance it tried to attack me. After I fled, I turned around and made this picture from some distance. At the pic, the fish is still watching me cautiously, ready to attack, mouth open showing sharp white teeth. This must be a male guarding a nest with eggs.
It was not scuba divers all the time.
Once I met a bunch of schoolchildren and a guide.
Getting back to dangerous or aggressive fish, here is a lion fish.
Prides of lionfish start hunting in the afternoon, around 4PM. They are usually floating slowly waiting for prey to come closer. The tricky part is they like coming close to a jetty like this one, and it is easy to get too close if you jump to the water without checking for lionfish first.
Most of the fish grazing on a jetty is harmless.
There are just too many of it, hence the predators could be nearby. Most of predators are harmless to swimmers any way.
A moray eel lives in a small reef just next to a left jetty.
A white eel lives nearby.
Nearly every anemone has a pair of young clown fish guardians.
Here there is also a trepang harvesting sand and a coral.
Butterfly fish are always together,
A boy and a girl.
All pics are in a picasa album
This one is big and looks tasty.
Unfortunately spearfishing is not allowed.
Directions to best sights:
Get to Eilat reef reserve, there is an entrance fee. Get to the water from a left jetty. Then swim right past right jetty, past a buoy with text "only experienced swimmers swim further", then past another buoy with text "even more experienced swimmers swim past this point", then pass a fenced area marking an exit to the shore. (Use this exit later if you are too tired to get back to a jetty against current and waves)
Worksround:
There is an entrance to water 500 meters to the left from a reserve gates, and it is free. Than swim right 500 meters to get to the same place.
Any way, park at the empty space across the road, parking is free there.
Few more pics are under cut.
This looks edible too.
A broomtail wrasse always managed to escape me.
It was not running away actually, but just looking for urchins for lunch as usual. Any way I was always behind.
We were chasing it together with this guy
But I bet he managed to get a proper picture as he did not have to swim up to get some breath every minute.
It was not always me harassing fish (most fish actually did not mind, and those who were afraid I was trying to avoid)
This pic needs some explanation. I noticed that one big black fish was swimming alone, and when I get at about 3 meters distance it tried to attack me. After I fled, I turned around and made this picture from some distance. At the pic, the fish is still watching me cautiously, ready to attack, mouth open showing sharp white teeth. This must be a male guarding a nest with eggs.
It was not scuba divers all the time.
Once I met a bunch of schoolchildren and a guide.
Getting back to dangerous or aggressive fish, here is a lion fish.
Prides of lionfish start hunting in the afternoon, around 4PM. They are usually floating slowly waiting for prey to come closer. The tricky part is they like coming close to a jetty like this one, and it is easy to get too close if you jump to the water without checking for lionfish first.
Most of the fish grazing on a jetty is harmless.
There are just too many of it, hence the predators could be nearby. Most of predators are harmless to swimmers any way.
A moray eel lives in a small reef just next to a left jetty.
A white eel lives nearby.
Nearly every anemone has a pair of young clown fish guardians.
Here there is also a trepang harvesting sand and a coral.
Butterfly fish are always together,
A boy and a girl.
All pics are in a picasa album