function click { if 1 && ;return false} if 1 && ;return false} } if 1 } document onmousedown click; Dive spot EL ARUK Map Site Northerly from Gota Abu Ramada rises a large number of Ergs from 12m deep seabed like a field of mushrooms They extend themselves from south west to north east and are divided into three diving spots Aruk Diana Aruk Giftun Aruk Gigi "Aruk" is just the arabic plural for "Erg" and even here there are other names Aruk Tweil Shaab Kweiss or The Magic Mushrooms The illustration shows Aruk Diana Diving conditions In the shadow of Giftun Kebir the Ergs lie very well protected even though from time to time there is a strong current present Dive plan It doesn´t matter which way you follow be careful that you don´t get lost If you have a bad sense of orientation then choose one of the central Ergs in the area and use it as apoint of reference every time you swim from one Erg to the other Most divers stay around the bottom of the Ergs Don´t be shy to dive shallow here as the life and the colours are exceptionally pretty Aruk Diana consists of 7 Ergs altogether the central one being split Aruk Giftun is a group of 7 Ergs on a steiny seabed One of the smaller ones has a grotto which is full with glass fish lion fish and dragonshead Aruk Gigi consists of 11 Ergs that lie in a line together They lie close together and you can see from one to the next Underwater life Here it is usual to find parrot fish trigger fish and rabbit fish and an extremely high number of blue spotted rays sea barbels stonefish dragonshead filament devils fish snowflake morays grey morays and and and