February 2003

Map of the dive site
"The Wreck of the Cedar Pride"

The "Cedar Pride" is a Lebanese freighter which was scuttled in 1983 and which now hosts a wide variety of hard and soft corals. She is intact and lies across two reefs on her port side. Divers can swim under her at 27m. She can take several dives to be fully appreciated and is an excellent night dive. It is also the site for beautiful sea horses.

Entry through a narrow path through the reef to drop into 5m of water where a small pinnacle sits with a myriad of life, an excellent safety stop on the return. Follow Rainbow Reef down to the wreck, explore from bow to stern, working your way to the top of the superstructure. The mast is covered in large red soft coral, large snappers and cruising Yellow Bar Bream. Leave the wreck with air enough to explore Rainbow Reef as you make your way back to the entry point.

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© Rod Abbotson, Seastar Watersports, Aqaba

Sites of Jordan page 5 : Aqaba - Plan of the Wreck of the Cedar Pride
The underwater photos of Harald Mielke

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