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Snorkeling in the Red Sea

Posted on June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 by Keryn Ross
Ready for the sea! (What a good looking crew!)
The Red

Today we went to Coral Beach Nature Reserve to play in the Red Sea. Coral Beach is part of the Israeli National Park system, and we bought annual passes (because we are going to a ton of places covered by it).

Shade and chairs—and it was only about 85 degrees at 10am, so not horribly uncomfortable. And not crowded, either!

It was a great choice—very nice beach, with the coral roped off and protected, and the best swim path next to the drop off well marked with buoys and floats. It had long docks over the reefs so even if you weren’t going to snorkel, you could still see the beautiful corals and fishes. There was an area marked off for playing and relaxing, and the fish would come right up to you and swim around. Picnic tables, shade coverings, and beach chairs were all free. Non-scary bathrooms, showers, rinsing pools, and equipment rental were all right there. And there was a lifeguard!

(Although the lifeguard would shout instructions over the loudspeakers, and I don’t speak Hebrew, so every time he did it I would get unreasonably nervous that I was doing something wrong. Heh.)

Yummy, Zee, Em at the play area
Em in the Red Sea
Strike a pose!
Yummy the Mermaid
T-posing for dominance (Gee in the Red)
Strongman Hebs
Me!
Bradley at the Red
The colors of the sea are so amazing.

Hebs, Zee, Bradley, and I all snorkeled along the drop off; Yum, Gee, and Em all snorkeled in the play area. LaDonna and Eva got into the water for long enough for pictures. (My mom, in particular, isn’t super fond of water and oceans.)

Eva at the Red Sea
Eva and LaDonna, on the slippery rocks. Em pointed out it was a good thing the Lord allowed the Israelites to cross the Red Sea on dry land (Exodus 14:16), because the wet rocks were so incredibly slippery.
LaDonna in the Red! (She doesn’t love the water.)
Yummy and I collected a ton of pretty coral bits, sea glass, and rocks–some gorgeous red granites, sandstones, shales. Of course, we couldn’t keep any of them, but before the tide washed away Yummy’s barrier wall, we took a picture.
Em in the shade
More fish! (And my Gee, who loves the water)
Fishy Gee (they spent the most time of anyone in the water–basically from the time we got there till the time we left, almost three hours)
Gee having a wonderful time–there was this purple rainbow fish that loved to hang out near their feet.
Okay, so I really love the blue tangs (or the Dory-fish)
Striped fish!
More Dories!
Having fun (with a piece of coral sand on my cheek)

Snorkeling was awesome, but my mask wasn’t well-fitted, so I saw less than I would have liked. And I’m also blind without my glasses, sadly. But the fish are so beautiful, and the colors of the coral! Pictures really don’t do it justice. And of course I forgot my waterproof phone lanyard today. Oh well. No pictures from underwater!

View from the dock over the reef

When you are in the drop off zone, there are only certain areas you can enter and exit—to protect the reef. I’m not the strongest swimmer, and it was a pretty tough few yards there at the end. But I did it!

The colors are muted, but can you see the yellows and purples?
Yummy washing her swim shoes
We really exhausted them. This is during dinner.

2 thoughts on “Snorkeling in the Red Sea”

  1. Pence Fam says:
    June 7, 2022 at 10:26 pm

    So fun!

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    1. Keryn Ross says:
      June 10, 2022 at 11:21 am

      Yummy definitely misses her bestie.

      Reply

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