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| VIPONE ITINERARY / Alternatives |
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This site is known to locals as 'the seven pinnicles', but by divers as Alternatives due to its sheltered position and the fact it provides alternative dives if the weather in open sea is rough. The alternatives are a chain of shallow patch reefs running from Shaab Mahmud eastward toward the Ras Muhammad coast. Stingray Station is a small part of this extensive chain located near its western end.
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| The Alternatives is a fringing reef and has a large lagoon in the middle of several submerged islands that form a ring. The boats will usually moor in the lagoon. The outside walls of the islands offer the best diving. They have small walls and many large corals heads that contain a large variety of marine life. Night dives are very popular here as well because of the safe mooring.
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