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Pilot Whale
Encounter Jeddah 2003
While encountering dolphins playing on the dive
boat’s bow wake is not an uncommon sight in the
Long-finned Pilot Whale
Globicephala melas)
Photo: Howard Goldstein
Pilot Wale Encounter
The color of the pilot whale is
coal-gray, but the underside is paler. The dorsal fin is not very high and is situated
on the forward half of the body, and the lateral fins are long and pointed. The
forehead is markedly bulging and increases in Size with age. They can reach up to 5 meters in length. This dolphin lives in pods of from 5 to 20
animals, but in northern waters this number can increase to more than 100. It
swims to great depths, more than 3300 feet, and can stay submerged for up to 2
hours! It feeds on fish; especially cuttlefish. There is a migratory movement,
but the routes and destinations are not well known.
Diving Jeddah
2003
VIDEOS BEST VIEWED AT FULL
SCREEN MODE
(Be patient for video to
buffer)
8mm analog video
Jeddah Sharm to the Red Sea
Jeddah Diving is a Party! (32 mb
video)
Diving the Ann-Ann Wreck (115 mb video)
The Coral Caves of Abu Madafi
Reef (87 mb video)
Jeddah
once boasted some of the world’s most beautiful reefs fringing her shoreline. Years of abuse and dumping raw sewerage has
all but killed the fringing reefs here.
However, Jeaddah’s outer reefs are still unspoiled and beautiful. The profusion of life and 100% living coral
cover attests to the health of the reefs featured below.
Jeddah
Craggly Towers Reef (91 mb video)
Jeddah Champagne
Reef (92 mb video)
Diving the Saudi Arabian Red
Sea with Dream Divers in Jeddah