Also within the Alad Marine
Sanctuary is the Alad Sanctuary
Garden. This large wall is covered
in soft and leather corals, sponges
and hydroids. Divers look for small
marine life along the wall and find
nudibranchs, various crabs, frogfish
and shrimps. Look into the blue for
schooling fusiliers
and others fishes.
Alad Northis a
site with a huge
cover of healthy and
large table corals.
Spread over a wide
sloping plain, these
table corals are
found in many
colors and with
many reaching impressive sizes
larger than a diver’s length. Look
under the corals for snappers and
sweetlips and also eels, lobsters
and sea turtles.
The site Alad Southhas a more
varied terrain. There are stretches
of sand and large coral bommies
and fields. Various coral species
compete and intermingle here
making the entire reef structure
fascinating. The usual entry point is
a sandy plain with a large field of
garden eels. Then the coral life
takes over. This site has plenty of
places for fish to hide and divers
should look under the corals.
Also found here is the Alad
Channel. This drift dive runs
between the two islands Logbon
and Alad. Here you can see lots of
coral bommies teeming with marine
life. Large shoals of small fish like
chromis and anthias give the reef
color and action. Look for various
rays here too and also reef whitetip
and blacktip sharks.Brown & green NembrothasPainted Phyllidianudibranch