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a lot of attention, and water sports enthusiasts have had close<br />
encounters every couple of weeks since the beginning of the<br />
summer season. The biggest whaleshark ever recorded was over<br />
12 metres long, yet this largest fish of the sea survives on a diet<br />
consisting mainly of tiny plankton. When feeding, whalesharks swim<br />
close to the surface, using their huge mouths scoop up everything<br />
in their paths, and then plankton and small fish are filtered from the<br />
rest. In spite of their size, whalesharks are passive, docile fish that<br />
sometimes allow humans to swim with them for long distances.<br />
Once they tire of the attention, they either rapidly accelerate away,<br />
or simply descend into the depths, making any time spent with<br />
them precious and a real privilege.<br />
Enriched Air Nitrox for qualified divers<br />
Red Sea Waterworld has extended the popular Enriched Air Diver<br />
offer for the summer months. Certified divers can learn the benefits<br />
of breathing Nitrox, which increases no-stop dive time and reduces<br />
surface intervals, in as little as an afternoon of classroom time. The<br />
cost of the course is 60 Euros, and once certified, divers can benefit<br />
from free 12-litre Nitrox tanks for the remainder of their holiday.<br />
Additional materials and PADI certification costs are payable locally.<br />
Critter time<br />
Critter season is back, bringing an explosion of new life in the Gulf<br />
of Aqaba. Pinnacles are alive with juvenile fish, which attract the<br />
ambush predators for which <strong>Taba</strong> <strong>Heights</strong> is so well known. Frogfish<br />
were seen on all the main sites, a pack of devil scorpionfish was<br />
spotted in Muqabila, and a tiny frogfish was sighted on the house<br />
reef’s wreck. Marina Bay, a site normally used for training dives,<br />
revealed a beautiful green seahorse, which has led to experienced<br />
divers asking for a quick dip to see what all the fuss is about.<br />
Slow-moving seahorses are ambush predators that prey on tiny<br />
crustaceans that swim or drift by them. Divers at Marina Bay have<br />
also recently spotted frogfish, sea moths, carpet flatheads, and a<br />
sargassum frogfish, giving a new lease of life to an old favourite site.<br />
Read It Online!<br />
Check out the latest issue<br />
of <strong>Taba</strong> <strong>Heights</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> at:<br />
www.tabaheightsmag.com<br />
GOLF<br />
Something for everyone<br />
A new price brochure was recently released by <strong>Taba</strong> <strong>Heights</strong> Golf<br />
Club, offering fantastic deals on 9-hole packages, annual pass<br />
memberships, coaching, and much more. Children, adults, couples,<br />
families, and groups are all welcome. There is something for<br />
everyone on the golf course, including resort guests who wish to try<br />
golf for the first time or novices with little experience.<br />
<strong>Taba</strong> <strong>Heights</strong> International Pro Am 2013<br />
Applications are now received for the 7th annual <strong>Taba</strong> <strong>Heights</strong><br />
International Pro Am Tournament, which will take place from 28<br />
November to 1 December 2013 and will include an 18-hole<br />
practice plus a 72-hole competition. Organisers are expecting a<br />
challenging and fun event and are delighted to have the <strong>Taba</strong><br />
<strong>Heights</strong> Marriott Red Sea as partner hotel. Applications are<br />
entertained on a first come first serve basis. For more information<br />
about the event contact adrian.cafaro@tabaheights.com. <strong>Taba</strong><br />
<strong>Heights</strong> Golf Resort is also on Facebook and TripAdvisor.<br />
SUMMER 2013 19
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