Sha'ab
Rumi is a 'must' for all visitors! This is where Jacques Cousteau
and his team mounted an underwater base in order to study the
effects of longterm underwater stays of a diver once he was
fully saturated with all the gases in his body. Hence the underwater
expedition called 'Precontinent II' was set up in 1963.
The
incredible outcome of this expedition was that once fully saturated,
the diver could conceivably stay down forever given enough air
to breath but what is truely incredible is that this experiment
took place in 1963, by scientists who obviously had knowledge
well beyond their years.
The
remains of his expedition are still at this site and it is well
worth a dive to take a look at the equipment which was left
behind.
South
of Sha'ab Rumi is a plateau which is about 23m deep. Here you
will find numerous sharks, barracudas, jack fish, humphead parrot
fish and almost anything else that you can imagine!
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