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f Mai currents at Bas Tanura and In Tarut Bay aro swift awragisg 4 Jsaotfi <»• 

 mora in certain places. In some spots the current is so swift that It is unsafe 

 to lm& & ro«fcoat on an is land «*er© -Uier© ar« bits of eoral around, mmn th® 

 ourrant is sidft it will make a boat at aaohor ll« in a oroas «©a, ^vm vttan the 

 wind is -mtj strong, fh© pariod of slack water at ebb and at flood appeared to 

 b@ wy short, which is dis&dTantagf for night light fishing and hook and lin© 

 fishing. 



I was a i*©©k in Jidda befora I oould dateot any tidal chaaga in the Had S«&. 

 Qm evening, I noticed that a sa&ll mud pool ms oonneeted with ajx inleti whereas 

 taitil then it had boen separated for days by a few inehes of beaoh Beoords of tlm 

 Intermtiaaal Beehtol GoiSf^jany show an awrfi^e tidal change of 6 inehes over a six 

 mmth period with a high tide in Janwry of 2 #6 feet. 



Bottom eharaete ris t ios . '-^f he bottcaa of Tarut Bay, Porsisa Sulf , rarieai 

 between bottomless gruy elay sand, regular beaeh sand, and hard coral rook with 

 scattered corals. Thore are two speolea of ooral in evidmoe, a branch ooral 

 (2 or S feet high) and a small brain ©oral not mate than 2 or 5 feet in diaraeter. 

 fha coral p-ows below the low wa1»r laark, and true ooral reef 8 do not exist near 

 Has Tanura or Bahrain. 



At Jidda, Red Sea there iwe a aeries of two long eoral reefs that contin»«i 

 parallel along the coast for sereral miles. The reefs are separated by m 

 @j^ms9 of deep water, Jidda harbor is stwided with many individual coral heads 

 that oasi® within a foot of the swrfaee. The Arab sailors somehow know where the 

 reefs are at night and can sail safely by tlwa in tha dark. 



iBBiy of the corals in t\0 Had Sea are bright pink and green and ^ reefs 

 abound with many flBhes colored like jewels. The reefs are ideal for the sport 



