Jordan Wrecks

Nicolas Remy · Issue 137, Mar/Apr 2024 · pp. 69–75

Products mentioned: Nikon Z9, Nauticam NA-Z9 housing, Nikon 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5 E fisheye, FTZ adapter, 140mm glass dome port, Retra Flash Pro strobes

Ask the average Joe the first thing they know about Jordan, and they will probably mention Petra, the iconic ancient city, carved into massive red cliffs. If you ask a scuba diver, you might also hear about some great wreck diving, which got even better in recent year, as tanks, helicopters and a massive aircraft got purposely sunk there. I had a chance to dive these wrecks in June 2023, as I got invited to enter the 1st Aqaba Underwater Photography Competition. Together with my model & lighting assistant Matt Waters, we also had time for some sight-seeing, which I will also cover in this post. Getting there The Kingdom of Jordan is located in the heart of the Middle East and is mostly land-locked, save for 27km of coastline around the city of Aqaba, where the diving takes place. Aqaba is tucked in the northeastern tip of the Red Sea, in between neighboring Eilat (Israel) and Saudi Arabi…