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Question about the beach - is it far to swim to the corals? And we can generally discuss the hotel with a "fresh look"
Judging by the photo and video, there is no pontoon, they are not allowed on the neighboring pontoon.
Is it far to swim to the corals and is it deep there? How gentle or vice versa is a sharp withdrawal to the depth? Can you swim over corals? Everyone praises this beach precisely because of the corals, but I still don’t understand which side to approach it from. In the photo and video, everyone is splashing near the shore, no one can be seen in the distance. I don’t swim very well, if in the case of a pontoon you can, in extreme cases, grab onto a cable with buoys to “swim” to the pontoon, then in the case of Jazz Phanara I also worry about swimming without a “safety net”. As I understand it, there are no currents in this bay?
Is it far to swim to the corals and is it deep there? How gentle or vice versa is a sharp withdrawal to the depth? Can you swim over corals? Everyone praises this beach precisely because of the corals, but I still don’t understand which side to approach it from. In the photo and video, everyone is splashing near the shore, no one can be seen in the distance. I don’t swim very well, if in the case of a pontoon you can, in extreme cases, grab onto a cable with buoys to “swim” to the pontoon, then in the case of Jazz Phanara I also worry about swimming without a “safety net”. As I understand it, there are no currents in this bay?
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It’s not far to swim to the corals, I won’t say that the reef is just excellent, we’ve seen better, but there is a hedgehog and a stingray, there are live corals, fish, you need to sail away, naturally it’s muddy on the shore and there’s nothing, but everything is within the buoys in principle, then it’s open the sea, there is also nothing to be seen.
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answered 6 years ago
Thanks for the answer, but where is the reef better, in your opinion?
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answered 6 years ago
Great reef. A pontoon is not needed there, an excellent sandy entry (sloping), and then there is a passage in the reef through which you swim and then through small lagoons you can swim to the barrier reef, then you need to swim along it (if you stand with your back to the hotel and face the sea, then the fish are larger on the right, and smaller on the left). You can swim and rest on a nearby pontoon. In August, be careful with the blue-finned balistoid (he makes clutch and guards it), but it is far to swim to it, it is to the right and further to the open sea. A sharp retreat to the depth occurs only after the end of the reef. I met a lot of fish, royal moray, manta and once a turtle. It is very good to swim in the new survey masks with a valve (there they can be bought cheaper than in decathlon, the quality is the same). You can swim without insurance, if you have somewhere to put your feet (but in fins or slippers, all this is also sold cheaply there). There are no currents, it makes no sense to swim far. I have been to this hotel six times already and if I go, then there.
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answered 6 years ago
mosrosp, thanks for the detailed review! Do you happen to have a photo or video? I found one video on YouTube, it seems that a tourist is really walking along the bottom and taking pictures. And so in general, videos and photos are not very informative.
Can you tell me what is the approximate depth near the corals? Is the water warmer than other hotels with a sharp drop?
There are review masks :)
Can you tell me what is the approximate depth near the corals? Is the water warmer than other hotels with a sharp drop?
There are review masks :)
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answered 6 years ago
vella_vella
You write that you are not a very good swimmer. This beach is perfect for you. You will come from the shore and swim to the reef. Passage in the reef for those who swim behind the reef (from the sea), maybe you will swim there. The beach itself is small, without a pontoon, without a toilet, you have to go down the stairs to it (quite a steep descent)...
https://youtu.be/rivbmAPEMl0
You write that you are not a very good swimmer. This beach is perfect for you. You will come from the shore and swim to the reef. Passage in the reef for those who swim behind the reef (from the sea), maybe you will swim there. The beach itself is small, without a pontoon, without a toilet, you have to go down the stairs to it (quite a steep descent)...
https://youtu.be/rivbmAPEMl0
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answered 6 years ago
vella_vella I inserted the wrong video in the last answer, see https://youtu.be/l2WBRua6mz4
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answered 6 years ago
lazy_person, I swim so-so, but I love corals for their sake and I go to charm. I have armlets and an inflatable pillow and fins :), but I’m used to the fact that the pontoon is nearby, so the Phanara sea is a little scary, in which case, there’s nothing to catch on :)
How long does it take to go up the steps? What floor can be compared? Steps without a shadow most likely?
How long does it take to go up the steps? What floor can be compared? Steps without a shadow most likely?
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answered 6 years ago
vella_vella Look at the second clip. They talk in detail about the descent to the beach. The descent is quite large.
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Here I found one video, a long one, though, 18 minutes, but you can see what the underwater world is like, the corals are quite bright. Is that right on the barrier reef?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvmIG-cxCs
there is a stingray, but the corals are gray, I wonder how far from the coast it is?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvX0XhMubCY
and here sand and dullness, is it probably quite near the coast?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhZnVggumVg
On all videos, the depth seems to be small? the impression that they are filming without even swimming, am I walking along the bottom?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfvmIG-cxCs
there is a stingray, but the corals are gray, I wonder how far from the coast it is?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvX0XhMubCY
and here sand and dullness, is it probably quite near the coast?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhZnVggumVg
On all videos, the depth seems to be small? the impression that they are filming without even swimming, am I walking along the bottom?
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answered 6 years ago
lazy_person "Look at the second clip. They talk in detail about the descent to the beach. The descent is quite large."
Thanks, very informative video! Toilet at the height of a 5-storey building .... and run in the sun :(
And there are no dressing rooms. For me, the cons, tk. we are on the beach almost the whole day and I like it when the swimsuit is dry.
Previously, we were either in hotels with elevators, or 2 minutes to the room. Well, the toilets with changing rooms were nearby.
I thought...
Thanks, very informative video! Toilet at the height of a 5-storey building .... and run in the sun :(
And there are no dressing rooms. For me, the cons, tk. we are on the beach almost the whole day and I like it when the swimsuit is dry.
Previously, we were either in hotels with elevators, or 2 minutes to the room. Well, the toilets with changing rooms were nearby.
I thought...
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answered 6 years ago
This is not the first time I read that there are no locker rooms ... there are locker rooms, and they recently built on the beach and by the pool
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answered 6 years ago
Yulia0815
It's good that there is. And about the toilet ... how about this? Run on a rock?
It's good that there is. And about the toilet ... how about this? Run on a rock?
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answered 6 years ago
Unfortunately yes... communications do not allow. I understand that this is a long overdue question.
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answered 6 years ago
When a person is young, he does not think about it. But for older people, it is very important that everything is well-maintained and comfortable. Running to the fifth floor along a well-maintained ladder does not roll ...
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answered 6 years ago
Agree! There is no sewerage facility. I know that this question worries a lot of people.
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answered 6 years ago