Al-Nayzak — Attraction in Red Sea

Amazing place

This place called "Al- Nayzak" and it's an Arabian word means (meteor) and there you can find " The meteor lake " a wonderful lake with some coral reef with deapth from (8-11) meters with no tidal or water current that's make it a perfect place for learning diving safely

but does this lake exist because of meteors or Asteroids coming from space !?

The short answer is :-

No it doesn't occur due to any celestical bodies falls or impact to Earth

So how does this lake exist in First place !?

There is three main reasons for that :-

1- The strong water currents in this area that pushing water in the same direction of the lake .. and that had been confirmed and reported many times from local Fishermen .

2- The sedimentary rocks forming this place that allowed the water currents to sculpt this area forming this wonderful lake .

So it's just an nature process looks like the erosion of the beaches process but it's not eroaion of the beaches process , and for sure you need to know that Al-Nayzak area has a Natural defender against erosion of the beaches operations and that's is the Coral reef line you can see behind the lake .

3- The Coral reef lines thats protected the place around lake to be sclupt and that's what allowed the lake to exist in first place and help it to remain exist

A beautiful symphony made by Nature .

So from where does "Al-Nayzak " name came from !?

from hundreds of years the local residents of this area thought they saw a star fall from sky on this area forming this magical lake

This place remain unlabeled until dozens of years when the local people decide to call this place Al-Nayzak due to the Fact that stars doesn't fall on the ground .. but meteor still does

A beautiful myth and beautiful story that remains until today .. showing us how people used to think in the past and how they still trying to keep their mythes alive .

Don't ever forget to give a quick look to this...

Before I go I had my hopes down but to be honest I enjoyed the whole experience away from cars and buildings and people. We were alone so we had our own time and privacy. The place was clean and the fish were everywhere so I recommend you get snorkeling gear. We enjoyed jumping from high places too but TAKE CARE THERE ARE HIGH ROCK AT SOME POINT SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK FIRST BEFORE YOU JUMP.

I would definitely go there again and I totally...

No clear road to go there. Wasnt big as expected. A nice place to swim. I had a tip on how to get there. If you are coming from the south, when you see a long communications tower on ur left, and far on the right you see a yellow building this is when u need to get on the rough side. Keep moving slightly to the left as you are going deeper towards the sea. It should be behind the small mountain by the...