Makadi Bay

This guide to Makadi Bay traces how the reef in front of you got here: ten thousand years ago, coral larvae crossing the scalding strait at the Red Sea's mouth, and the harsh selection that left only the toughest survivors. It follows what marine biologists nicknamed the supercorals, prized for shrugging off heat that kills reefs elsewhere, and the decades scientists spent watching them thrive while reefs elsewhere struggled. Best listened to standing ankle-deep at the shoreline, looking out at the water it describes.