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Dive sites:
Dibba Rock: a marine reserve, fishing, collecting corals etc.
is not allowed. Max. depth is 16m, ideal for long, relaxing dives, introductory dives and diving courses. The dive site is
rocky, with some blue and yellow soft corals in the deeper parts, the shallow area offers a few mountain corals, and some
rasberry rice corals. Abounding in fish between 3 and 10m, shoals of jacks, snappers and soldiers. You can observe turtles,
barracudas, and much more. Between the rock formations hide lionfish, scorpionfish, different kind of moray eels and anemones,
sometimes lobsters. The sandy ground offers flounders, giant seaneedles, different kind of rays and the Muscat wellbuilder,
a jawfish, unique at Dibba Rock! Special: groups of green turtles, you can spot up to 10 turtles on one place!. Because
of the nutritious water the visibility can be reduced. Visibility: 3 to 15 m.
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| a muscat wellbuilder, a unique fish at Dibba Rock, foto: Thomas Gusset |
Snorkelling:
Possible in front of Holiday Beach Motel. Ideal for snorkel-beginners.
In our shallow, one to four meter deep bay the rocky ground is home and gathering ground of a few turtles. By high tide you
can spot them even from the shore, because they are feeding just 10 meters away. While snorkelling above the few hard corals
you can observe the typical life of the Arabian Sea: Anemones and clown fish, cuttlefish, small groupers, scorpionfish, moray
eels, puffer fish and more. There are now currents in the small bay. You shouldn't miss at night the action of the phosphorescent
plankton of the ocean. You can swim in shining green-blue water.
First-class is snorkelling at Dibba Rock: In the shallow,
calm water in-between 2 and 6 m you can discover wonderful hardcorals, you get surrounded by heaps of snappers and fusiliers.
Shoals of young barracudas and jacks are passing, you can observe green turtles feeding, and often blacktip-reef sharks are
cruising around.
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| blacktip reefshark Dibba Rock |
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| yellowmouth moray eel at Dibba Rock |
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Diving:
"Housereef" Dibba Rock:
5 min. drive by boat from the dive centre of Holiday Beach Motel, shuttle service, no fixed departure
times.
Musandam/Oman:
Daytrips with two dives by speedboat. Extra costs for the speedboat ride. A minimum of persons is
required. Driving time to the dive sites: 20 to 75 minutes, dive sites are 20 to 70 km away from Dibba Harbour/Oman. No Omani
visa required!
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| Khawr Habalayn, Musandam, foto: Christian de Siebenthal |
Diving at Musandam/Oman: spectacular, untouched dive sites with carpets of
soft corals. Slopes, ledges and drop-offs are falling down to 30m. In the deeper parts reefs overgrown with colourful soft
corals, in the shallow water with different encrusted corals. At Musandam you can dive a dive site as a pioneer!
For example
Octopus Rock: A dive site for the more experienced diver, because of sometimes strong tidal currents. Reachable from
Dibba Harbour within 40 minutes. The reef drops steep to 20 m depth. It is covered with wonderful soft corals in red, orange
and pink, feather stars in all colours, whip corals in white, yellow, blue and purple. Close to the stack are shoals of snappers
and batfish, jacks are cruising around. The rocky bottom runs in ridges to the sides, forming sandy-bottomed gullies dropping
down to 30 m. There you can observe stingrays, if you are lucky, you discover seahorses hiding in the soft corals, in the
open water sometimes barracudas and eagle rays are spotted. Visibility: up to 30 metres.
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| softcoral in Musandam |
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