Coral garden

JAZIRAT ABU CHIR (Eagle Bay): N 26°22’46.9“ E 56°25’07.3“ It is located in the Northwest of the Al Khayl Island. It is the great combination of walls and slopes with beautiful hard and soft coral garden. Depth: 10–35 meters. REMARKS: It requires the advanced diver skills due to a strong current in the area.

Only twenty five minutes from Khasab harbour is a small bay with a sandy beach. This dive sites consists of huge coral pinnacles and lots of marine life. As you head out of the bay there can sometimes be some currents around the corner.

45 minutes from Khasab harbour you will find Beachams drift dive site. Depending on winds and tides the flow of this current can vary, from very slow to very fast. The best depth to stay is around 18 metres during the dive. It does go slightly deeper if needed.

Thirty minutes from Khasab harbour you will find a small bay with a sandy beach. This dive site is made from 2 different ledges, there is a shallow ledge with plenty of marine and coral life. The shallow sandy ledge is around 12 metres deep with corals everywhere.

This retired Omani navy wreck was sunk beginning of 2023 to create another dive site in Musandam. This wreck has a few penetrations many of which are more like swim throughs. The ship sits on a sandy bottom at 24m deep, The deck of the ship is 18m deep. The wreck is around 30 metres long.

Cats eye gets it unique name from the holes in the mountain looking like cats eyes. This is a very beautiful dive site for all different levels of divers. This is a sloping coral reef down to a sandy bottom.

Beacham’s Arch is 45-50 minutes from Khasab harbour by speedboat. This is very similar to cats eye however there is more of a chance to see bigger marine life. The average depth for this dive site is 18 metres, there is sometimes strong currents here.

RUQQ SWAYAK (Sunken Reef of Tawakul): this site is a great combination of walls and slopes with beautiful hard and soft coral garden. Depth: 10–40 meters. REMARKS: There is always strong current in the area!

Jackfish corner dive site is roughly 1 hour from Khasab harbour, on a small island. This dive site goes to 50+ metres. You can often find strong currents here.

Just 1 hour away from Khasab harbour, is Abu Rashid drift. This site can go to 50+ metres. The strength of the currents can vary from very slow to very fast depending on the tide timings and conditions.