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| Fujairah |  
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Description:
The emirate of Fujairah begins close to Dibba and continues past Khorfakkan until you get to the city of Fujairah. Nestled amongst the backdrop of the mighty Hajar mountains, Fujairah is made up of long stretches of golden sandy beaches and fishing villages. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Dubai International |
| Average watertemp: Min 20 - Max 30 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 10 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Corals, Rocks |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: You can dive year round on the East Coast, water temperature drops from October through to March and begins to warm up again mid April. Visibility can change daily as the majority of divesites are close to shore and are affected by tides/ocean currents. Temperature can get high in the summer months but is still a very popular time of year to dive. |
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Marinelife in the area:
| Species | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | | | Coastal fish & Reef Life |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Triggerfish, broom tail wrasse, parrotfish, porcupine pufferfish, trumpetfish, batfish, snappers, tangs, seargent majors, emperorfish,hammour, damselfish, clownfish, boxfish, lionfish, scorpionfish, golden trevalley,groupers, dottybacks,
sweetlips, fusiliers, seabreams, goatfish, angelfish, butterf... (More)
| | | Devil rays (Mobula) |  | | |  | | | | | | | | |  | |
| | | Eagle rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Electric rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Green turtles |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Grey reef sharks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Guitarfish rays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Hawksbill turtles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Regularly spotted year-round on a number of dive sites
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Spinner dolphins (Short-snouted) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Spinner dolphins are occasionally spotted out at the deeper dive sites, often on their way south to Oman from the Musandam.
| | | Stingrays | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Zebra sharks (Leopard) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Very rare, but have been spotted on the surface at deeper sites
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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