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| Dibba (Eastcoast) |  
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Description:
Dibba is located at the southern end of the Musandam Penninsula at the Golf of Oman. Dibba is the boarder town to Musandam. The town is splitted in three parts, and belongs to the Sultanat of Oman, as well to the Emirate of Fujairah and to the Emirate of Sharjah. Dibba is not touristic, a town situated at the foot of the Hajar mountains and is facing the Golf of Oman. | |
| Details: |
 Nearest commercial airport: Dubai |
| Average watertemp: Min 20 - Max 30 oCelcius. |
| Average visibility: 10 Horizontal metres |
| Bottom composition: Sand, Corals, Rocks |
| Dive conditions: Ocean/Sea, Salt water |
| Seasonality: Diving is possible all year round. In Summer (May to September) the climate is hot, around 38°C day and night, the water temperature is around 28° C to 30°C, with termoclines dropping til 24°C. In Winter, the climate is nice, temperatures of 32° C, dropping in January to 20°C, the water temperature ranging from 26°C dropping to 22°C. |
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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 |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Big barracudas are seen during winter time, shoals of small barracudas all year around. Mating season is April, May. During this period we can see cuttle fish and calmares mating. All year around we can see bigeye macrels, pipefish, african and common lionfish, flathead scorpionfish, arabian angelf... (More)
| | | Green turtles |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | We have stationary approx. 30 green turtles all year around at Dibba Rock. Even from the Beach at the dive centre you can spot them.
| | | Moray eels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We have 7 species of moray eels (most common the undulate moray, then you can spot the yellowmouth moray, the honeycomb moray, the peppered moray, the snowflake moray, the leopard moray and the zebra moray.
| | Probability of encounter:  0%,  0 > 60%,  60 > 90%,  90 > 100%
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