Oman Dive Sites

The Wall

The Wall is a dive site in Oman. It is accessible from shore. Rated beginner based on available data.

Aquarium

A dive site in Oman. It is accessible from shore.

Flamingo Beach: Beach Entry

Flamingo Beach: Beach Entry is a dive site in Oman. It is accessible from shore.

ABT Divers

ABT Divers is a dive site located in Oman. It is accessible from shore. Generally considered a beginner-level dive.

Octopus Rock (Musandam)

Musandam · 6–30 m

An isolated, almost circular rock stack about 50 m in diameter lying roughly 3 km offshore north of Lima in Musandam, its sides dropping more or less vertically to a mixed rock-and-sand seabed. The pinnacle is wrapped in soft and hard coral and attracts dense schools of fish, with current funnelling around the rock to feed the life. Depths run from the shallow cap to around 30 m on the surrounding seabed. It is a popular boat dive from Dibba, suited to divers comfortable with some current.

Police Rock (Police Run, Daymaniyat Islands)

Muscat · 5–20 m

A Daymaniyat reserve dive on the western side of a bay, known for two narrow swim-throughs on a jutting section of wall at about 16 m. The reef offers boulder slopes and coral-covered rock with typical Daymaniyat fish life, turtles and rays, and the swim-throughs add interest for divers comfortable in tight passages. Currents are generally mild and the maximum depth stays around 20 m. Reached by boat roughly 18 km offshore from Muscat.

China Wreck (direction 150deg)

China Wreck (direction 150deg) is a dive site located in Oman. It is accessible from shore. Rated beginner based on available data.

Lima Rock (South)

Musandam · 5–40 m

The southern face of the Lima Rock pinnacle in Musandam, a more sheltered alternative to the north side when current or swell is running. Walls and boulder slopes descend steeply to a sandy seabed well beyond 40 m, with rich soft-coral growth and schooling reef fish. Currents are usually present and can be strong, so the side dived is chosen on the day according to conditions. Reached by boat from Dibba, it shares Lima Rock's reputation for healthy fish life and occasional pelagics.

ABT Salalah

A dive site in Oman. It is accessible from shore.

Lima Rock (North)

Musandam · 5–40 m

Musandam's most famous dive, a limestone pinnacle island about 800 m long and 200 m wide rising 1.5 km off Ras Lima, reached by roughly a 50-minute boat trip from Dibba. The north side combines reefs, slopes and sheer walls with numerous swim-throughs, sheer cliffs dropping near-vertically to about 12 m before boulders and scree run to a sandy bottom beyond 60 m. Strong currents can sweep the site and feed prolific fish life including large schools, making it a classic advanced drift wall. Soft and hard corals carpet the rock and pelagic encounters are common.

City of Winchester Wreck (Hallaniyat Islands)

Dhofar · 18–30 m

A large historic wreck lying off Al-Hallaniyah in the remote Hallaniyat (Khuriya Muriya) Islands, the first British merchant ship sunk in WWI, now resting at roughly 20-30 m. The broken hull is smothered in fish, with barracuda, batfish, jacks, rays and mobulas regularly swarming the structure in clear, nutrient-rich Indian Ocean water. The islands are reached only by liveaboard out of Mirbat near Salalah and are dived seasonally, with the wider area famous for non-migratory Arabian Sea humpback whales and cold-season whale sharks. This is a remote, advanced destination far from any support.

Fahal Island (Shark Island)

Muscat · 5–40 m

A limestone wedge of an island about 4 km off the Muscat coast, roughly 25 minutes by boat from the marina, and the closest serious dive to the city. Reef and wall terrain drops to around 30-40 m, with healthy hard and soft coral gardens and a cave swim-through, plus a small tug-boat wreck at about 30 m off the north side. It is nicknamed Shark Island for the blacktip and other reef sharks that rest on adjacent sandbanks, and whale sharks are occasionally seen resting on the seabed here. Visibility runs 10-30 m and several distinct sites ring the island.