Ras al Khaimah

United Arab Emirates



Departure from the Hilton Hotel resort, located at Dibba, Ras-Al-Khaimah. Dive site is along a dike.

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You can have a easy drift dive around the island until you reach the north side. Depth until 30 meter with at lot of big fish. The North side is a shallow water dive until 20 meters. A place with a lot of life and soft corals.

On the south side of Leema Rock.

Leema Rock

Dibba Rock is a great training site – but that does not limit it to new divers. Experienced divers can practice buoyancy in water 3 or 4 metres deep. It is a great way to keep your skills sharp.

Possible to see Arabian Angelfish, Sea Turtel, Butterflyfishn and many different kinds of fish as well as the odd black tip reef shark that cruise the reefs.

Turtles often sleep in the area, but don't try to wake them. It is dangerous for the turtle. Look out for "jawfish" (goby) with their big eyes, heads and mouths – they are not exactly pretty. And the clownfish are fun to watch, but very protective and like to bash your mask as a warning to stay away.

It's a shallow dive site & a Marine reserve.



Dibba Rock is also known as Dibba Island.

Dibba Rock

Near sheer rock cliffs continue into the water and falls over probably thousands of years have left huge underwater blocks of rock that provide great feeding stations and swim throughs at quite shallow depths.

Access by boat only from Khasab or a live-aboard.

Khayl Bay

Snoopy Island



Access site by boat. Three very big rocks undersea, when low tide top of rocks can be visible on surface. Depth is around 12-14 meters.
Lots of fish and coral. Usually good visibility

Three Rocks

The MV Dara was a passenger liner which sunk in 1961. The vessel caught fire following an explosion in the middle of the ship and although the fire was extinguished, the ship sank whilst under tow. 

The Dara sailed between the ports of Dubai and Muscat, and during the early hours of 8th April 1961 a bomb planted by an Omani rebel exploded. It is believed that the bomb had been timed to explode when the Dara arrived at Muscat, however due to a storm the departure and been delayed and whilst the ship was weathering the storm, the bomb exploded. The disaster has been well documented as the loss of life was so considerable the final figure was 238 deaths, the greatest number of fatalities during peacetime after the Titanic. The wreck now lies in three main sections, although the mid section is smashed beyond recognition.

During July the sea is near its hottest and there is an algae bloom which affects the visibility. However visibility has been affected all year round off the west coat, due to the levels of dredging for the Three Palm and World Island developments. Although this is not a problem for exploring a wreck dive with your buddy, to be guided around a site like this is very frustrating. We were in a small enough group but the whole dive was spent following a pair of fins rather than exploring around wherever took you fancy. Marine life was reasonable with turtles, batfish, snapper, but not in large quantities.

Words By: Jenny Pickles, BSAC Dive Leader



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