Name: Big Corals
Rating: 3.5

Hormozgan Province

Iran

The reef is running parallel to the shore, seperated by a narrow sandy strip, and rising from 6-7m to 2m below the surface.

Large schools of snapper, goatfish, fusiliers and other reef fish and the Occasional Black tip reef shark. With lots of turtles, rays, Moray eels, and shoal fish. 

Ideal for day and night shore dives.

Excellent place for U/W photography.

Hard coral reef South East of Kish Island.

Kish

Big Corals

Turtles, crabs, lobsters and Barracuda, rays and other fish in huge numbers. 
Plenty of things to see.
Ideal for day and night shore dives.
Excellent place for U/W photography.


Kish Island; Just south of Big Coral about 100 meters offshore.

Jurassic park

Dama Wreck

An offshore reef. The area is unprotected and the reef can only be reached in good weather. The current at the surface is usually from the East but below it can be from any direction. To the north the drop off is a forest of coral to the south the plateau slope gently away with small pinnacles of coral. The whole area swarms with fish of all types there are numerous giant morays encountered here, as well as the wale sharks and schooling reef fish as well as huge groupers and the occasional hammerhead in the early morning.
It's a Deep dive site.
Good For advanced divers. 


Kish Island. 20-25 meters 30Minutes south of Kish. 

Southern Crack is also known as Southern Rrack.

Southern Crack

The visibility is between 2-7 meter on good days (can reach 15m on exceptional days). The wreck isn't very interesting (its just a square barge brocken in two).
There is usually a big school of barracuda around it, just wait for them.


Without GPS it seems impossible to find it. There is a buoy marking the place though.
By speedboat, it takes around 30 minutes from the Palm Jumeira.

Sheikh Mohammed's Barge is also known as SMB.

Sheikh Mohammed's Barge

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



MV Dara



M.O. Wreck is located approx. 100 kilometres from Doha, out of the drilling platforms.

M.O. Wreck

Real safe diving for Children.  Lots of small wild life to explore.  Watch out for the Sea Urchins, they group together in packs of 10 to 50.  Looks like a pin cushion.  Small jellies spend the morning in the pool.  By 10 they have all moved out to sea.  Some viability issues, as they are dredging up the coast.

Access From Beach (2A Street). Close to Dubai Zoo. 

Jumeirah Beach

an easy beach dive ideal for training and beach discover Scuba Dives.

Beach Dive accessed by The Pavilion Dive Centre at Jumeirah Beach Hotel.

The Outer Wall is also known as Ring of Naboodah.

The Outer Wall

Naz Island is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in Iran which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Naz Island



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

Big Corals

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Big Corals