Musandam Scuba Diving
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Musandam diving trip brings you an opportunity to experience the amazing underwater world in Musandam Oman. Discover Khasab, the Musandam Peninsula, and its colorful underwater world, like no other place on Earth, where fun and surprises come in waves.
Discover a new colorful world, like no other place on Earth, where fun and surprises come in waves.
We attach great importance to providing high-quality and safe service, to offer you the most forgettable experience.
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TOUR LOCATION
Khasab, Musandam Oman
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DEPARTURE TIME
08:30 AM
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RETURN TIME
Approximately 2:30 PM.
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WHAT TO WEAR?
Professional diving suit
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INCLUDED
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NOT INCLUDED
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REQUIREMENTS
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What To Expect From Musandam Diving?
Explore with us the pristine marine life in Musandam through underwater excursions, guided by a local dive instructor for who the underwater world in Musandam has no secret. Musandam Diving trip full of fun, surprises, and adventure, with a friendly team who try as hard as they can to reach optimal customer satisfaction.
Geographically, the Musandam peninsula juts into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entry into the Persian Gulf, from the Arabian Peninsula. The Musandam Peninsula is an exclave of Oman, a picturesque region separated from the rest of the country by the United Arab Emirates.
Musandam has one of the most breathtakingly dramatic landscapes in the world, with the northern Hajjar mountain range dropping vertically into the sea. The rugged “Fjord-like” coastline is dotted with hidden coastal villages, rich in long-standing history and traditions in dhow building and fishing.
Surrounded by the warm waters of the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, Musandam has one of the widest bio-diversities of marine life in the world and know for whirling dolphins and traditional dhow cruises.
The unique deep drop-offs and cool water upwelling provide an abundance of plankton, making this a rich feeding ground for a huge variety of marine life and coral gardens. At the end of the day, leave with your head full of pleasant memories and with photos and videos of your Musandam diving trip to share your experience with your family and your friends.
Itinerary
Meet & Greet
We expect all divers to reach our office Dhow Khasab Tours by 08:30 am. Here is our office location. Google Map. If you are coming from Dubai, please make sure you leave early as it will take around 3.5 hours from Dubai to Khasab, Musandam Oman.
Equipment Testing
To enjoy the Musandam diving trip, it is very important to have perfect diving equipment. As soon as you arrive we will leave for diving equipment checking and make sure all divers get comfortable diving gear.
Departure
After getting the diving equipment, we will board the speed boat and leave for the diving area. Where we dive, depends on the weather and sea conditions. Normally we go to Kumzar or Khor Najd areas in Musandam Oman.
First Dive
It takes around 45 minutes from Khasab to reach the diving area depending on the sea conditions. After we reach, we will set up all equipment and get ready for our first dive which will be around 45 minutes long.
Relax Time
After we end up or first dive, there will be around 45 minutes relax time between second dive. We will have some refreshments to get ready for the second time. There may be soft drinks, coffee tea, and plain water as well.
Second Dive
The second dive will be around 12:15 and we explore the amazing pristine marine life. Our second dive will last for almost forty-five minutes to one hour and then we come back to the boat.
Khasab Arrival
We will leave for Khasab Musandam around 01:15 pm and reach around 02:00 pm. Musandam scuba diving trip can also be combined with the overnight dhow cruise to make it more entertaining..
Booking policy
BOOKING AND CANCELLATION POLICY:
- All the divers should be licensed to join our Musandam diving trips.
- If you need diving training before joining the trip, please let us know in advance.
- All the diving trips should be booked and paid for in advance, there will not be any confirmation without payment.
- If you need to change the tour date, we can only do it if you inform us at least 72 hours before the departure time.
- Cancellations are non-refundable. However, your deposit can be carried forward to your next booking.
- We reserve the right to cancel the trip due to bad weather conditions or as instructed by the government.
Visa guide
Everyone coming from UAE is supposed to have Oman visit visa that can be applied online at https://evisa.rop.gov.om/ or on the border as well. If you are planning to get the Oman visit on arrival from the border, you must comply with the below details:
- Vaccination: All participants above 18 years must have a vaccination certificate in printed form.
- PCR: All the participants older than 12 years must present printed negative PCR taken within 72 hours from the time of arrival at the Oman border.
- Passport Validity:Â Everybody must carry an original passport valid for more than 90 days from the travel date.
- Oman Visit Visa:Â It will be 35 AED for each UAE exit fee and 5 OMR for Oman visit visas applied on arrival from the border.
- Visa Validity: If a UAE resident, then the visa must be valid for more than 90 days from the travel date.
- Sponsored Visa:Â If you have a sponsored (dependent) visa, the sponsor must be traveling along.
- Eligibility:Â All professions for UAE residents are not eligible for an arrival visa. Contact us to check your visa eligibility.
- UAE Single Entry Visa:Â UAE single entry visa holders are not allowed because their UAE visas get canceled while exiting UAE.
- Car Ownership:Â You must carry a vehicle registration card (Mulika to cross the border.
- Car Insurance:Â If you donât have one, you can buy it from the border. (around 100 AED)
- Rented Car:Â If you have a rented car, you must get a NOC (No Objection Certificate) from the Car Rental Company to cross the borders.
