Dive in Fujeirah

Snoopy Island (yes, named after the cartoon dog it resembles) juts proudly out of the Indian Ocean just a few hundred metres from the shore. You’re more likely to come face to face with a shark at Snoopy Island than at Shark Island, some 25 km down the coast – or so I’m told. That seemed like…

Beautiful dive with lovely rich orange soft coral everywhere and some deep purple and bright yellow soft coral as well. Every other metre you see something interesting, starting with cuttlefish on the sand, nudibranchs, lionfish, scorpionfish, puffer and burrfish, snappers, broomtail wrasse, and…

Just offshore, about 15 minutes south from the Merdian Fujayrah, lies Sharm Rocks: four small outcrops of rock just breaking the surface. These rocks are covered in soft corals and provide a haven for all kinds of marine life. Large shoals of jacks, snapper, large-mouth mackerel and fusiliers use…

A rocky coral wall that makes a great dive at night, when it's a haven for sleeping fish.The site is close to where a fuel depot is being constructed and, due to the fact that the mountain behind this area is being levelled to make a harbour, the site still suffers from excessive silt and poor…

REEF AREA AND YOU CAN SEE THERE A LOT OF MARINE LIFE AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK TIP SHARK.

THE BEST CORAL GARDEN AND MARINE LIFE .

This boat was sunk in 2001 by Inchcape Shipping. There was an incredibly strong current on the surface when we moored at this site, and as there was another boat in front of us we were almost exhausted getting to the buoy so that we could climb down the shotline to the wreck. The climb down seemed a…

This wreck was sunk by Inchcape Shipping in 2002 and it is amazing how much has grown on it since then. This is a lovely wreck dive not far from Martini Rock. As you go around the edge of the deck you can see lots of morays, scorpionfish, nudibranchs and little boxfish. The coral is bright yellow,…