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I am flying back to the UK in July from my current home in Japan and I have a choice of a 3 day stopover in Dubai, UAE or Doha, Qatar. Having been to neither I don't know which would be the better choice for a day of diving? Any one with experience in this region able to give me a head's up?
East coast of UAE and Oman on the Indian osean has more diving spots and lots of things to see, I have never been to Qatar but I think its similar to what we have in Abu Dhabi and dubai where the visibility is not the best. East coast is like an hour and half from dubai. hope this help
Last edited by jamea; June 18th, 2008 at 03:58 PM.
East coast of UAE and Oman on the Indian osean has more diving spots and lots of things to see, I have never been to Qatar but I think its similar to what we have in Abu Dhabi and dubai where the visibility is not the best. East coast is like an hour and half from dubai. hope this help
Thanks for the advice, from what I have been reading since posting it seems that the east coast of UAE is the place to go for a day trip. Mid July arriving, looking forward to the Middle East... (although from what I hear UAE is pretty westernized?)
You are correct,
The UAE is very very westernised.
Hope you enjoy the trip, if you need help on what company to use just give me a message, I work up that side freelance so I have a little experience that may be of use.
I would suggest taking the 3-4 hour drive from Dubai to Khasab. The diving there is great. The extra diver shop was ran by a great guy tom, but it just changed hands and I was not too impressed with the operation. The diving was nice and saw some really good stuff. I also do not like Dubai, I would rather go to Muscat over UAE any day.
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