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I was wondering has anyone dived Musandam lately? (the last month or so?)
I heard the red tide affected this area too and was wondering if it was worth the dive now.
The guys at Al Boom diving (Dubai) and Diver's Down (Khor Fakkan) say that its clear now but I am hesitant to believe them as they also told me that Dibba and Khor Fakkan were clear, until we got there and it was so bad it was like a night dive!
I did Inch 1&2 at the weekend and it was alot better than in recent weeks. Viz was about 8 metres on inch 1 and some of the sea life had started to return, schools of snapper some smaller puffers, there was a couple of bigger eels and some baby ones knocking around but fred (the massive moray) is still missing. Inch 2 had about 5 metres of viz once you get through the brown layer on the surface, again some of the sea life has returned but no lion fish or scorpion fish back yet. There were a couple of stone fish and a school of snappers along with some other random fish.........long story short its getting better!
The sharks are definatly back on Dibba Rock. We saw 4 there yesterday. We decided to go with Freestyle Divers as they are right in front of the Island so it would not be a long boat ride, just in case there was any red in the water. The water was clear (6m-7m) and the team there said it had cleared up right after a storm the had the previous week.
They also said they were recently in the Musandam and it was clear, however some of the soft Coral on The Caves had been affected. It has been the longest period of clear water they have had since the red tide started and they are optimistic it will stay away!
They are always open to answer divers questions even if they are not their divers. try calling them 09 2445756