Course overview

Certified divers can explore Oman's best sites on guided PADI fun dives from Muscat, with boat trips to the Daymaniyat Islands, Bandar Khayran and the wreck reefs of Fahal Island. Depending on conditions and your experience you may share the water with turtles, reef sharks, eagle rays and, in season, whale sharks. No course, just diving, with depths to 30 metres for suitably certified divers.

What you’ll learn

• Apply your existing certification on Oman's varied reef and wreck sites
• Dive with an experienced local guide who knows the conditions
• Refine buoyancy and air management across multiple dives
• Read currents and plan dives around tides and boat logistics
• Spot and identify local marine life
• Build experience and logged dives for future training

Prerequisites

• Open Water Diver certification or higher (depth depends on level)
• Recent diving experience or a refresher if you have been inactive
• Logbook and certification card
• Complete a diver health declaration

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Guided fun dives

   Join a boat trip from Muscat for guided dives at the Daymaniyat Islands, Bandar Khayran or Fahal Island, with briefings and surface intervals between dives.

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