INDIAN OCEAN
Daymaniyat Islands
- Oman
- All levels
- September - May
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- All levels
- Depth guide
- Shallow reef to 25 m
- When to go
- September - May
- Site type
- Protected Reef
Featured wildlife
- Whale shark
- Green turtle
- Hawksbill turtle
- Blacktip reef shark
About this dive site
Arabian Sea reserve with turtles and seasonal whale sharks.
The Daymaniyat Islands off Muscat protect hard-coral reefs, leopard sharks and hawksbill turtles on day boats with park permits. Whale sharks occasionally filter near the islands in plankton season. Winter seas are calmest; summer heat demands early starts and hydration.
Whale-shark trips follow plankton and monsoon patterns; local crews pick the site - not the brochure. Calendar peak is September - May, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Daymaniyat Islands day to day, not just the map pin.