Water
Open-water scuba diving (Dubai and the East Coast)
- Direct guests
- divers
Boat diving in Dubai's own waters and, more commonly, day trips to the UAE east coast around Fujairah and Dibba where visibility and reef life are better.
How it operates
Most Dubai dive centres run east-coast day trips on a weekly or bi-weekly schedule with road transfer across the mountains, two boat dives and lunch.
For agents
Operating and selling mechanics
- East-coast trips are a full day out of Dubai — do not schedule anything else that day.
- Certification cards and logbooks must be collected in advance for anything beyond a try dive.
Dive sites
- Zainab wreck — An oil tanker that sank in 2001, off Dubai; an advanced-level deep wreck dive reported at around 45 minutes by boat from Palm Jumeirah, with batfish, barracuda and rays
- Martini Rock — A rocky pinnacle off the Fujairah coast, roughly 10–23 m, with turtles and rays
- Dibba Rock — 4–16 m depending on tide, about a 20-minute boat ride from Fujairah, suitable for snorkellers and open-water divers; turtles very likely and blacktip reef sharks more common here than elsewhere
Checked 2026-07-28
This brief describes how the product works in the Dubai market, not a Forever Journeys policy or rate. Operating detail was read on these sources on the date above and can change — the ops team confirms specifics at booking.
- https://www.thenationalnews.com/travel/destinations/2020/09/02/6-of-the-uaes-best-scuba-diving-sites-from-a-dubai-shipwreck-to-a-fujairah-marine-reserve/
- https://www.timeoutabudhabi.com/kids/bumps-babies/fitness/72610-uae-scuba-diving-sites
- https://dannibindubai.com/best-dubai-scuba-diving-sites-indoor-and-marine-dives/
Made to measure
Our Dubai team arranges the hotels, transfers and excursions on the ground across all seven Emirates — so the programme is assembled around the dates you send us, not around a fixed departure calendar.
The fleet is ours, and so is the team that dispatches it.