Where Sharks Lurk – ?
Welcome All, With the sea state looking reasonable and the viz having been awful on the last two visits to the Dara, we decided to head a bit further offshore to the Neptune and Jumbo. Progress was not as fast as it can be, but we got to the Neptune in an hour or so […]
Respect For The Dara
Welcome All, This week I’m researching some of the archives related to the demise of the Dara. As featured before, this is a wreck that lies off the coast of Sharjah and a frequent dive site. Previously I featured the ongoing health hazards of the nets that get snagged and our efforts to keep the site […]
Dive The Dara – Dara The Dive
Welcome All, Thanks to Allen for this account of the last weekend’s diving: So with the sea state nearing the 1 metre mark we decided to aim for the proximity of the Dara. We gathered at the dive yard, loaded up the gear and with a turn of the key only a non-sustained rumbling was […]
New Feature – Dive Operator Log
Welcome All, 406 locally and internationally are preparing a data base of Dive Operators. If you would like to make any contributions to the log please contact Polly at the club. Thank you to Geoff for starting the log. Ian will be sending the log via the weekly email for members to add data. Safe […]
Net Mission On The Jumbo – No Nuts Included
Welcome All, This email comes to you from the not so sunny and certainly not very warm UK where I’m visiting family for a week. Diving goes on nevertheless of which more below but first a couple of other things: Firstly, last week I reported on Mike’s 70th birthday at the club but it was […]
Dive Expeditions Update
Welcome All, There was no diving last weekend owing to a combination of weather and people otherwise engaged but we may get something away this coming weekend, again depending on the weather. Shortly though, I’ll upload pictures and videos from divers locally and those from the 406 Exiles. Tentative discussions about future dive trips are being […]
Valentines Dive
Welcome All, Valentines Dive Log will be updated later today. Whilst I have good connection, I’ve added the video of the pod Dolphins off the coast of Sharjah. Beautiful to see these in the wild. For now though, we were a bit short-handed at the weekend but the conditions were looking promising so we went […]
Dive Hazards Of The Dara
Welcome All, Apologies for no email last week, which was mainly due to there being not too much to write about. The proposed dive was called off in advance in the face of a grim looking weather forecast which came sufficiently true to make diving extremely uncomfortable had we gone out. Good call. Last weekend […]
Dibba Delights
Welcome All, With the weather not looking too good in Dubai / Sharjah last weekend we made one of our periodic visits to the east coast, diving with Divers Down at the Miramar resort in Al Aqah, Fujeirah. The sea state wasn’t great over that side either and one of the biggest challenges was getting […]
Hello 2020 – Revisit To The Dhow
Welcome All., Caveat; Spelling mistake in the video above – at least I got the correct year I think….. Anyhoo……..below is this week’s log from our DO Ian Hussey. Happy New Year to everyone, now that it’s upon us. With the festivities out of the way, I can pronounce the 2020 diving season up and […]