Dive Review of Global Scuba/Shangri-La Al Waha in
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Global Scuba/Shangri-La Al Waha: "Daymanyiat Islands diving Oman - very nice!", Jul, 2017, by Graham McGregor, Kilmacolm, GB ( Top Contributor 41 reports with 24 Helpful votes). Report 9654.
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Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	My son and I stayed at the Shangri-La Al Waha and mainly dived with their on-site dive operation, Extra Divers Qantab. See separate report on these dives. Since Extra Divers were not offering trips to the Daymanyiat Islands during our stay, we booked two days diving with Global Scuba. They are located near the airport about a 30 minute taxi ride from the Shangri-La. Global Scuba appear to be the only operator in Oman who go to the Daymanyiat Islands every day. The Daymanyiats are the best area for diving near Muscat, about a 45 minute (and somewhat bumpy!) boat ride each way. They are a series of small islands and underwater pinnacles that come to within 5 to 10 metres of the surface. Global Scuba were a bit less organised than Extra Divers (who we dived with at the Shangri-La. They do not offer Nitrox but do have two larger (15 litre) tanks if you want those. Their boat was spacious enough for the 6 to 9 divers we had on our diving days but would be pretty cramped if any more divers were there. The boat was reasonably basic with limited sun protection. The flat hull made the rides, particularly back from the sites after lunch when the sea got more choppy, a bit bouncy! On all our dives there was one guide for the entire group. Given that the group had mixed diving experience I thought they should have split us by ability. It meant that divers finished their dives at various points during the dive and went to the surface without the guide! The guiding was pretty basic with little or no pointing out of critters or features. We dived "Aquarium", a submerged pinnacle on both days (we asked to dive there again on the second day). This was a good site although the viz varied from 7 to 20 metres and the thermoclines were noticeable, albeit we were fine in 3mm wetsuits. Apparently 3 whalesharks had been seen a couple of days before we arrived but, inevitably, we didn't see any! However, lots of reef fish. Abundant morays including free swimming morays; eagle rays; lobsters; turtles; cuttlefish and stingrays. On our final dive on day two we saw a large leopard shark, a first for me and a real highlight of the trip. Despite having booked our second day's diving after the first day when we arrived at the shop on day two, the boat had left. They said they had not noted our dive in their schedule! Luckily they were able to contact the boat which was half way to the dive site. It turned round and came back for us. If you are diving with Global Scuba make sure you have everything confirmed by email. They are nice people but not the best organised!
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Galapagos; Palau; Sipadan; Truk; Malapascua; Komodo; Ticao Island; Maldives; Red Sea; Caribbean; Cuba; Hawaii; Florida; Cozumel; Spain, Seychelles, Mauritius, Oman
Closest Airport	Muscat	Getting There	Straightforward from UK, with direct flights from London or easy connections at Middle East hubs
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	27-31°C / 81-88°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	7-20 M / 23-66 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	30m is the limit although we didn't go below 25m.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Global Scuba/Shangri-La Al Waha in Oman

Global Scuba/Shangri-La Al Waha: "Daymanyiat Islands diving Oman - very nice!", Jul, 2017,

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Dive Review of Global Scuba/Shangri-La Al Waha in
Oman