© Extra Divers Qantab, 100 Muscat
Mermaid Cove
★★★★☆
(971)
Mermaid cove, is approximately 15 minutes far from the Dive Centre, sandy bottom between 2 to 5 m offer the best location for try dives and courses, a beautiful coral garden is located on the right inside of the bay from 2 m down to 14 m depth. Outside the bay a rich drop off can take you to 23 m.
In this area we do have a resident school of yellowtail barracudas, big variety of morays, in winter time hot spot for nudibranches.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
110 Sightings
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7
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13
M
17
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8
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10
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0
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9
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7
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0
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13
N
17
D
9
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
60 Sightings
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6
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5
M
8
A
8
M
7
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0
J
4
A
4
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0
O
7
N
11
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
17 Sightings
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4
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0
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5
A
8
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0
J
0
J
0
A
0
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0
O
0
N
0
D
0
Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
6 Sightings
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0
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6
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
0
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0
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0
O
0
N
0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
3 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
0
J
0
A
3
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0
O
0
N
0
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 12
iStock/cinoby
Lionfish
94 Sightings
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8
F
10
M
12
A
4
M
6
J
0
J
13
A
7
S
5
O
13
N
8
D
8
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
93 Sightings
J
8
F
8
M
10
A
6
M
10
J
0
J
11
A
7
S
0
O
12
N
12
D
9
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
62 Sightings
J
7
F
9
M
7
A
5
M
6
J
0
J
12
A
5
S
0
O
0
N
11
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 100
iStock-burnsboxco
Parrotfish
60 Sightings
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5
F
7
M
12
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0
M
4
J
0
J
9
A
6
S
0
O
10
N
7
D
0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 130
AdobeStock-JirinaVFR
Pufferfish
38 Sightings
J
4
F
7
M
10
A
0
M
7
J
0
J
6
A
4
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0
O
0
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0
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