Ras Mirbat
A headland dive near Mirbat, about 20 miles by boat from Salalah marina, with underwater rock fingers carrying single hard corals, whip corals, gorgonians and large-polyp corals. The liveaboard operator lists slipper lobsters, nudibranchs, soft corals, scorpionfish and moray eels, and the site is the usual first or last dive of the Hallaniyat trips.
Facts
- Region: Dhofar & Hallaniyat Islands – Oman
- Area: Mirbat
- Depth: 10–25 m
- Level: intermediate
- Current: moderate
- Type: reef, headland
- Coordinates: 16.965, 54.735 (approximate)
- Highlights: finger-like rock ridges, hard coral, whip coral, gorgonians, slipper lobster, nudibranchs, scorpionfish, moray eel
- Unverified: Depth and headland position unverified: no published coordinates; placed by estimate.
- Tips: Depth range is an estimate (sources give about 15–30 m for the Mirbat/Hallaniyat sites); often dived as a check dive.