Daymaniat Islands Snorkeling Tour: Encounter Turtles, Sharks, and Diverse Corals
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Embark on a thrilling snorkeling tour in the Daymaniat Islands and get up close with turtles, sharks, and a vibrant array of corals. Don't miss the chance to swim with the majestic Whale Shark during the summer months!
Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • M5QH+V5 Seeb - Enjoy a 25-minute boat trip to the beautiful Daymaniyat Islands, “ Nature Reserve”. The Islands are a sanctuary for birds and turtles to nest their eggs.

Virtually everyone who comes here does so to dive. There are nine low, rocky little islets here, strung out in a line from east to west and clustered in three quite widely separated groups, surrounded by coral reefs.

The islands have been protected as a nature reserve since 1996 and provide an important nesting site for hawksbill and green turtles, as well as a wide range of migratory birds including the increasingly rare sooty falcon, one of the few migratory raptors which actually nests and breeds in the region.
Throughout the year you will see 3 different species of turtles who come since centuries to the islands.

A huge diversity of hard & soft corals.

Common encounters will be honeycomb Murray Eel, sting rays, schools of fish, sometimes black tip sharks.

For those coming during summer our good friend the Whale Shark will definitely be around.

What's Included
  • Permits to reserve islands
  • Snacks
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • Refreshments
  • Restroom on board
What's Not Included
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

Across the calendar year, you’ll encounter 3 distinct varieties of turtles known to journey to the islands for centuries. An ample mix of both hard and soft corals is present. Regular sightings include the honeycomb Murray Eel, sting rays, loads of fish, and occasionally, black tip sharks. For visitors in the summer season, the graceful Whale Shark will surely be in attendance.

Location
M5QH+V5 Seeb
To schedule a pickup and drop please let us know (pickup and drop on a chargeable basis). We are located in Seeb harbour, near the fish market, there is a sign to coast guard, follow the sign inside the port. they security guard will open the barrier gate.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nathalynw2022
May 23, 2024
Best trip - Its was fun tour with captain sunny, he helped us to find turtles and reef sharks and colorful corels. Alot to eat and drink. The boat is well equipped.
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Felixfq6639lh
May 20, 2024
Chilling trip - Amazing trip with our guide and captain sunny. We enjoyed the trip from the harbor with a warmed welcome by sunny and boat brief. We saw exactly as he explained in his brief including black tip shark( very fast), turles and colorful corels and sting rays.
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57aminaq
May 15, 2024
Best tour with sharks and turtle - Awesome trip with global scuba. Captain sunny is the best and professional. Chilled juice, water and delicious sandwiches was given. It worth the money I paid
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Hosier
May 6, 2024
Great trip to the Daymaniat Islands - I wanted a closeup view of the Daymaniat Islands and this trip afforded that opportunity. The boat captain, assistant, and dive instructor were open , friendly, helpful, encouraging, and professional. The Scuba divers on the trip had two opportunities to view the underwater environment and were quite pleased with the help and guidance of the dive master. Snorkelers had an equally adventuresome trip and I could tell that they were pleased with the experience.
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Goplaces42454161916
May 5, 2024
Stunning - Great welcome, good weather, nice meeting with a group of turtles, pretty colorful fish, small snack and to finish in style some sharks in a coral reef. A very nice day ! Thank you, it will be a very good memory.
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Sohelm
May 3, 2024
Recommend Tour - Captain: Sunny Good, kind, and supportive Captain. Guide all team members very well. The speed boat is nice and clean with the attached washroom. The tour starts at 9 am. After 20 minutes of drive, we saw shark and do our snorkeling. After that, we reached the island . We saw turtles and many species. Then he dropped us on the island for 1 hrs. We came back at 2.30 pm. Tour is safe with kids. Highly recommend and must bucket list.
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Tenneht2024
Apr 23, 2024
Best - Am overwhelmed with the trip. I was awesome having sunny as our captain and guide. We had two stops. First with turtles and second with reef sharks. I recommend this company.
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Tourist04150915911
Apr 12, 2024
Snorkeling - Fun tour, you’ll definitely see lots of sea turtle. DJ was the guide and he was helpful and nice. The only bad thing is that we had to wait nearly an hour for a family to arrive. Not fair for the rest of the people
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Earthwanderer85
Apr 11, 2024
Good excursion, bad experience - Me and my husband decided to do the turtle snorkeling tour offered by Global Scuba in Oman. We were very excited to do the tour, as it was recommended by a friend who did this tour with them. Infortunately it was our day, as we had numerous issues: 1. We arrived on time to leave for the tour, but had to wait for an hour on the boat before leaving. 2. Our guide/instructor(Johan)was very helpful and offered us refreshments, and was very apologetic about the delay. 3. As we eventually left, our boat's engines started giving problems and was delayed once again. 4. Eventually when we got to the island, we done some snorkeling with the turtles, which was very amazing. 5. As per our booking, we should have done 2 different snorkeling spots, but we went straight to the beach(which was beautiful)without doing the second area. 6. As the boat's engines kept on failing, we were to transfer to another of the company's boats, which already full of guests. 7. As we left the boat to transfer, Johan(I assume was the manager) told the other boat captain to take us so that we can get back in time to the port and be safe. The captain that was to take us(Deejay), then started screaming at Johan saying that he cannot take us as his boat was full. I have heard Johan asking him calmly at least twice to stop as there are guasts around, but he just continued ranting. 8. We eventually got on his boat, uncomfortable as it may have been, but at least we had a ride back to the port. Deejay went(in my opinion) too fast with the load, and made me and other guests very uncomfortable. Needless to say, we made it back to the port safely. We saw Johan on the pier, and he once again apolgised for the mishaps during the trip. He was very professional, and he calmed us down, and jokingly offered to buy us dinner. In all, a good trip with bad experience and a very unprofessional captain(Dejay). I will not recommend this excursion with him in control of the boat and guests.
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Lauraco2227pt
May 4, 2024
No communication - After booking this trip through Viator, I attempted to contact global scuba to confirm the pick up location at the port. I did not hear from them. On the morning of the tour, I attempted to confirm again, but again, did not get a response. With no other option, we left for the port we believed we had selected and hoped we would see a sign for the company. Once at the port, another company informed us we were likely in the wrong spot, so they attempted to help us call global scuba (as our phones/ internet was very spotty). Again, there was no answer. It proved impossible to get ahold of global scuba and I’m extremely disappointed that Viator’s response was simply, “sorry”. We ended up going with another tour group on the spot, but are out the money for this trip as neither Viator nor Global Scuba will refund the money for the missed trip, despite our repeated attempts to contact them ahead of time.
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