Diving In Musandam , an awesome experience

Last week I realized a weekend was coming and I had nothing to do so I hurriedly opened a directory and called the first dive shop I could find. I booked a dive and didn't really understand where I was going. All I knew was that it was a 30m dive and they would have tanks for me.
I showed up at Al Booms dive center at 6:45AM and started chatting with a Californian who had been in Dubai for several months on a technology gig so we began swapping war stories. As we chatted a van and a trailer pulled up and we were asked to load our equipment onto the trailer and hop in the van.
An hour later we were speeding across the desert to the east coast of the UEA in Oman.
many a camel did I see as well as traditional communes made of stone. I will take my video camera next time and share some footage here. In another hour we were at a small port called Dibbi.
we loaded the boat and we were off.
From the pictures you can see the landscape is breathtaking. The mountains drop into the clear sea and create boulder reefs that drop to depths of 50m right off the shore.
A mild current pushes you along as you fly amongst the boulders and coral. The sea life is extraordinary and surrounds you at every turn. Plenty of barracuda and parrot fish show themselves as if on cue. And they are joined by all kinds of little fascinations like nudabranches and fluorescent purple sea weed. The diving is effortless, my breathing is slow and I began to feel more like a gentle Dugong in careful observation. The water is clean and comfortable and though my gauge tells me I have plenty of air left, it is my computer that ends the dive. The divemaster said no deco and I try to oblige most requests so up into the sun I drifted knowing I will be back soon.
the pictures you see above are of Port Dibbi, The Eastern Mountains of Oman as seen from the Dive boat and Lima Rock a fairly famous dive site. This is a unique piece of coastline and you can be sure I'll be reporting more on this location during my stay. I have resolved to purchase a new underwater camera when I am home and you can bet on seeing some pictures and video.