Dive Review of Extradivers/Al-Husn Shangri-La Resort in
Oman/Muscat

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Extradivers/Al-Husn Shangri-La Resort, Sep, 2013, by Beguelin Jean-Pierre, Lausanne, CH ( 1 report with 1 Helpful vote). Report 7477 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Value for $$
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Comments	On the whole, it was a good experience linked to a stay in a very nice hotel blessed with a lot of sun. People at Extradivers operator were helpful and nice even if one of their boat was not available and, as always, some monitors were better than others. The boat accommodated around 12 divers and the dive sites were on average 30 minutes from the marina with two-dives trip on the morning or one- dive trip in the afternoon. Of course, it is diving in the Sea of Oman where the visibility is not always very good. During our stay in September 2013, the plankton was very dense till 5 meters below the surface, limiting the visibility and the light, bringing quite a lot of fishes around, but no pelagic. I have seen nice hard coral, some critters, two sea horses, quite a few turtles on the beach and in the water. Muscat/Oman is of course not the Red Sea, the Maldives or Palau, but diving there is worth the trip, at least for divers coming from Europe or the Gulf.
Websites	Extradivers Al-Husn Shangri-La Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Red Sea, Palau, Florida, Sea of Cortes, Tahiti, Palau, Maldives, Bahamas, Caribean Sea, Italy
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	22-26°C / 72-79°F	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	3-25 M / 10-82 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	No decompression dive
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	1 or 2	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
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 Extradivers/Al-Husn Shangri-La Resort in Oman/Muscat

Extradivers/Al-Husn Shangri-La Resort, Sep, 2013,

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Dive Review of Extradivers/Al-Husn Shangri-La Resort in
Oman/Muscat