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There are a lot of dive sites to explore around Kamaran! Below is an excerpt of our dive log (by W. Weber).
All GPS coordinates (Google Earth) can be downloaded from the TMDC website.

Ogban Island

Explored Ogban Island's south tip and found a wonderful coral area about one km out in open water.
Goes down to 10m, so it's typical for Kamaran's shallow coral beds that extend from the shelf islands. Great for beginning divers.

Zubayr Island | Ed's Hope | N 15 12'31.5" | E 42 03'31.5"

Haycock, the northernmost island of Zubayr. Little more than a lava rock, we were able to circle it (almost) in one dive. Sandy bottom at 22m. Similar to Peace, with great underwater landscape, but less spectacular coral. Saw barracudas, turtles, and big snappers.

Zubayr Island | Peace | N 15 10'17.1" | E 42 07'05.1"

The most spectacular coral area that we have found so far. You enter the water at 7m on the eastern wall of Rugged Island. The bottom is reached at 15m. Endless cruising through a maze of coral cuts and channels, down coral walls, and into caves. The site was named "Peace and Development" in honor of UNDP's efforts in Yemen, but veteran divers just call it "Peace".

Zubayr Island | Shark Reef | N 15 06'30.8" | E 42 06'17.6"

A small halfmoon-shaped rock with heavy surf just south of Saddle Island. Under water a large area of big rock, lava and broken reef. Sandy bottom at 26m. Visibility was not very good here, but we did see the shark chewing the nylon net!

Zubayr Island | Rock Wreck | N 15 01'50.0" | E 42 11'04.8"

The site that we had noticed already on our first trip to Zubayr, but could not dive then. Some big machinery is still standing on a rock ledge, and below the whole ship, completely fallen apart, is strewn over a wide area. Makes for eerie diving.

Kutamah Island | N 15 40'32.2" | E 42 18'16.0"

The island northwest of Ogban, about half an hour further on. Diving there is very similar to Ogban. This is the best diving near to Kamaran, and one can combine Kutamah and Ogban for a full day of diving (two to three tanks) and have lunch on the beach.

Kamaran | Bongo Bay | N 15 22'02.7" | E 42 37'36.3"

This is the little sandy bay just south of the camp, anchorage for the boats. One day the bay will be ideal for "pool" training and open water scuba practice when PADI training starts (end of 2002?).

Kamaran | Lightpoint | N 15 27'32.3" | E 42 33'18.5"

In open water north of Kamaran, three broken down iron pillars of an old signal sit on a sandy mound in 7 m depth, still extending a bit above water. Heavy current at times. Lots of fish around the structure, including grouper, rays, big schools of butterfly fish. Very clear water.

Ogban Island | Lighthouse Reef | N 15 28'44.9" | E 42 24'26.6"

Off a steep cliff populated by lots of sea birds. We entered the water about 30 m from the shore, at 10 m depth. Rock and coral formations in between 5 and 15 m depth along the shoreline in both directions. Sandy bottom slopes down to 20 m and deeper. Rays and barracuda over the sandy areas, moray eel, school of sepia and large number of reef fish among the rocks. Large turtle seen in the open water.

Zubayr Island | Barracuda Slopes | N 15 04'01.3" | E 42 08'19.1"

Our first dive at Zubayr. Just picked a spot at random. Entered the water off a lava cliff at 20 m depth. Sandy and rocky flats broken by small patches of reef, gently sloping outwards. Groups of large barracuda watching us. Very clear water.

Zubayr Island | Volcanic Bay | N 15 00'49.4" | E 42 10'04.3"

Our second dive at Zubayr. Reached the bottom at 20 m off a steep lava cliff. Exceptionally clear water. Spectacular rock and lava formations, channels, caves, all overgrown by coral, including some soft coral, that looked very much alive. As Stan said: "That's what we dive for."