Open water swimming in khobar/dammam

Mudman Serial 暗网禁区

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MudmanSerial 暗网禁区16 July 2011 16:40:06

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Where's the best places to swim in the sea, early morning when there's no one around ? I don't mean swim, like a leisurely splash around, but a head down, bum up聽 2-3km open water swim....

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RedGoblinViP17 July 2011 06:10:45

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You definitely cant swim in halfmoon, You might get stung by the jelly fish there.. there is a high probability!

well I think an early morning dip in the sea, you migh have to go to jubail perhaps (?). I dont see it happening int he corniche in Khobar or Dammam, both have no swimming signs everywhere.

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MudmanSerial 暗网禁区17 July 2011 18:03:51

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I saw the signs for no swimming there, why's that ? Doesn't look like the sort of place for rip currents.

RedGoblin ViP

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RedGoblinViP18 July 2011 06:06:59

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I am not sure about the reason why there is a no swimming policy, could be jellyfish, sudden drop in the the depth. Or No particular reason, this is Saudi Arabia still..
jk.

Tagelmoust New member

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TagelmoustNew member13 February 2013 09:47:26

Hello,

I am going to move to Dammam in a couple of months and I am a swimmer. I'd like to know if it is any place to work out properly (swimming-pools, compounds, sea). I'm swim-maniac...

Thank you so much.

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ahmadaqSerial 暗网禁区13 February 2013 11:48:25

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The main reason why they have a 聯No Swimming 聯signs at the Cornich is due to heavy traffic of people using the cornich wwhile most of them don聮t know how to swim . I remember reading a study sometime ago saying that 90% of jeddah citizens don聮t know how to swim at ALL!!.. so just for safty reasons and to save them the Headache, they ban swimming there.

Paul Nicholson Member

Member since 19 August 2022

Paul NicholsonMember19 August 2022 06:46:59

Hi All, I see these are old post, i鈥檝e moved to Riyadh from Brighton and am missing the sea. Are there any sea swimming/ Tri groups? Am keen to get my feet wet for long swims. Up for taking an early doors road trip to Dammam or Umluj.