Open water swimming in khobar/dammam

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Mudman Serial expat

Member since 14 September 2009

You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig

MudmanSerial expat16 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....

RedGoblin ViP

Member since 07 October 2010

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.

Mudman Serial expat

Member since 14 September 2009

You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig

MudmanSerial expat17 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

Member since 07 October 2010

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

Member since 13 February 2013

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.

ahmadaq Serial expat

Member since 27 November 2012

ahmadaqSerial expat13 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.

Yoginee ViP

Member since 11 July 2022

YogineeViP19 August 2022 09:56:24

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Hello Paul,

Welcome to expat.com!

This is indeed an old discussion and you might not get the responses that you need.

For this reason, I invite you to create a new discussion on the Saudi Arabia forum.

You may also create an advert on Saudi Arabia classifieds. There is a dedicated category for sports partners.

Cheers,

Yoginee

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