Socotra · Yemen · Reef · Coral garden
Dihamri Marine Protected Area
Marine reserve with 80 coral and 150 fish species
Photo: Gerry & Bonni · CC BY 2.0
Dihamri Marine Protected Area is a marine reserve on Socotra with five diving sites, home to more than 80 coral species and 150 fish species. The seabed is shaped by an underwater mountain, which allows deep dives of up to 50 m, and the dives are made from boats.
Also known as Dihamri, Di Hamri, DiHamri.
Where it is and how deep
No published position for this site — the map shows Socotra and its other sites; operators know the mooring.
The dive
The reserve has five diving sites, and the seabed here is shaped by an underwater mountain. That relief allows deep dives, with the deepest reaching 50 m. The figure covers the reserve as a group rather than a single site.
The reefs hold more than 80 coral species and 150 fish species, so the variety of corals and fish is what the dives inside the reserve are about, whatever the depth of the route.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Good | Prime | Prime | Good | Off-season | Off-season | Off-season | Off-season | Prime | Prime | Good |
Season follows Socotra: The June-September southwest monsoon closes the sea entirely; October-November and March-May are the calm, diveable windows.
Dive videos
Socotra, Yemen - Part 3 - Diving at Dihamri · James Finnerty on YouTube
Sources
- Diving on Socotra — socotra.info
- Beaches, diving and fishing — socotra.cz
Photo credits
- Rocky shallows with green algae below two red-orange headlands on the Di Hamri coast under a blue sky by Gerry & Bonni, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Similar dives elsewhere
A banana-shaped reef dived from the surface to 30 m
Coral plateau with fusilier shoals, turtles and passing grey sharks
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A large field of plate coral between the two islands
A long soft-coral reef thick with reef fish, kept for the third dive