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شاطئ الحافة (حافة الشنافر)

Salalah Province, Dhofar Governorate, Oman

شاطئ الحافة (حافة الشنافر) 3 photos

  • Salalah, spiaggia al tramonto (presso hotel al-mansur) 01

    Salalah, spiaggia al tramonto (presso hotel al-mansur) 01. Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Salalah, spiaggia al tramonto (presso hotel al-mansur) 02 cavalli

    Salalah, spiaggia al tramonto (presso hotel al-mansur) 02 cavalli. Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

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    Salalah, spiaggia al tramonto (presso hotel al-mansur) 06. Francesco Bini, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Best: 2 pm to sunset, sunset 5:56 pm
7 am
7.0
4 km/h2 mph wind, Great
8 am
6.9
4 km/h3 mph wind, Good
9 am
7.0
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
10 am
8.4
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
Now
8.6
4 km/h3 mph wind, Excellent
12 pm
8.8
7 km/h4 mph wind, Excellent
1 pm
7.7
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
2 pm
7.9
10 km/h6 mph wind, Great
3 pm
8.3
11 km/h7 mph wind, Great
4 pm
8.7
13 km/h8 mph wind, Excellent
5 pm
8.6
9 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Best time to swim

Best: 2 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
32°C90°F
Water
29°C84°F
Wind
43 km/hmph S
Gusts
1610 km/hmph
Waves
0.8 m3 ft
UV
6 high
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
5:56 pm
Today
7.0Great7 am42
6.9Good8 am43
7.0Great9 am21
8.4Great10 am21
8.6ExcellentNow43
8.8Excellent12 pm74
7.7Great1 pm106
7.9Great2 pm106
8.3Great3 pm117
8.7Excellent4 pm138
8.6Excellent5 pm95
Sat
9.7Excellent7 am32
9.6Excellent8 am32
9.5Excellent9 am10
9.5Excellent10 am64
7.7Great11 am106
7.3Great12 pm106
7.7Great1 pm96
8.6Excellent2 pm96
9.2Excellent3 pm106
9.5Excellent4 pm127
9.7Excellent5 pm127
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Best stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 1 pm, -0.2 m. High at 7 pm, 0.5 m. Low at 12 am, 0.1 m. High at 6 am, 0.8 mLow 1 pm, -0.2 m<1 ftHigh 7 pm, 0.5 m2 ftLow 12 am, 0.1 m<1 ftHigh 6 am, 0.8 m2 ftNow5 pm11 pm5 am11 am
  • Low 1 pm, -0.2 m<1 ft
  • High 7 pm, 0.5 m2 ft
  • Low 12 am, 0.1 m<1 ft
  • High 6 am, 0.8 m2 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

Beach info

Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.

Facilities

  • LifeguardNone listed
  • Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 250 m820 ft. Fee not listed
  • Food and drink8 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 230 m740 ft
  • SurfaceSand

Getting there

Nearest town
1.2 km0.7 miالدهاريز (village)
Nearest airport
7 km4 miمطار صلالة (SLL)

Nearby places

  • Darbat RestaurantFood and drink
    230 m740 ft
  • Ocean Blue Beach House at Crowne Plaza Resort SalalahFood and drink
    240 m780 ft
  • Dolphin Terrazza at Crowne Plaza Resort SalalahItalian
    250 m820 ft
  • Al MinaFood and drink
    630 m0.4 mi
  • MekongAsian
    840 m0.5 mi

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

Nearby beaches

Where to stay near the beach

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The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sat9.7 ExcellentBest 7 am to 11 amWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Sun9.8 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 13 km/h8 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon9.8 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue9.9 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed9.9 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 0%
  • Thu10.0 ExcellentBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 2%