9 January 2026 · 6 min read

Five coastal spots most visitors drive past

Between Muscat and Sur there are coves that never make the guidebooks. Here are the ones we still use.

Hidden white sand cove with limestone cliffs on the Oman coast

The cove below the cliff road

A ten-minute scramble from a layby no one stops at, onto white sand with water clear enough to count the fish from the rocks above.

Fins, out of season

Busy on Fridays, empty on a Tuesday morning. Come early, swim, and be gone before the heat arrives.

The fishermen's beach at Tiwi

Boats pulled up on the shingle, nets drying, and the best grilled kingfish we know of — ordered by pointing, not from a menu.

Bimmah, at first light

The sinkhole with no one in it is a different place entirely. We usually stop here on the drive back from the wadis.

Ras Al Jinz, after dark

Green turtles come ashore to nest through most of the year. Numbers are limited and lights are forbidden, which keeps it honest.

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