Five-star PADI dive centre offering courses from beginner to instructor

Tourist-friendly heritage site next to the Dubai Creek

Peaceful beach resort situated on a long stretch of beach outside Dubai

Le Meridien Mina Seyahi's private beach club has good facilities for watersports

Tuition and practice in some of the stranger watersports available in Dubai

Information network for qualified divers looking to expand their skills

There’s no shortage of things to do here: water sports include parasailing, kayaking, jet-skiing, knee-boarding and fishing trips

The Habtoor Grand Beach Resort's privately managed marina and boat charter company

Land, sea and air excursions in Dubai

Accredited National Geographic PADI dive centre organises dive trips and beginner's lessons

This upmarket beach club is popular with families, as there are so many activities to choose from

Facilities include a 350m (120ft) stretch, four floodlit tennis courts, a grass soccer pitch, two squash courts, pitch and putt golf and a comprehensively equipped gym

PADI and advanced diving trips organised from a Karama office

Watersports specialist with a variety of wet and wild activities next to the Burj Al Arab

As well as two swimming pools, two floodlit tennis courts and two squash courts, the club has a gym packed with the usual array of bikes, steppers, rowing machines and treadmills

Small surf scene is ideal for beginners and wave-starved enhtusiasts