Half Moon Bay, Saudi Arabia
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Half Moon Bay is located near Khobar
city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
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Half Moon Bay has been a place of recreation for everyone including the oil workers and their families for the last 80 years. Known for its great Grouper fishing and sailing many generations have enjoyed it to this day.
With the average depth being around 15'-30' with a couple of spots dropping to 50' Half Moon Bay has been an excellent classroom for thousands of divers learning the sport. A very forgiving bay with its shallow entrance very few large sharks if any have ever been seen in this body of water. Although around 1968 a 30 foot whale wandered in to the enjoyment of many of the locals.
Only Saudi Aramco Staff with grade 11+ is allowed to use the Saudi Aramco beach. The beach distinguished by palm trees, picnic tables, lights and electric sources, barbecue grills, Yacht club and showers with cooled off water to a comfortable temperature.
Khobar
Khobar is a large city located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf. It has a population of 360,000 and forms part of the greater Dammam metropolitan area along with Dhahran, which together have a combined population of over two million...
city in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
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Half Moon Bay has been a place of recreation for everyone including the oil workers and their families for the last 80 years. Known for its great Grouper fishing and sailing many generations have enjoyed it to this day.
With the average depth being around 15'-30' with a couple of spots dropping to 50' Half Moon Bay has been an excellent classroom for thousands of divers learning the sport. A very forgiving bay with its shallow entrance very few large sharks if any have ever been seen in this body of water. Although around 1968 a 30 foot whale wandered in to the enjoyment of many of the locals.
History
In the early 1900s Half Moon Bay was known locally as Doha Dhalum. It was a stop for many of the Arab Gulf traders sailing their traditional dhows. It was a stop to get out of bad weather and load up on fresh water from any number of artisan wells which dot the bottom of the bay. Traders would also pull into the cove on the middle of the western shore which is now a housing development and load up with salt from a local mine. This salt would either be sold in Africa or traded for skins, or taken to India depending on the prevailing winds. This cove used to be called Quincy's Cove after a local oil family that used to frequent the cove in the 50's.Private Beaches
- Saudi Aramco BeachSaudi Aramco BeachSaudi Aramco Beach is a private beach owned and managed by Saudi Aramco Oil company. The beach is located in the eastern part of Half Moon Bay near the city of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia....
Only Saudi Aramco Staff with grade 11+ is allowed to use the Saudi Aramco beach. The beach distinguished by palm trees, picnic tables, lights and electric sources, barbecue grills, Yacht club and showers with cooled off water to a comfortable temperature.
- King Faisal UniversityKing Faisal UniversityKing Faisal University is a public university with the main campuse in the city of Hofuf in Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia founded in 1975. KFU was initially established with four colleges: two in Dammam and the other two in Al-Hasa.-History:...
Beach. - King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Beach.
- King Fahad Military City Beach.
Resorts and Amusements parks
- Prince Mohammad Amusement Park
- King Fahad Coastal City
- Palm Beach Resort
- Half Moon Village
- Alkhaleej Makarim Village