Open water swimming in khobar/dammam

You definitely cant swim in halfmoon, You might get stung by the jelly fish there.. there is a high probability!

well I think an early morning dip in the sea, you migh have to go to jubail perhaps (?). I dont see it happening int he corniche in Khobar or Dammam, both have no swimming signs everywhere.

I saw the signs for no swimming there, why's that ? Doesn't look like the sort of place for rip currents.

I am not sure about the reason why there is a no swimming policy, could be jellyfish, sudden drop in the the depth. Or No particular reason, this is Saudi Arabia still..
jk.

Hello,

I am going to move to Dammam in a couple of months and I am a swimmer. I'd like to know if it is any place to work out properly (swimming-pools, compounds, sea). I'm swim-maniac...

Thank you so much.

The main reason why they have a “No Swimming “signs at the Cornich is due to heavy traffic of people using the cornich wwhile most of them don't know how to swim . I remember reading a study sometime ago saying that 90% of jeddah citizens  don't know how to swim at ALL!!.. so just for safty reasons and to save them the Headache, they ban swimming there.