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An undeveloped stretch of mainland coast south of the city where you can fish with nobody else in sight.
The new platform gives you 45 metres of frontage with seats and a water cooler, open until midnight.
Marked zones run all along the Corniche, near City Park, Lake Park and Sorouh Towers, so you can cast on a lunch break.
A named beach on the Dubai licence list, so you can surf-cast with the Burj Al Arab in view without paying for a boat.
One of the few spots the free Dubai resident licence explicitly covers, with calm creek water and the metro nearby.
A sheltered creek on the Dubai licence's approved list, away from the tourist beaches and close to Sharjah residents.