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A sheltered creek on the Dubai licence's approved list, away from the tourist beaches and close to Sharjah residents.
One of the few spots the free Dubai resident licence explicitly covers, with calm creek water and the metro nearby.
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.
An undeveloped stretch of mainland coast south of the city where you can fish with nobody else in sight.
Marked zones run all along the Corniche, near City Park, Lake Park and Sorouh Towers, so you can cast on a lunch break.
The new platform gives you 45 metres of frontage with seats and a water cooler, open until midnight.