Dead Sea (Jordan Shore)

The Lowest Point On Land, Around 430 M Below Sea Level, With Water About Ten Times Saltier Than The Ocean, In Which Swimmers Float. The Jordanian Shore Has Resort Hotels, Public Beaches, Mineral Mud And The Panorama Complex Above, With The Wadi Mujib Canyon To The South. · Sweimeh, Balqa

The Dead Sea is the lowest point on land, about 430 m below sea level, and its Jordanian shore lies roughly 50 minutes (60 km) from Amman. The water is about 34 percent salt, around ten times saltier than the ocean, so you float without effort and cannot sink. Visitors rub black mineral mud on the skin, let it dry, then rinse it off. Five-star resorts sell day passes, and the public Amman Beach at Sweimeh is cheaper and plainer. The honest picture: the sea is shrinking by about 1 m a year, the shoreline keeps retreating, and sinkholes have opened on the Israeli side. The water stings any cut, burns the eyes, and is dangerous if swallowed or splashed. Stay in for 15 to 20 minutes, never put your head under, and rinse in fresh water. Summer heat passes 40 C. Go between October and April, keep the swim short, and pair it with Mount Nebo or Madaba. Beaches are calm, clean in the resorts, and the quiet light over the water at sunset is lovely, and wonderfully quiet, though phone signal can be weak, shade is scarce and prices are high.

Eastern shore of the Dead Sea at about 430 m below sea level, reached from Amman in about 50 minutes, with resort hotels and the public Amman Beach at Sweimeh, Sweimeh, Balqa, Jordan

Resort beaches and Amman Beach open daily for day visitors, usually from morning until around sunset, with last entry earlier; confirm locally. The shore itself has no gate, but the better swimming spots sit inside resort or public beach grounds that charge entry. Wadi Mujib is CLOSED to river hikes in winter.

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