Iranian Gulf — West Coast

The western Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf, from Bushehr south to Asaluyeh, is an industrial coast dominated by Iran's petrochemical infrastructure. Bushehr is both the site of Iran's nuclear power station and its principal Gulf port, a city with a long maritime history as a trading hub between Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, and India. Spring tidal range along this coast runs 2.0 to 3.0 m, the tide increasing toward the head of the Gulf. The shoreline south of Bushehr passes through Asaluyeh, the hub of the South Pars/North Dome gas field — the world's largest natural gas field, shared with Qatar. Despite the industrial character, the shallow inshore waters support traditional fishing communities whose dhow fleets still operate from small harbours between the major port facilities. The tidal patterns here are clearly semidiurnal with diurnal inequality; local fishermen time their operations to coincide with tidal currents that concentrate fish against the shore structure. Open-Meteo Marine gridded model, accuracy class ±45 min / ±0.2–0.3 m.