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Diving Sites
Welcome to the fascinating and unique underwaterworld of North Cyprus where you can enjoy 365 days of diving a year!

Here, you will find crystal-clear, unpolluted water with a visibility of 30 meters that attracts a variety of marine life such as turtles, sting rays, octopus, groupers, moray, amber jack and many others. The dive sites are for different levels of experience. They suit beginners just as well as experienced divers. Please note that the removal of shells and historical artefacts is strictly prohibited in North Cyprus.


An interesting dive for experienced divers. Look out for the chain and anchor at 25 m and the school of corb fish lurking around the shades of the rocks, the groupers. Occasionally you will spot octopus, eels, turtles and schools of migrant fish like tuna and amberjacks.
Depth: 13 to 30 m

This is one of the most exhilarating dives you can enjoy with us. There is a huge reef with a drop off from 18 to 28 m and a large variety of marine life everywhere.
Depth: 18 to 28 m

An Ideal dive site for beginners or divers wanting to develop multi level diving skills and navigation skills.
Depth: 14 to 26 m

A fantastic deep dive. If you are looking for somewhere to cool off in the summer heat no better place then at the depths of paradise. An abundance of marine life lives below the thermocline, so get ready for a cool and refreshing dive
Depth: 40 m

An excellent location for an easy afternoon dive. You can often spot turtles and sting-ray as well as the usual small fish at this site covered by flat rock formations.
Depth: 12 to 18 m

A fun site, just off the coast of Alsancak, for curious beginners. this site has many nooks and crannies in the rocks for fish to hide in and you are likely to be shadowed by colourful rainbow fish during your dive
Depth: 14 m

A large grouper awaits you guarding this cove, which is decorated with scattered broken amphora pieces. Curious soldier fish watch you every move very closely at this site.
Depth: 25 m

An easy and relaxing afternoon dive off the coast of Alsancak dotted with baby coral. Baby amberjacks follow the divers around in season.
Depth: 14 to 16 m

Off the coast of Karakum opposite the old Zeyko olive oil factory this site consists of an underwater mountain with its peak at 14 m and massive rocks scattered around. A very attractive site for keen underwater photographers. Depth 28 m.
Depth: 14 to 22 m

Just East of the Picturesque Kyrenia castle and harbour, this dive site contains ancient artefacts, an old anchor and a airplane cockpit. A mini wreck in itself.
Depth: 27 m

With hardly any crew members aboard when she went down, nobody knows anything about her course or the reason she sank. Her name was Lazy Days and now she lays a bit more than 6 ft under.
Depth: 17 m

�Fred�, the Golden Grouper, appreciates foods such as boiled eggs and bread that we supply divers to bring down. There is a variety of friendly fish to visit at this site. made of three short reefs but abundant of groupers, amberjacks any many more large fish
Depth: 25 m

Prior to this dive you should visit the Shipwreck in the Kyrenia Castle. The wreck is one of the oldest known in the world. An old gullet carrying amphoras sunk just as it was coming in to Kyrenia harbour. A fascinating dive site as you can still see where the wreck lay in the sand, a dive recommended for experienced divers.
Depth: 30 m

This dive site consists of couple of long and narrow reef formations that run parallel to the shore ranging from 10 to 40 m depending on your distance from the shore. The holes and pits on the reef make the site an attractive living environment for Moray-eels, groupers, octopus, soldier fish and many others. Many sea shells can also be found.
Depth: 10 to 40 m

This site looks like a huge underwater mountain with its peak at 13 m and baswe at 30 m. Massive rocks scattered around the foot of the mountain. Situated opposite the power station the fish are attracted by the even warmer waters here generated by the power plant. A site ideal for photography with it s abundance of sea life and unusual landscaping.
Depth: 13 to 30 m

This wreck situated at the tip of the island on the so called pan handle in Karpaz is an enjoyable afternoon dive. The cool turquoise waters of Karpaz make it a great dive site for the hot summer days.
Depth: 4 to 16 m

This dive site in Esentepe is a fascinating site. Do not expect to see much in terms of sea life as it is scarce in rocks, however a British plane crashed here during the second world war and you can still see the remains of the craft scattered along the sea bed.
Depth: 12 to 24 m


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