Marmaris

 

 

DIVERS DELIGHT BAY 

This bay offers a selection of three dives from novice to experience. For novice divers or your second dive of the day we recommend the 12 meter dive which is abundant in marine life and also offers swim throughs, hard and soft corals as well as caves and tunnels for the experienced diver. 

The 18 meter dive offers 2000 year old amphoras and the chance to encounter Groupers, Moray eels, Jacks, Ray's, and Octopus. This dive can also be done as a multilevel dive and combined with the 12 metre dive. 

The 30 metre dive is for the experienced diver, and as you make your way down the drop off, you will come to a reef where you will see a 2000 year old anchor and also amphora. As you work your way around the reef you will come across a family of Groupers that will stay there until you get within a few metres, when they will disappear into there home. This area is also frequented by Rays.

THE WALL 

On this dive you will be dropped to the right of the wall and the best way to dive this is to keep your depth at around 18 meters, where you will see the wall covered in hard and soft coral. The bottom depth of this dive is 45 meters off the wall. Therefore, buoyancy control is essential. Here you will also get the chance to see an abundant amount of marine life, sometimes we get the occasional Tuna, large Groupers and Jacks. Towards the end of the wall the depth rises to around 12 meters where you will find an open cave that rises above the surface, this is where the boat will be waiting to collect you.

KADIRGA ROCK 

Kadirga rock is a well known favorite in Turkey as on this dive there are some interesting archaeological finds. 

The rock rises from the water and the boat will anchor up here to let you kit up and be in the same place at the end of the dive. Your guide will take you down to around 15 meters where you will see hundreds of amphora. Although nearly all of them are smashed, you can still see the odd one intact. You will then make your way round the rock to a place were you will see a very large Grouper that is nearly always there. Please refrain from taking these amphoras as it is against the law. On Kadirga Rock you can see a wide variety of marine life and you can also find anchors around the rock that date back thousands of years.

CHIMNEY CAVE 

Chimney cave is a wonderful dive. At this dive site where the boat moors up to the reef, the stunning back drop of the mountains really hits you, not to mention the stunning underwater topography. The dive here is a multilevel dive that takes you around a wall and as you keep your depth at around 18 meters you make your way round the reef. After 20 minutes, turn round on a reciprocal bearing and swim up to 15 meters where you will come across a gully. At the top of the gully is a cave, that on entry, you can look up and see a hole in the roof. This exit hole is quite large so you can pass through it safely. On exiting the cave you are now at 7 to 8 meters where you can take it nice and easy along the top of the reef and take in the beauty that the Aegean sea has to offer.

 

Fethiye

 

BARRACUDA REEF 

The boat will anchor direct over the reef roof. The top of the reef is 12metres. The descent allows you to explore many types of fish and marine life. The reef is a small island that drops off to 45 meters with a spectacular view. Great photographic opportunities. Groups of Barracuda can be seen.

 

Depth/ Time 45 m (only 30 max depth permitted. Dive - 100 ft) 50 mins. or 50 bar 

Entry/ Exit Same place above the reef 

Buddy Teams Checks!!! 

Formations: Buddy teams 

Directions of Dive Multiple around the reef 

Boat Positioning Will wait above the reef in open water 

Points of interest Nice reef; groups of barracuda fish 

Potential Hazards Mild current over reef 

Class of dive Multi-level experienced dive

TUNNELS 

A good shallow second dive of the day. The first tunnel is at 12m./40ft. where you enter and exit at 3m./10ft. In every arch way or tunnel, you can see the light of exit point and with the longest tunnel being only 10m/ 33ft. in length there is no need for guide lines and there is plenty of natural light. For this dive, lights are recommended to see into smaller homes and hiding places for any species of life including red mullet, mullet fish, shrimp, sea cucumbers, brittle stars and many types of sea anemones.

 

Depth/ Time 18m-60ft / 60 mins or 50 bar 

Entry/ Exit front of Big Rock in bay 

Buddy Teams Checks!!! 

Formations: Buddy teams follow up leader through tunnels 

Directions of Dive D/O move East with shoreline on left side towards bays 

Boat Positioning After D/O will move into bay 

Points of interest Nice tunnels/ arches to swim through 

Potential Hazards Narrow tunnel 

Class of dive Experienced dive

AFKULE 

Probably the best dive in the Med… The wall where one starts the dives is so colourful and there are many varieties of marine life to photograph. Along the fauna and coral wall you will find trumpet anemones, gem anemones, daisy anemones, strawberry anemones, devonshire cup corals, gold star coral, soft corals, dead man fingers, sea fans and many forms of lace coral. The Morays linger in the holes and cracks along with small shrimp and blennies. The exit point inside and open cavern where the most beautiful scenery above and below the water awaits you.

 

Depth/ Time 25m-75ft / 60 mins. or 50 bar 

Entry/ Exit At cavern entrance 

Buddy Teams Checks!!! 

Formations: Buddy teams 

Directions of Dive From D/O move to exit point and wait 

Boat Positioning Will wait above in open water 

Points of interest Colorful wall, amazing cavern one can surface inside 

Potential Hazards No bottom on wall, so excellent buoyancy control a must! Avoid vertigo- stay close to wall 

Class of dive Experienced dive

 

Other Interested Points

Three Tunnels

 

Depth 32 m. / 105 ft. 

Time 60 min. or 50 bar 

Direction 

of Dive Boat anchors on sea bed, follow the anchor line down and will continue moving westwards away from shore following Drop Off to 21m and start of first tunnel. 

Boat 

Positioning Will remain anchored in same place. 

Points of 

Interest Three amazing, colorful tunnels, and nice Drop Offs along reef. 

Any potential 

Hazards Swim through tunnel one at a time, follow leader. 

Class 

of Dive Fairly Deep Dive - Experienced Diver Only. 

Summary of Dive Site 

This is a new dive site we discovered in winter 93. From the anchor there are some nice Drop Offs to swim along till you reach the first tunnel at 18m. The tunnels range from 3 to 10m in length with exit points visible at all times. The third tunnel is probably the most interesting and it is shaped like a small canyon. All tunnels have plenty of soft corals and sponges so a dive light is recommended to appreciate the interesting colors within. Following the slope back to the anchor line to finish this great dive.

Octopus Point

 

Depth 25 m / 80 ft 

Time 60 min. or 50 bar 

Direction 

of Dive From Drop Off down to hole then south with shore on one's left side. 

Boat 

Positioning Wait above dive site. 

Points of 

Interest Wall / Drop off / Abundance of marine life / Superb visibility. 

Any potential 

Hazards Good buoyancy control on descent and near drop off 

Class 

of Dive Intermediate to experienced divers. 

Summary of Dive Site 

An excellent dive for intermediate to experienced divers. The entry point is from the boat into 25m of water, with the reference being the wall on your left-hand side, the wall dramatically slopes down to 50m. Visibility is usually 20-30m, with slipper lobsters and moray eels hiding amongst crevices, nooks and crannies. The dive then profiles up, until the point of the wall, where you follow the bottom which is a mixture of sand, shingle and turtle grass, hiding many species of marine life, from octopus, crabs, seaworms, stargazers and our residential ray (which can also be seen swimming along the wall/drop off.) Small pieces of amphora also lie amongst the turtle grass in the calm, clear, shallow waters of the bay. Octopus Point is an excellent dive for photographic enthusiasts, due to such good visibility and varied mixture of marine life.

Mexican Hat

 

Depth 25 m / 80 ft 

Time 60 min. or 50 bar 

Direction 

of Dive From Drop Off down to hole then south with shore on one's left side. 

Boat 

Positioning Wait above dive site. 

Points of 

Interest Hole formations / Drop Offs / Archway. 

Any potential 

Hazards Good buoyancy control on descent. Don't go into hole beyond Guide Diver. 

Class 

of Dive Experienced Divers only. 

Summary of Dive Site 

The name comes from the shape of the hole which goes up and looks like a Mexican hat. The hole is at 20m / 66 ft and is large enough to accommodate 6-8 divers at one time. Also good buoyancy is important to stop stirring up the bottom, which is sandy. Using your dive light you can find large mullet, shrimps, soft coral and some groupers hiding amongst the cracks. The hole also homes some moray eels that lay and wait for some unsuspecting prey. At the exit for the dive there is an amazing underwater archway one can get excellent photographs of buddies swimming through

Derin Wall

 

Depth 24 m / 80 ft 

Time 60 min. or 50 bar 

Direction 

of Dive Multilevel alongside of wall, shore on one's left side. 

Boat 

Positioning The boat follows the dives picking them up as they surface. 

Points of 

Interest From Drop Off will follow and pick up divers. The boat will not anchor. 

Any potential 

Hazards Good buoyancy control an descent/depth. 

Class 

of Dive Intermediate-Advanced. 

Summary of Dive Site 

Beneath the surface are unusual layers of rock which continue downwards from the cliffs above. Hidden in the darkest places and amongst the rocks at various depths are spiny lobsters, crayfish, shrimps. The wall also has many types of soft coral, sponges & sea anemones. You follow the wall with the shore on your left, the boat is above you, surface slowly to waiting boat.

Aladin's Cavern

 

Depth 23 m / 75 ft 

Time 60 min. or 50 bar 

Direction 

of Dive From Drop Off move east with shoreline on one's left.. 

Boat 

Positioning From Drop Off move to exit and wait. 

Points of 

Interest Colorful wall and an amazing cavern where one can surface. 

Any potential 

Hazards No bottom on wall, so excellent buoyancy control a must!! Avoid vertigo and stay close to wall. 

Class 

of Dive Advanced divers only. 

Summary of Dive Site 

"Probably the best dive in the world" well it's a slight exaggeration but it's definitely the best dive in our area. The wall that one stars the dive is so colorful and there are many varieties of marine life to photograph. Along the fauna and coral wall you will find trumpet anemones, gem anemones, daisy anemones, strawberry anemones, devonshire cup corals, gold star coral, soft corals, dead man fingers and many forms of lace coral. The moray linger in the holes and cracks along with small shrimps and bennies. The exit point is inside an open cavern where most beautiful scenery above and below the water awaits you