The dive sites of Kas / Turkey
The area around Kas belongs to the Top 100 diving destinations worldwide. This is because this area has an high amount of underwater life combined with very clear water (up to 40 meterss visibility) and beautiful underwater landscapes.
Diving in Kas often remninds you of ancient times: Many very old amphoras and other ancient relicts ( some are more than 2000 years old ) are waiting for your discovery !
There are around 30 different dive spots, that are all reachable within 30 minutes starting from the harbour of Kas. Diving in Kas contains an huge amount of possibilities like wreck-diving, cave-diving, underwater canyons, a lot of stone reefs, swim-throughs & tunnels, nightdiving as well as underwater art exhibitions and many great places for swimming & snorcling.
The marine life : Barakuda, Stingrays, Sea-Turtles, rare Snails & Nudibranches, Dorades, Jackfishes, Soldierfishes, Octopusses, Muray-Eels, Trumpetfishes, many kinds of Brasses as well as huge Groupers of several kinds and many more amazing underwater lifeforms are seen regulary in this area.
A few of the dive sites, we are introducing here ( more will follow, soon ) :
"The
Canyon" : Great underwater canyon, that falls down from 3 - 23 m. Several
swimthroughs, 60 year old iron shipwreck. Alternate routes to max. 18 m. for
beginner divers are possible.
What to see : Sea Turtles, Sepia, Nudibranches, Groupers, Baracudas,
Jackfishes
| Divesite Infos : | |
| Time to reach by boat : | 30 minutes |
| Depht Range : | 3 - 40 meter |
| Adaptable to : | Experienced divers |
| Specials : | Sometimes strong current at surface. In 2007, a seal was regulary sawn at this divespot. |
Neptun
Riff : An easy to dive reef in a depht range of 12-30 meters. Masses of ancient
amphoras.
What to see :very old ancient cans & amphoras ( up to 2000 years old
), rare nudibrnaches, triggerfishes, jackfishes, groupers, brasses, a small (
diveable ) caynon, sometimes sea-turtles.
| Divesite Infos : | |
| Time to reach by boat : | 35 minutes |
| Depht Range : | 12 - 40 Meter |
| Adaptable to : | all levels |
| Specials : | Ancient amphoras, small diveable underwater canyon |
The
Tunnel : In a depht of 18 meters, you are swimming down in a
hole ( 5 x 5 meter ) and find yourself suddenly in a beautifull, half closed
cave ( which means : you see always the exit )
. There are beautifull soft corals growing at the walls and in the edges on
the bottom, you'll find small shrimps. Later, your route let you follow a nice
dropoff, where you can find nice nudibranches, parrot fishes, soldier-fishes,
spanish lobsters and also groupers.
What to see :very old ancient cans & amphoras ( up to 2000 years
old ), rare nudibrnaches, triggerfishes, jackfishes, groupers, brasses, a
small ( diveable ) caynon, sometimes sea-turtles.
| Tauchspot Infos : | |
| Time to reach by boat | 35 - 40 minutes |
| Depht Range : | 20 - 40 meter |
| Adaptable to : | Experienced divers |
| Specials : | Direct descent to 20 meters at the boat's anchor place |
Oasis
Reef : A small, mountain-shaped reef, sourrounded by sand and seegras.
On your way to the reef, you will see many quiet huge shells, which are living
in symbiosis with small shrimps. At the reef, there are many small caves
with muray-eels and cardinalfishes living inside - also many nice amphoras
are to see there. Nearby the reef lays a small shipwreck, which is the home
of 2 big groupers, some softcorals and a very rare kind of anemone. The Oasis
reef is very flexible to dive and for sure worse to go there 2 or 3 times. Those
of you with good eyes may find seahorses as well.
What to see : Sepia, sea rabbits, a small ship wreck, groupers, sea turtles,
nudibranches, sometimes baracudas.
| Divespot Infos : | |
| Time to reach by boat : | 30 minutes |
| Depht Range : | 8 - 25 meter |
| Adaptable to : | all levels |
| Specials : | Small ship wreck, sea turtles |
Assi
Island : A good place to see octopus, barakudas, rare nudibranches,
grouper and sometimes sea turtles. Assi Island is a small Island, which you
can sourround during your dive. Underwater photographers can find many nice
motives here.
What to see : Groupers, nudibranches, jackfishes, small tunas, octopus
| Divespot Infos : | |
| Time to reach by boat | 30 minutes |
| Depht Range | 12 - 40 meters |
| Adaptable to : | all levels |
| Specials : | Alternate routes for beginners possible in case, there is current |
2
Brothers : A pair of islands, that includes in fact 3 different
divespots - from a shallow dive in easy circumstances up to "secret" places beyond
the standard depht limits. The record to sourround in one dive the 2 islands
( a 96 minutes dive ) is still unbeaten....
What to see : Groupers, nudibranches, jackfishes,brasses, muray eels,
octopus
| Divespot Infos : | |
| Time to reach by boat | 30 minutes |
| Depht Range | 5 - 55 meters |
| Adaptable to : | All level |
| Specials : | Many different dive routes possible |
"Flying
Fish" : According to several elections from divers, scuba-magazines
& divecenters, this divesite is the No 1 diveplace in Turkey. One of
the main reasons for this as a airplane wreck from the second world war (
italian bomber ) that lays in a depht from 58 - 70 meter.
What to see :Airplane wreck from second world war,
Barakuda, Rare Snails, Stingrays, Octopus, Muray Eels, Brasses, Jackfishes,
Trigger-Fishes, many huge Groupers.
| Divespot Infos : | |
| Time to reach by boat | 35 minutes |
| Depht Range : | 6 - 60 Meter |
| Adaptable to : | experienced divers |
| Specials : | Often strong current from the open sea-side. A dive to the airplane wreck is limited to very high experienced divers only. |
