Dive sites
Green Bay
Maximum Depth: 10 m
Minimum cert requirement: Beginner
Summary: This bay offers anything and everything a beginner, or a seasoned diver may want from a shore dive. Do you like turtles? We do too!
Do you like underwater statues? What a coincidence!
Do you love shallow reefs with plenty of marine life? That’s where you need to be.
Green Bay is the go to dive spot of Protaras, allowing its guests to reach underwater life by shore. Few steps in the water, then crystal clear blue waters will cast their spells on you.
Location: 35.0004454,34.0678978 – 35.0004253,33.9978577,12
Special equipment requirement: Surface Marker Buoy, Underwater Camera
Dive Type: Ocean, Reef
Entry: Shore
Water Type: Salt
Cyclops
Depth: 10 m – 40 metres
Minimum cert requirement: Advanced Open Water
Summary: Beautiful dive site in the new marine reserve. It is suitable for deep dives up to 40 meters. However, it can also be very interesting as a shallower dive. A natural underwater road makes navigating to embark and disembark easy. You can find moray eels, lionfish, turtles, squid, groupers and whatever else swims in front of your mask.
Special equipment requirement: dive computer, surface marker buoy
Location: 34.98637, 34.07850
Dive Type: Ocean, Reef
Entry: Shore
Water Type: Salt
CAVES (CAPE GREKO)
Depth 12 m
The nearby caves (Cape Greko) can be reached by regular car; the several hundred meters between the asphalt road and the shore are definitely suitable for off-road vehicles. A few meters below, from the parking lot to the shore, you can walk along a path leading among the rocks. Entering the water is easy. It’s worth avoiding the ladder built in 2022; it’s uncomfortable. You can exit the water the same way onto a rocky ledge or swim out through a hole in the cave ceiling located on the part of the ledge that is usually covered by water. During a dive of about an hour, you can visit four easily accessible and beautiful caves. This is a good place for your first experience with diving in enclosed spaces. The caves are bright, so flashlights are not necessary. A bright exit is always visible at the entrance, and the ceilings are full of holes that illuminate the interior, allowing you to swim out. The rock of the caves is so cracked and porous that after emerging, you can observe a line of air bubbles rising to the surface through the cave ceiling. If you want to meditate, clear your mind and body, experience catharsis, and recharge for another year of work, you can pay a fortune to an online personal development guru after returning from vacation, or simply dive here. A smile of delight and a sense of relaxation are common among those diving here with the Yellow Fins Diving Center. If there are no waves at all, you’ll encounter numerous lionfish. When the waves are breaking, these beautiful, predatory fish hide among the rocky recesses. Observers who are particularly attentive will spot seahorses and beautiful nudibranchs, resembling blue flowers, living on small plants. The shape of the underwater rocks clearly indicates that thousands of years ago, the water level was lower here. More than 10 meters below the surface, you can see places where waves once crashed, and the flowing water washed out the rocky channels. Visibility is usually over 25 meters, the water temperature in season ranges between 26-31 degrees Celsius, and the maximum depth is around 12 meters.
Entrance: from the shore
The Chapel
Depth: 10 m – 40 meters
Minimum cert requirement: Advanced Open Water
Summary: This dive spot gets its name from the little Chapel overlooking the Konnos Bay. This bay hosts the vivid marine life, fish, octopuses and all the lovely critters of the sea. Rock formations create a special habitat for the underwater diversity.
For those that like to be a bit more adventurous, this dive begins with a cliff jump into the water and goes straight down to 20m depth. Following the dive route, you come to abandon nets and a small wall that has become home to lots of little fish. If you have the air capacity to keep going, there are some fantastic little reefs a little further on. This is definitely a NITROX dive with a max depth of 30m
Location: 34.9755897,34.0762136 – 34.9755696,34.0061735,12
Special equipment requirement: Surface Marker Buoy, Underwater Camera
Dive Type: Ocean, Reef
Entry: Giant Stride
Water Type: Salt
De Costa Bay
Maximum Depth: 10 meters
Minimum cert requirement: Beginner Level
Summary:
If you want to start your diving adventure with beautiful underwater statues and a sheltered dive site, then De Costa Bay is your ideal dive spot.
You can directly enter water from the shore, and after a short swim, the dive spot will reveal the hidden beauty. Sunken columns and the statue maybe of Atlantis will greet you with all their magnificence.
There are fantastic natural rock formations that are hosting many underwater life; most likely you can be able to see Bream, Brown and Rainbow Wrasse, Parrot Fish, Cleaver Fish, Damselfish and Weaver fish. If you are lucky, Flying Gurnards and Tuna, even Turtles may present.
Special equipment requirement: dive computer, surface marker buoy, Underwater Camera
Dive Type: Ocean, Beach, Sandy Bottom
Entry: Shore
Water Type: Salt
Nemesis Wreck - Protaras
Maximum Depth: 26 m
Minimum cert requirement: Advanced Open Water
Summary: This dive is for the adventure divers who love to look for treasures in and out of water. Nemesis was a trawler that made her last trip to forever lay at the blue shores of Protaras. A short zodiac boat ride will take you to the diving site.
Location: 35.04268, 34.04037
Special equipment requirement: Dive computer, Surface Marker Buoy, Torch, Wetsuit
Dive Type: Ocean, Wreck
Entry: Boat
Water Type: Salt
MUSAN “The Museum of Underwater of Agia Napa”
Depth: 8 m – 10 meters
Minimum cert requirement: Beginner and/or Open Water Diver
Summary: On the azure shore of Agia Napa, a modern underwater museum, a forest of culture and knowledge is now becoming a destination point for divers. Opened in 2021, this museum has been created to facilitate underwater life, being an artificial coral reef in future and to boost the diversity of the fish and marine ecosystem. It is nothing unlike ever seen and putting Cyprus to the scene of the worldwide diving industry.
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/amycw3B5SRwhX54a8
Special equipment requirement: dive computer, wetsuit, underwater camera
Dive Type: Ocean, Channel
Entry: Boat
Water Type: Salt
Kyrenia Wreck
Maximum Depth: 23 meters
Minimum cert requirement: Advanced Open Water
Summary:
Just like the Liberty and the Nemesis, Kyrenia Wreck is also sent down to the Mediterranen with a hope to create an artificial reef for marine life. Since 2006, this nice spot has become a shelter for many creatures, and creates an unique opportunity to join in between them. Kyrenia is also a wonderful scenic dive site, giving a chance for aspiring photographers to catch the best photo of their lives.
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Special equipment requirement: Dive computer, Surface Marker Buoy, Torch
Dive Type: Ocean, Reef
Entry: Boat
Water Type: Salt
Zenobia - Larnaca
Depth: 18 m – 42 meters (max depth to dive is 30 m)
Minimum cert requirement: Advanced Open Water
Summary: A quick search on the web would tell you that Zenobia is in the Top 10 Wreck of the World to be explored, however she is more than that. The time spent underwater caused this huge ro-ro ship to become one of the hot spots of Mediterranean underwater life. 172 meters long this ship is now an underwater hub, if you may… bringing a rich and diverse ecosystem to the reach of humans. It is rightfully a dream coming true for any level of scuba diver, this wreck and a day trip for her is truly a bucket list item.
Location: 34.88593, 33.74451
Special equipment requirement: dive computer, wetsuit, underwater camera
Dive Type: Ocean, Wreck
Entry: Boat
Water Type: Salt
