Diving Points
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The Daily Hürriyet Newspaper formed a jury composed of teachers, divers and underwater photographers, who determined the best 10 diving points of Turkey. The Underwater Federation will apply to the Ministry of Agriculture in order to have these places included among the places where hunting is prohibited.
Uçan Balık, Kaş
Uçan Balık (Flying Fish) is between Meis Island and Kaş and is a deep diving
point. It is famous for grouper fish at a depth of 30-35 meters. A three-motor
Italian reconnaissance plane wreck lies at 65 meters. The underwater range of
visibility is always 30 meters and above. It is a difficult point with a current,
so it is suitable only for experienced divers.
Büyük Resif (Great Reef), Bodrum
It is advantageous to be on the first diving boat because the water is clear
in the early hours of the day. All kinds of Aegean fish swim together in harmony.
Grouper, lear fish, dentex and morray are the permanent guards of the area.
Sometimes migrant fish from the Red Sea visit the point. It has a well-preserved
reef. Kargı Island, Bodrum is also a neighboring diving point bearing similar
underwater characteristics.
Afkule, Fethiye
It is among the best cliff-diving points of Turkey. There is a 70-meter fissure
going downwards from the surface along the cliff. It is recommended that you
watch the sky toward the surface from the cave. If you are lucky, this is a
special area where you can meet underwater livings of all sizes.
Delimehmet, Ayvalık
Ayvalık is an area satisfying even the most capricious diver with dozens of
islands and diving points. Deli Mehmet, Kerbela and Ezher Bey reefs offer a
visual feast from the sea towards the surface. Red coral called Gorgonia is
the specialty of this area. It is possible to see sea bream shoals, conger eels,
morray, spiny lobsters, rockling, grouper and octopus in every dive. You can
take photos of various lifeforms at the reef.
Kalkan
The wrecks of the Sakarya and of an English cargo ship are the favorite diving
points in Kalkan. When diving along a canyon-like fissure, you can reach these
wrecks where all sorts of fish have nested. The wrecks are between 15 and 65
meters deep. The area is also rich in underwater flora. It is among the rare
places where divers of all levels can dive.
3 Adalar, Tekirova
Access from the coast is easy, but there are two disadvantages: sometimes the
visibility range is low, and it is always crowded as it is the only scuba-diving
point in the area. In addition to various fish, it is famous for soft corals.
You can meet some groupers who saved their lives from the harpoons. 3 Adalar
is among the favorite spots for local and foreign divers.
Bebek and Minnoş rock islets, Saros
Saros Bay is close to Istanbul and is an ideal diving place to escape to on
weekends without hindering your business. Accommodation is available with shelters,
hotels and camping areas. The rocks are the most colorful cliffs of Turkey,
and it is possible to meet spinny lobsters or baby lobsters in all of the cavities
at depths of 30-40 meters. It is rich with red starfish, whelks, morray and
scorpion fish.
Sivriada, Istanbul
Most people think it is not a good place to dive due to the polluted and cool
water and the diminished varieties of life of the Marmara Sea. However, the
point called "67 Taşı" (Stone of 67) on the southeast of Siviriada
is very popular with its diving profile without a current and the number of
dives per year. There are many amphoras around.
Kocadağ, Gökova
When you dive at any point in Gökova, you should keep in mind that you are diving
into the sea with the most beautiful "blue" color. This feeling reaches
its peak at the skirts of Kocadağ. The depth is 200 meters in front of the headland.
As you dive along the cliff, you meet every kind of sea anemone, spinny lobsters,
shellfish and sponge of the Aegean Sea. In October, tuna fish of 8-10 kilos
visit the bay. Moreover groupers, the symbol of the Aegean Sea, live in almost
all cavities.
Hisarönü, Datça
When you head towards Simi Island of Greece, west of Atabol Lighthouse at Hisarönü
Bay, the depth reduces to 15-20 meters. This shallow area is a circle with a
diameter of one kilometer. The outer parts combine with sand at 45-50 meters
depth and then go ahead to deeper areas. The upper parts are sandy with stones.
Since it is in the middle of the sea, the water is very clear and the visibility
range is long. The underwater life is still very rich since the area is not
very popular. The specialty of the point is that blotched picarels gather here
in big shoals for spawning in April and May. The disadvantage of the spot is
that diving is possible only in windless weather and when the sea is calm.
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