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SCUBA DIVING IN NORTH CYPRUS
Welcome to the fascinating and unique underwater
 world
of North Cyprus, where you can enjoy one of the
longest diving seasons in the Mediterranean. You
will find crystal-clear, unpolluted water where the
marine life is still undisturbed. Underwater
visibility can be more than 30 meters.
Down in the deep and warn blue you will meet sting
rays, amber jacks, scorpions, bream, grouper,
cuckoo, wrasse, and now and then a sea turtle. The
under water terrain is furthermore an ideal place
for octopus and moray eel, colourful sponges, soft,
soft corals, as well as treasures from ancient
times. You can choose from about twenty diving sites
east and west of Kyrenia as well as diving safaris
to other places along the coast.
These are sites that will give the experienced diver
thrills and the warm, crystal-clear water and
limited depth provide perfect learning condition for
beginner. You can experience wreck diving including
the site where in the 1960's on of the worlds oldest
shipwreck was found - 2 300 years old, dating from
the time of Alexander the Great.
The excavated hull of the ship, together with its
cargo of amphorae and millstones is hosed in a
special museum in Kyrenia Castle. You will be
accompanied
by professional drivers who will do everything to
give you an unforgettable diving holiday. We also
want to inform you that Scuba Diving along the coast
of North Cyprus is not allowed on your own. And it
is illegal to move or ouch any historical artefacts.
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