Cyprus Dive Sites | Scuba Diving in Cyprus

Diving in Cyprus

Cyprus offers excellent visibility, warm waters and a wide variety of dive sites suitable for all experience levels — from relaxed shore dives to deeper boat-access sites.

Below is a selection of shore and boat dive sites we regularly dive, chosen for their accessibility, interest and conditions.

Shore Dive Sites

Green Bay

A popular shore dive featuring underwater statues, sandy patches and frequent turtle and seahorse sightings.

Depth: 1–10m

MUSAN

Sunk in 2021, the MUSAN is an underwater museum, perfect for new and experienced divers alike

Depth: 9-12m

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Tunnels and Caves

Easy swimthroughs with plenty of light. Look out for the map of Cyprus at the cave entrance and plenty of seahorses in the sand.

Depth: 10–15m

The Blue Hole

A 10 minute swim due East of Green Bay brings you to a lovely swimthrough that starts at 12m and drops to 18m

Depth: 3–18m

Spongebob

A long gully, full of black sponges, running parallel to the shore line. Keep your eyes peeled for Morays, Flying Gurnard and turtles.

Depth: 12–17m

Cyclops

Our favourite deeper diving site with rocky drop-offs. You will find a jetski at 18m and the remnants of an old moped at the far wall.

Depth: 10–40m

Boat Dive Sites

Liberty Wreck

Our first purposefully sunk shipwreck in Cyprus. The Liberty sank in 2009 and has been gathering tube worms and sea squirts since

Depth: 27m

Nemesis III Wreck

We love the Nemesis as it is a perfect introduction to wreck diving. Look out for nudibranchs on this wreck and enjoy some easy penetration into the engine room

Depth: 25m

Artificial reefs at Golden Coast Harbour

Golden Coast Reefs

Reef structures sunk to create a marine habitat for underwater life. Giant nets have now sunk under the weight of clams growing, while morays and lionfish find their homes in the nooks and crannies.

Depth: 27–18m

Kyrenia Wreck

Ayia Napa's only wreck to date sits in 22m of water and with crystal clear visibility you can get great shots of the whole wreck on descent'

Depth: 22m

Canyon

A lovely boat dive, where you can often just drift with the current, as you dive around the coastline from Ayia Napa towards Protaras.

Depth: 5-18m

Elpida

Sunk in 2019, the Elpida is a 63m long cargo vessel and a fabulous wreck for easy penetration options.

Depth: 28m

Lambousa

Sitting close to the Elpida wreck, the Lambousa is the newest Larnaca wreck to dive and a sister ship to the Costandis in Limassol.

Depth: 24m

Zenobia

Our most famous Cyprus wreck, perfect for Advanced Open Water to Technical divers.

Depth: 18-42m

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HMS Cricket

We don't dive here very often, due to its location and distance from resorts. The cricket sits on its head off the coast of Xylafagou.

Depth: 32m

The Bat Cave

A fun dive to combine with the HMS cricket. Enter the bat cave from 6m underwater and you can surface inside the cave to see the bats.

Depth: 6m

Costandis

The Costandis is a real aquarium kind of dive with lots of fish life and impressive size groupers. Based in Limassol, it is a bit further to travel but well worth the effort.