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Scuba Diving in Kusadasi
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Water temperature:
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15°C (59°F) in May to 25°C (77°F) in August
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Suit:
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7mm semi dry in cooler months, 3mm wetsuit in July and August
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Visibility:
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5 to 20 metres (16 to 65 feet)
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Type of diving:
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Wrecks, reefs, walls, drop-offs, caverns and tunnels
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Marine life:
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Octopus, stingrays, groupers, barracuda, morays, sea bream, nudibranchs, red mullets and sponges.
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When to go:
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The diving season runs from April to November,
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Kusadasi has become very accessible in recent years to European holidaymakers and as the tourisms industry has developed, so too has the diving industry. ,Sea Garden diving center offering try-dives and training to those who have never dived before. For more experienced divers,Boat diving ; two-center trips are aviable options to encounter a wider range of dive sites. On a visit to Turkey you can expect to find warm, clear waters and a large number of dive sites. The underwater scenery is varied and interesting, with tunnels, caverns and rocky pinnacles providing divers with plenty to explore.
we can offer you a full range of courses from the complete beginner wanting to Discover Scuba, all the way through to Instructor Level.
Kusadasi is an ideal destination for a family or for divers who have a non-diving partner, or for those who want to try diving for the first time. It makes a great place to combine diving with a normal holiday and package deals tend to be very reasonably priced. The diving is typical of the Mediterranean, so although very pleasant, don't expect the amount of marine life to be as abundant as in the Red Sea or the Caribbean. If you are an experienced diver, you should enquire at your diving center before you book as to whether you will be grouped with new divers during your holiday.
Types of Fish in and around Kusadasi
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Scientific / Common Name |
Turkish Name |
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(Atherina hepsetus)
Sand-Smelt or Silverside |
gümüş balığı 5 - 10 cm (transparent body) |
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(Boops boops)
Bogue
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kupes
10-30 cm |
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(Mugil cephalus)
Flathead mullet and Grey Mullet
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kefal
15 - 70 cm |
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(Thalassoma pavo)
Ornate wrasse
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gün |
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(Coris julis)
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
Photo by Can, Alp |
güneş |
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Symphodus ocellatus
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lapin |
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(Serranus scriba)
Painted comber
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hanos |
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(Serranus cabrilla)
Comber
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hanos |
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(Gobius niger)
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kaya balığı |
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Parablennius tentacularis
Tentacled blenny
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horozbina |
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(Trachinus draco)
Greater weever
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trakonya |
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(Scorpaena notata)
Small red scorpionfish
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iskorpit |
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(Chromis chromis)
Damselfish
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papaz balığı |
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(Oblada melanura)
Saddled seabream
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melanur |
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(Diplodus sargus sargus)
White seabream
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sargoz |
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Diplodus annularis
nnular seabream
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izparoz |
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(Sarpa salpa)
Salema
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sarpa |
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(Lithognathus mormyrus)
Striped seabream
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mırmır |
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(Pagrus pagrus)
Common seabream
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fangri |
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Dicentrarchus labrax
European seabass |
levrek |
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(Sparisoma cretense)
Parrotfish
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papağan balığı |
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(Sparus auratus)
Gilthead seabream
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çipura |
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(Solea solea)
Common sole
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dil balığı |
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(Belone belone belone)
Garpike, Needlefish
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zargana |
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(Muraena helena)
Mediterranean moray
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müren 30 cm - 2,5 m
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(Octopus Vulgaris)
octopus
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Ahtapot |
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