Dive in Kuşadası

Keep calm and dive in Kusadasi

Scuba Diving in Kusadasi

Water temperature:

15°C (59°F) in May to 25°C (77°F) in August

Suit:

7mm semi dry in cooler months, 3mm wetsuit in July and August

Visibility:

5 to 20 metres (16 to 65 feet)

Type of diving:

Wrecks, reefs, walls, drop-offs, caverns and tunnels

Marine life:

Octopus, stingrays, groupers, barracuda, morays, sea bream, nudibranchs, red mullets and sponges.

When to go:

The diving season runs from April to November,

       

 

        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  offeringtry-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 

Scientific / Common Name Turkish Name
smelt (Atherina hepsetus)
Sand-Smelt or Silverside
gümüş balığı       5 – 10 cm (transparent body)
boops (Boops boops)
Bogue
kupes
10-30 cm
mullet (Mugil cephalus)
Flathead mullet and Grey Mullet
kefal
15 – 70 cm
crete fish (Thalassoma pavo)
Ornate wrasse
gün
wrasse (Coris julis)
Mediterranean rainbow wrasse
Photo by Can, Alp
güneş
fish crete greece Symphodus ocellatus lapin
comber fish greece (Serranus scriba)
Painted comber
hanos
comber greece (Serranus cabrilla)
Comber
hanos
greek fish (Gobius niger) kaya balığı
tentacled blenny Parablennius tentacularis
Tentacled blenny
horozbina
greater weever (Trachinus draco)
Greater weever
trakonya
red scorpionfish (Scorpaena notata)
Small red scorpionfish
iskorpit
fish of greece (Chromis chromis)
Damselfish
papaz balığı
damselfish reek fish (Oblada melanura)
Saddled seabream
melanur
seabram (Diplodus sargus sargus)
White seabream
sargoz
nnular seabream Diplodus annularis
nnular seabream
izparoz
fish greece (Sarpa salpa)
Salema
.
sarpa
fish crete (Lithognathus mormyrus)
Striped seabream
mırmır
seabream (Pagrus pagrus)
Common seabream
.
fangri
labrax Dicentrarchus labrax
European seabass
levrek
parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense)
Parrotfish
papağan balığı
gilthead (Sparus auratus)
Gilthead seabream
çipura
Common sole (Solea solea)
Common sole
dil balığı
Garpike, Needlefish (Belone belone belone)
Garpike, Needlefish
zargana
Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)
Mediterranean moray
           müren            30 cm – 2,5 m
octopus (Octopus Vulgaris)
octopus
Ahtapot