Explore Ayia Napa

Ayia Napa, located on the southeastern coast of Cyprus, offers a captivating diving experience with its diverse marine landscapes. Known for its crystal-clear waters, Ayia Napa is a diver's paradise featuring an array of caves, tunnels, rock formations, and canyons. Shore diving is particularly popular here, allowing easy access to pristine reefs from the beach. For those seeking a bit more adventure, the region's famous dive site, The Caves, invites divers to explore its intriguing labyrinth of small tunnels and caves, providing an exhilarating underwater journey. For advanced divers, Ayia Napa is home to remarkable wreck dives, including an artificial wreck located just 1 kilometer off the coast. This site offers a thrilling exploration opportunity and a chance to encounter various marine species that inhabit the area. With generally calm sea conditions and excellent visibility, Ayia Napa is perfect for both beginners and seasoned divers. Dive centers in the area provide courses and excursions, while liveaboards offer access to other stunning dive sites across the Mediterranean Sea, making Ayia Napa a must-visit destination for diving enthusiasts.

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★★★★★ Caves, Cape Greco

Situated on the south coast this site offers tunnels and caves. A little walk down a rocky path to the waters edge and then a giant stride in. Max depth is around 13m. The exit can be traditional or there is another cave to enter at 2m which will exit at the surface.

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★★★★☆ MUSAN

Just off Pernera Beach in Ayia Napa the MUSAN (Museum of Underwater Sculpture Ayia Napa) can be found at a maximum depth of just 10m. Access to MUSAN is strictly via an official dive centre.

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★★★★☆ Canyon, Cape Greco

To access the water here you need ladders. Sometimes ladders are in place but if the weather has been bad during the winter there is a risk they are no longer there. Once in the water you can turn right and explore the wall or you can head out at 190 degrees to a small pinnacle.

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★★★★★ Chapel (Agioi Anargyroi)

Max depth here is 40m+. A giant stride in will see the bottom drop away to 10m and the gradually slope to 30m. Exit is the same place as entry which can be difficult because of the height and also the ledge above the water line.

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★★★★★ Ammos tou Kambouri Beach

Also known as Blue Haze, this site is from the beach. Access to the water is from a few steps or on the beach. It is very shallow to start and a small channel leads out to around 2m depth and then on to a maximum of 6m. This site is usually used for try dives and training.

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Diving in Ayia Napa

Ayia Napa diving has sites for everyone, from novice divers to the most advanced divers. The Caves dive site offers the best of Cyprus’ cave diving, with a number of incredible underwater caverns and extensive tunnels where shafts of light act as a torch for the divers. At Cyclops Cave, located in Green Bay, slip into mini canyons by a seated entry among countless tropical fish. The site is great for advanced dive courses, from performance buoyancy to digital underwater photography while Sandy Bay is ideal for novice dive courses, where you can practice skills on the sandy flats.

There are also some great artificial reefs, in the form of boat wrecks that were sunk in recent years and are now teeming with life. The Nemesis III and the Liberty Wreck both stand in the Ayia Napa water, lying at 25 meters/82 feet. Around Cape Greco, there are many dives where you can enter by shore into calm waters devoid of current.

The best Months to Dive in Ayia Napa

Scuba diving in Ayia Napa is possible all-year-round, where the calm sites are rarely affected by the weather conditions. From May to October, the weather and the waters are at their warmest with the warmer water conditions inviting a greater abundance of marine life to the area.

Cyprus’ rainy season starts in November and lasts until February but fortunately, the average rainfall is modest and whatever season you decide to visit, there will always be plenty of sunshine to dry you off at your surface interval.

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75 NISSI AVENUE, 5330 AYIA NAPA, CYP