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Greece
is located in the South East of Europe between the Aegean Sea, the
Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a peninsular and mountainous
country.
Greece offers perfect conditions for scuba diving in its clean and
crystal clear waters.
Scuba diving is allowed in all the sea areas where there is no specific
prohibition for the protection of archaeological sites.
The
Sites we dive:
The
Cavern.
16m max
A gradual descent along the sea bed swimming along walls and through
large rock formations leads you to the Cavern.Starting a dive of
14m, the Cavern is a huge open recess that allows divers to swim
inside. You will find brightly coloured sponges and soft corals
of all shapes and sizes. Nudibranch thrives on the Cavern’s
sponges. Grouper cruise the boulders on the edge of the Cavern.
Inside the Cavern you will slowly ascend to a depth of 6m where
a bright column of light floods the area with natural light (ideal
for photographers). Leaving the Cavern you will swim back to the
boat passing shoals of various Sea bream, various brightly coloured
Wrasse, Picarel, Black Damsel and Comber.
The
Archway. 16m max
Slow descent to 6m and you find in front of you a huge underwater
Archway. A huge bright blue window indicates the direction of the
dive. Swimming into the Archway you will find Bearded Fire worms,
Sea stars, Sponges, Soft Corals and a large resident Scorpion Fish.
Take time to check out the roof of the Archway, you will be amazed
by the variety of colour you’ll see. Once through the Archway
a slow swim will take you over the top of the Cavern and back to
the boat. Make sure you look out for Octopus and Moray Eels on this
dive.
The
Island. 22m max
A relatively new dive site, The Island offers possibly the best
visibility in Kalymnos. You dive the entire Island, starting and
finishing at the same point. The dive starts as a wall dive dropping
to a maximum depth of 22m.The wall is on your right and is full
of life, Small Crabs, Blennies and Gobies. As the wall ends, you
ascend over a meadow of moss and plant (skiers, check out the mogul
run) where you will find small brightly coloured Nudibranch. Large
shoals of silver Smelt, Large Parrotfish, Greek Baiting Sponge,
Large Octopus and the occasional Baraccuda. The end of the dive
takes you through a shallow canyon where the visibility is normally
so good it does not seem that you are underwater.
The
Blue Hole. 16m max
A number of traditional wooden fishing boats have sunk at this dive
site. Three are found in the Blue Hole itself a further two are
sitting on the sea bed along with the remains of a large exploded
Mine. Inside the Hole you drop onto the fishing boats avoiding the
bottom. Eels, Scorpion Fish, Nudibranch and the actual topography
of the site make this an exciting dive. The two fishing boats on
the seabed attract shoals of Sea bream and various Wrasse and Mullet
as they offer a degree of protection. Sanded areas between the boats
are home to Turbet, Sole, Octopus and Cleaver Wrasse. The dive finishes
with a slow swim along a rock ledge at 5m.
(Please note that this dive is not offered to any diver as their
first dive with the centre)
Gildas’Wall.
18m max
A wall dive, with large boulders to explore. The excellent visibility
makes for some stunning sights; look below to see the wall gently
sloping away and into the blue. Shoals of Sea bream, Black Damsel
(Nemos’ cousin) and Parrotfish play around the boulders. On
the wall you will find Blennies, Scorpion Fish, Wrasse and often
Moray Eels. Gildas’ Wall dive finishes entering the Archway,
a very impressive finale.
Rasses’ Wall. (The Cathedral) 18m max
Another great wall dive, you can expect to find all of the usual
marine life but on this dive you will come across a Cavern. Discovered
only recently by a member of Liamis Dive Centre staff, the Cavern
has been likened by more than one diver to a Cathedral. So the name
has stuck, the Cathedral is an amazing, unspoilt cavern full of
the most colourful sponges and soft corals.
Athinas’ Wall. 16m max
You will find Athinas’ Wall on the far side of Vlychadia Bay.
This wall dive will attract a lot of life particularly in the afternoon.
Although a wall dive there are also a lot of valleys like rock formations
to swim along. A bright purple sponge may be found only on this
wall. The extremely rare Pharaoh worm has also been spotted on this
dive. You can expect to find octopus and will be escorted by all
of the usual reef fish.
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