the waters surrounding bodrum offer more than 20 dive sites including reefs, walls, caverns, caves, pinnacles, 2 great wrecks and even a sunken plane.
water temp : 18-28 degrees celcius
visibility : 15-30 meters
expect to see dusky grouper, barracuda, parrotfish, octopus, moray eel, starfish, sea bass, sea bream, scorpionfish and perhaps stingray, turtle or dolphin!
big reef-boat dive, sometimes current, indermediate difficulty, depth 5-35mt, large scaled scorpionfish, sponges, moray eels, groupers. one of bodrum's most popular dive spots, great for spotting tuna and barracuda.
small reef-boat dive, sometimes current, intermediate difficulty, depth 5-32mt, close to big reef, great for spotting barracuda, tuna and large groupers.
sg115 shipwreck-boat dive, easy difficulty, depth 18-26mt, ex coast guard patrol ship, octopus, large groupers, many species smaller fish around wreck. wreck is 29mt long and 17mt high.
pinar 1 shipwreck-boat dive, medium difficulty, advanced divers only, depth 36mt, nudibranch, octopus, squid, moray eel, many species of small fish. ex turkish navy water tanker, 37mt long, 18mt high. possible to penetrate the wheelhouse where the wheel remains in place. great for photography.
c47 dakota plane wreck- boat dive, easy to medium difficulty, depth 28mt, octopus, groupers, dentex, barracuda. dakota c47 lies with one wing in 17mt, the other in 25mt, with her tail in 28mt. she is an ex turkish air force parachute plane.
smuggler’s bay-boat dive, easy difficulty, depth 5-30mt, amphorae, octopus, stingray, moray eel, grouper and many species small fish. great place for beginners, training and advanced divers alike.
lighthouse bay-boat dive, easy difficulty, 5-20mt, sandy bottom, octopus, many species small fish, sponges, grouper, moray eel, barracuda.
wolf point-boat dive, medium difficulty, sometimes current, 5-30mt amphorae, many species small fish, dentex, barracuda, car wreck. thousands small fish in the shallows, great for photography.
kargi island-boat dive, difficult, current, depth 5-30mt, pink trumpet sponges, groupers, barracudas, tunas. one of bodrum's furthest dive spots, more remote and not so often visited. many small species in the shallows, tall pinnacles. nearby reef in 35mt.
temel bay-boat dive, easy difficulty, 5-30mt, squid, octopus, many small species, axe fish, wall dive 10-30mt with small overhang swim thru.
bubble cave-boat dive, medium difficulty, 5-30mt, grouper, sponges, crabs, many species small fish. cave entrance at 12mt with chinmey exit at 4mt, exhaled bubbles in the cave exit through cracks in the roof for a beautiful sight.