Dive Sites by Experience Level: From First Breath to Wreck Diver

If you have never dived, or dived once on holiday years ago, these are your sites. They sit within the beginner depth range, inside the 13-metre ceiling, so there is nothing to pre-qualify for — a safety briefing, a patient instructor and small groups do the work.

• Side Underwater Museum — around 110 sculptures resting on the seabed at about 12 metres, the flagship site of this coast. On the museum trip (€45, 7 hours, departing from Side) you dive with a maximum of 3–4 divers per instructor and can hand-feed the fish that have colonised the statues. The morning dive stays at 5–8 metres, so the sculptures come on your second, calmer dive.
• Lighthouse (Kemer) — a friendly reef running from 3 to 18 metres with a swim-through tunnel at 9 metres and plenty of small cave life along the rock. Kemer is known for the clearest water on this coast, which makes the Lighthouse a rewarding site even in the shallow beginner range.
• Amphora site (Alanya) — ancient amphora jars near Alanya harbour, with octopus, grouper and moray eels often seen among them. History and marine life at easy depths, in the waters off Cleopatra Beach.

Try-dives are possible from around age 10; for younger children, bubble-style kids programmes from about age 8 exist in the industry — ask us and we will tell you honestly what works for your family. Non-divers can join any boat as visitors at a reduced rate, so nobody has to wait on shore.

A certification card changes the map. The same sites open deeper lines, and a few places only start making sense with a licence in hand.

• Three Islands / Üç Adalar (Kemer) — reef and cave terrain around three rocky islands, with a chance of dolphins on the crossing. The shallow sections work for guided beginners; the deeper lines around the islands are where certified divers get their money's worth.
• Lighthouse at its full range — the reef drops to 18 metres, and the 9-metre tunnel becomes a relaxed swim-through rather than a highlight you only peer into.
• Alanya underwater caves — the cave systems tied to the Mediterranean monk-seal story. Beginners admire the entrances from open water; actual cave penetration is certified-only and always depends on training, conditions and the day's plan.

Now the important honesty: the 13-metre ceiling applies to beginners, not to you. Certified divers dive the real profiles from these same boats — roughly 30 metres on standard certified dives, and down to 60 metres on the deep sites for suitably qualified divers. Which site you get always depends on your certification level, the conditions and the day's plan, so message us via the contact page or WhatsApp with your certification level and logbook history, and we will build the day around you. Logbooks are signed on every trip, and CMAS courses can be arranged if you want to move up a level while you are here.

Two genuine wrecks lie within reach of Kemer, and they are the reason many certified divers come back to this coast.

• MS Paris II — a WW1-era French freighter around 70 metres long, lying between 21 and 31 metres. A wreck with real scale, and comfortably the most serious dive in this guide.
• DO-28 aircraft — a Dornier plane from 1967 sitting at 19.5–23.3 metres. An unusual, photogenic dive that pairs naturally with Kemer's famously clear water.

Both are strictly for certified divers. The depths alone put them far beyond what a beginner may do, and we will not blur that line: no discovery diver is taken to those depths, full stop. For certified divers, though, this is ordinary diving here — both wrecks sit comfortably inside the roughly 30-metre range of standard certified dives, and the deep sites run down to 60 metres for suitably qualified divers. Which wreck you dive, and how deep, depends on who is diving, what certification they hold and conditions on the day. That is not evasiveness; it is how a responsible wreck day is actually put together.

If you are not certified yet, the honest route is simple: start on the Underwater Museum trip, get a course under your belt — CMAS training is available through us on request — and the wrecks will still be there. If you already hold a certification and want the Paris II or the DO-28 in your logbook, get in touch and we will arrange it properly.

Match yourself in one pass:

• Never dived, want the headline experience: the Side Underwater Museum trip — €45, 7 hours, from Side, 3–4 divers per instructor.
• Nervous first-timer who prefers a shorter day: the Kumköy trip — €43 and 6 hours, the gentlest schedule we run.
• Clearest water and varied rock terrain: Kemer — €43, 8 hours, with PADI-certified instructors, reef fish, octopus and rock formations.
• Reefs, caves and shoals in one day: Antalya — €50, 8 hours.
• Caves and amphora history: Alanya — €43, 8 hours, in the waters off Cleopatra Beach.
• Certified and hungry for depth: book any trip you like, then talk to us about the wreck and deep-reef profiles — around 30 metres as standard, and down to 60 metres on the deep sites when you are suitably qualified.

Every trip includes two guided dives, all equipment, free two-way hotel transfer, fresh lunch on board and passenger plus diving insurance. You reserve free online and pay on the day, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Pickup is in the morning; the exact time is confirmed the evening before. Health rules apply without exception: no diving while pregnant or with serious heart, asthma or respiratory conditions, and no flying within 24 hours after your last dive. Full pricing for all five trips is on the prices page.