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Dive sites in Turkey

10 dive sites · Filters applied Every site carries a badge naming the source it rests on

Wrecks, natural reefs and artificial reef areas along Turkey's coasts and inland waters, in one list. Filter by province, type and depth. The depth band is taken from the deepest figure on record and exists only for sites whose source states a depth — nothing here is estimated.

Wreck table: by year and how they sank →

Try dive or real dive? The differences and limits →

Invasive species: if you see a lionfish or pufferfish →

Province
All 10 Ankara 0 Antalya 2 Aydın 0 Balıkesir 0 Çanakkale 7 Düzce 0 Edirne 0 Istanbul 0 Izmir 0 Kocaeli 1 Mersin 0 Muğla 0 Sakarya 0
Type
All 29 Reef 17 Cave 2 Wreck 10 Artificial reef 0 Submarine net 0
Depth
All 37 Up to 10 m 4 11–20 m 7 21–30 m 8 31–40 m 2 Deeper than 40 m 10

10 sites Wreck · Deeper than 40 m

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Değirmendere Sunken City 18-55 m Kocaeli Wreck In the Marmara earthquake of 17 August 1999 the shoreline of Çınarlık Square in the Değirmendere neighbourhood sank into the sea; a… Franco (Captain Franco) Wreck 26-44 m Çanakkale Wreck A 125-metre Greek-flagged cargo ship that carried raw asphalt material; unlike the park's 1915 wrecks, it is a modern wreck. It lies… HMS Hythe 72-74 m Çanakkale Wreck Built in 1905 as a passenger ferry, she was converted into an auxiliary minesweeper by the Royal Navy in 1914. On 28… HMS Triumph 72 m Çanakkale Wreck A Swiftsure-class battleship. She was torpedoed and sank on 25 May 1915 and is regarded as a war grave, with the 73… Minesweeper Wreck (Twin Cove) 58 m Çanakkale Wreck A ship of about 60 metres, built as a fishing trawler and converted into a minesweeper by the British in the First… Sakarya Wreck (Kalkan) 35-60 m Antalya Wreck A Turkish-built ship said to have sunk in the 1940s. She lies in three sections at 35-60 metres off İnce Burun, south-east… Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Aircraft Wreck 55-71 m Antalya Wreck An Italian torpedo bomber nicknamed "Sparviero" (sparrowhawk). It was shot down by anti-aircraft fire while bombing the island of Meis (Kastellorizo) in… SMS Breslau (Midilli) 76 m Çanakkale Wreck A Magdeburg-class light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy; in August 1914 she passed to the Ottoman Navy and was renamed Midilli.… SS Carthage (CGT) 60-85 m Çanakkale Wreck A French passenger-cargo ship of about 123 metres, built in Newcastle in 1910; in the war she was armed and used for… Capsized Barge (Ters Barç) 54 m Çanakkale Wreck A steel-hulled barge 17.4 metres long and 6.5 metres wide, lying upside down at 54 metres. The wooden deck has rotted away…

Diving guides by province

Each province page lists its dive sites with their depths, the authorized centers there, and how those centers split across districts.

Ankara 1 site Antalya 38 sites Aydın 12 sites Balıkesir 31 sites Çanakkale 27 sites Düzce 1 site Edirne 15 sites Istanbul 10 sites Izmir 17 sites Kocaeli 7 sites Mersin 8 sites Muğla 121 sites Sakarya 1 site

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