«Turtle Bay» diving/ snorkeling site

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«Turtle Bay» diving/ snorkeling site ( 27°51.800' N 34°19.200’ E)
This site lies immediately south of Amphoras and its topographical conformation is quite similar: a slope with an average incline of 30° that runs at a depth of 9-25 meters and on which some coral pinnacles stand. The classic dive is a drift one both northwards and southwards, depending on the direction of the current -even though the latter is more frequent. After a descent to the edge of the drop-off, situated at a depth of about 25 meters (at the beginning of a vertical wall that goes down about 10 meters), you go back up on the slope, circling and exploring the low coral towers, among which there are some gorgonians at a depth of 10-18 meters on a line with two of the largest pinnacles. In the northernmost part of the dive you cross an area rich in madrepores and Alcyonarians that form a sort of "coral garden" on the edge of which are large serpentine Salad corals (Turbinaria mesenterina) and some large and mushroom-shaped coral heads made up of colonies of Porites sp. A mooring point (shamandura) allows you to make a circling dive. Snorkelers will be able to observe beautiful and varied reef fauna on the ledge that descends for 6 meters and is a continuation of the reef outcrop that borders the beach.

Features:
- A quiet, uncrowded site, ideal for the high season.
- A wealth of soft and stony corals.

Comments:
- Dive only when the sea is calm.
- You may come across a local current