Diving in Turkey
Kaş and the Turquoise Coast — the Uluburun wall, the DC-3 aircraft, gulets and clear water
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Turkey — diving in Kaş: the Uluburun wall, the DC-3 aircraft, gulet cruising on the Turquoise Coast. Liveaboard schedules and prices.
Why divers come here
- Gulet cruising — a wooden yacht with a wide deck and nights in sheltered bays
- Kaş — Turkey's best dive area, with walls, caverns and swim-throughs
- The Uluburun wall — a drop past 60 metres at the Bronze Age shipwreck site
- The Turkish Airlines DC-3, sunk as an artificial reef in 2009
- A Second World War aircraft lying on sand at around 20 metres
- Visibility up to 30 metres and 26–28°C water from June to October
What you'll meet underwater
Dusky grouper
Greater amberjack
Barracuda — small schools around the headlands
Octopus and cuttlefish
Mediterranean moray eel
Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
Scorpionfish and dentex
Mediterranean monk seal (rare, Kaş–Kekova protected area)
Photos: credits and licences
- Dusky grouper — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Greater amberjack — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Barracuda — small schools around the headlands — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Octopus and cuttlefish — albert kok, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mediterranean moray eel — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) — ukanda, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scorpionfish and dentex — Lars Behnke, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mediterranean monk seal (rare, Kaş–Kekova protected area) — Marinko Babić, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Practical information
- Best season
May–October (warm calm water, best visibility August–October)
- Water temperature
- 17–28 °C
- Visibility
- 15–30 m
- Wetsuit
5 mm in summer, 7 mm or a semi-dry suit in May and October
- Experience level
Open Water is enough for most sites
Advanced for the Uluburun wall and deeper penetration of the DC-3
- Getting there
Fly into Dalaman (DLM), Antalya (AYT) or Bodrum (BJV) — all are served by direct flights from across Europe, the Middle East and Russia.
Transfers along the coast to Kaş, Fethiye or Bodrum take 1–3 hours.
- Airports
- Dalaman (DLM), Antalya (AYT), Bodrum (BJV)
- Visa
Many nationalities enter visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180-day period
others can apply for an inexpensive e-visa online before departure.
A passport valid for at least 150 days beyond the date of entry is normally required — check the current rules for your citizenship.
- Climate
- Mediterranean, 30–35°C in summer, mild rainy winters
- Currency
- Turkish lira (TRY)
- Language
- Turkish
- Time zone
- UTC+3
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