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M/S Moonstar Gulet – Ketch
This document contains detailed information about the 24,80 m. Long wooden Gulet named Moonstar built and owned by Flora Yachting in 1998 and refitted in 2011. On board, there are 2 DBL Master cabins, 1 DBL standart cabin and 1 TWIN cabin. Total guest capacity is 8 persons. There is also another cabin for crew. 3 WCs are for guests and 1 for the crew.
On our boat, there is also a 3.20 m Orca dinghy, 25 HP Honda outboard engine and Yamaha 800 Jetski. All types of water sports are available. In addition to these, if the guests would like to do a liva aboard diving safari, we put high pressure compressor and all types of diving gear on board, as well as emergency oxygen and first aid kit. For diving operation there needs to be at least 4 divers on board.
Daily Diving Tours
If you are a certified diver, you are welcome on board to join our daily diving excursions. Our dive boat sets out every day to the best diving spots around Bodrum. Reefs with sponges, giant groupers, octopuses and moray eels, wrecks of combat planes, coast guard boats and tankers, exciting caverns with nocturnal tube worms are visited everyday by hundreds of divers from all over the world. Bodrum has an ancient history of many civilizations. It is amazing to see the amphorae and feel the history like an underwater archeologist does.
If you have your own equipment, we supply two tanks and weights for you. If you need any additional equipment you may rent one of ours. Nitrox will be available soon. Accompanying non-divers are also welcome on board.
Try Scuba Diving
If you have never dived before, you may want to experience a try dive. In a try dive, you will be diving with an instructor one-to-one and enjoy the underwater world safely. Try Scuba Diving program is how everybody starts their diving adventure all around the world. Once you take your first step to this magical world, you will be amazed how easy it is to breath underwater, to hover weightlessly like an astronaut in outer space and how colorful and rich life is below the surface. As we take your pictures and shoot some videos of you, you will love to share this experience with the world and you will have checked out another task in your bucket list.
DIVE SITES
Small Reef : Same but smaller than the Big Reef, but more fascinating. It lays 200 meters from the Big Reef towards Bodrum. Lots of fish swim in that Reef to be waited for seeing. The depth starts at 5m (15 ft) to 26m (50ft). 15 min. far from the harbour. Divers can use the anchor chain to descent to the top of it. Small reef has cylinder shape and has walls all around it. You can circumnavigate around it at least twice during your dive. Walls of the small reef have plenty of inlets, overhangs which is well suited for micro photography. Octopus, many small species, scorpion fish, large groupers, white groupers, barracuda, moray eel and many more can be seen. This dive site is suitable for experienced divers as often there are currents.
Big Reef : The most beatiful and fascinating dive site in Bodrum. Big Reef has all the diving opportunities in it. The depth starts at 7m (25 ft) . Divers can use the anchor chain for easy descent to top of the reef. lt has a wall which faces Black Island and drops straight down from 7 mtrs to 34 mtrs. The other side of the reef is gradual slope down to depths of 25 to 30 mtrs. Padi open water or 1 star Cmas divers can use this side of the reef to descend to their depths. The higher level of divers can descend straight from the drop off. The wall is rich with marine life and particularly well suited for photography. It will take only 20 minitues to reach here from Bodrum. Octopuses, Moray eels, small fish, huge groupers, barracudas, jacks, colorfull slugs, spiny lobsters and many other varieties of marine life expected to be seen in Big reef . This dive site is suitable for experienced divers as often there are currents.
Wolf’s Point : An ideal point for both advanced divers, open water divers and beginners. It is 15 minutes journey to reach there by boat. Rock formations start from 3 meters and gradually goes down to 20-30 meters. During the descent/ascent expect to see stone fish, groupers, star fish, sea cucumber and lots of broken amphora. There is also an old Phonecian ships anchor at the 15 meter level. You will also see rock outcrop, stone sea bed, sea grass and an occasional sandy sea bed. There is a bizarre “truck wreck” somewhere around 13-14 m. It is not well known how and why that truck came there.
Lighthouse : It is at the northwest corner of the Black Island. It is 20 minutes journey to reach there by boat. An ideal point for both advanced divers, open water divers and beginners. The rock formations start from 5 meters and goes down to 20 meters. During the dive, pass over sea grass, sand, rock outcrops and white coral (this is the only dive site on Black Island where white coral still exists). Look out for octopus, stone fish, moray eels, groupers of all sizes and other species of fish.
Fridge Bay : Fridge bay is located next to lighthouse and only 20 mins by boat. lt has two sites to visit, as one of them, is by the point of the bay and has similar topography as lighthouse. The other site is only for advanced divers as it is at the depth of 18 to 30 meters. You need an experienced dive leader to find the spot since it is in the middle of the bay, surrounded by sea grass. A slight slope and large cracked rocks create good nesting places for all types of sea creatures. It’s common to see school of barracudas circling around the dive site, big octopus and lots of broken amphoras scattered around it. Dentex join the feast in the afternoon.
SG115 Coast Guard Wreck : SG 115 is an old coast guard ship which was sunk by BOSAD in 2007 to be an artificial reef around Black Island. After leaving rocky coastline – across the neptune grass SG 115 looms in distance – stern in 17mt., bow in 26mt. Squid eggs growing on mast. Swim through the captain’s wheel house – back up to the stern, and then along across rocks back to our boat. Experienced divers may penetrate the wreck with great caution as lots of metal parts are thorn away and may cause entanglement.
Paçoz Bay : A bay located between Smugglers and the Lighthouse. It is 25 minutes journey to reach there by boat. An ideal point for both advanced divers, open water divers and beginners. It is a very scenic dive spot as it has 3 fishing boat wrecks at the depths of 16 to 24 mtrs at the left side wall. Dive site also has a small cave at 30 mtrs and the entrance of it has tooth corals, loads of micro and different types of sponges. Watch out for lobsters, sponges, barracuda, octopus, sting rays and groupers resting on the sponges. The sea bed is mainly sand and covered with rock formations. In 2007 on the left side of the bay, BOSAD sank a C47 Dakota Plane for the divers and as an artificial reef project. If you follow the right wall you may encounter with giant groupers at around 19m to 24 m. Right side inclines gently with a sandy and grassy bottom.
C-47 Dakota Plane Wreck : On the left side of Paçoz Bay, there lies a plane wreck. It was sunk by BOSAD in 2007. C-47 DAKOTA is a military plane with a length of 20m and 30m of wing. Its depth starts at 16m and descending to 28m. In 2010 the wreck is broken into two pieces and the body/tail part drifted deeper down. Left engine was also broken as she was moving. The wreck has contact with the rock formations and because of this fish surroundered the wreck very quickly. Large groupers and big schools of breams swim around the wreck, making a good shot for the photographers.
Smuggler’s Bay : Smuggler’s Bay is 25 minutes journey to reach there by boat. An ideal point for both advanced divers, open water divers and beginners. Smuggler’s Bay is famous since Ottoman Times and known as a stash place for drug smugglers from Greek islands to the land. The bay makes a deep cut on the island’s profile and it is very hard to see the enterance from distance. On the shore there are small caverns to hide things. There is also a very long and winding underwater cave system with an enterance at right below the sea level. At low tide one can see the top of the enterance. It is not recommended for divers, even to those with cave diving experience since it is very narrow and labyrinth-like. It’s common to encounter the cave sweepers different species of sponges in this small cave..
It is possible to dive into two directions of the bay. Right Side : Many amphoras, sandy bottom, stingray, large family of groupers, soldier fish. Left Side: Soldier fish, axe fish, groupers, rocky and sandy. Look out for moray eels in the numerous cracks in the rocks. The rock formations go down to approximately 26 meters deep. Groupers will be encountered along with several other small species of fish. Also different species of sponges will be seen.
Temel Bay : Typical Aegean dive. Sand, rocks and grass dominates the area. Swimming forward from the boat you will come to the large cliff ranging between 10mt and 30 mt. Glide down the cliff and swim through some caverns around 15- 22 mt. Eels nest in these caverns as well as big sponge colonies. Good dive for spotting cuttle fish and axe fish
Neco Bay : Typical Aegean dive. Sand, rocks and grass dominates the area. This place is very good for beginners and diver training. A large sandy bottom around 6-7 m. is safe and suitable for newbies. More experienced divers should take the left side, as the cascading rocks drop down to 30 m. Lots of fish, tritons, murray eels and octopus may be encountered.
Bubble Cave : It is on the back of the Black Island at a depth of 12 meters. The cave is full with wreckfish and tubeworms. There is light in cave. But dont forget your torch for a better view. Easy to see many kinds of spongesand, look for lobsters on the roof. One by one swim up the chimney and be careful not to kick the sponges. Out of the chimney – 5 mt. – all the bubbles breathed out in the cave come out through the cracks in the top.
Pinar-1 Wreck : Y111 TCG Pinar 1 Navy Costguard water carring ship is a dive point in the north of Bodrum at Black island between the Bubble cave and Poyraz bay.It has a length of 37m and 7m width.Stern lies in 20m depth and descending to round 30m. It has been sunk by BOSAD (Bodrum Sualtı Derneği) in May 2007 to create an artificial reef for divers. After swimming round outside of the ship, swim up to wheel house – enter large wheel house. many nudibranches, tube warms, and squid eggs growing on hull. After leaving ship interesting rock formations can be seen on the way back to the boat
Upper Poyraz : This site rarely visited since it is open to the dominant winds around the Black Island. Boats may have problems staying moored. But it is worth diving here.
The name comes from the other side of the hill, Poyraz Bay. (mentioned in another post). Between Poyraz and Upper Poyraz, there are nice underwater caves inhabited by the Mediterranean Monk Seals, an endangered species. Upper Poyraz has a reef formation reaching to the open sea. Reef starts around 8-10 m. on the left side of the bay and gently drops down to 20s. Left side of this reef is a big drop-off. Bottom starts around 35 m. and slopes down deeper as sand. Stingrays and other types of rays can be seen. On the wall, there are many caverns in various sizes. These holes make good nests for all types of fish, crustaceans and molluscs. Different types of sponges are scattered around. This site is recommended for advanced divers only. Large path, long swims with currents sometimes. Deep and dark below.
Poyraz Bay : It is on the back of the Black Island and takes about 45 minutes by boat. Poyraz means Northeast wind in Turkish. This bay is always windy and is relaxing on hot summer days. An ideal point for both advanced divers, open water divers and beginners. The rock formations start from 5 mtrs and slopes down to 20 mtrs. Look out for groupers, octopus, moray eels, star fish, sponges and several other species of small fish – also amphoras. Following the right side, a nice slope brings you down to the first rocky reef at 16 m. If you follow the rocks deeper, you will arrive to a larger and deeper reef with more fish and critters around. This second part is only for advanced divers. It is not only the depth but a strong current welcomes you against your way back to the boat. There is also an old fish net tangled to the rocks and cut left behind, still hunting silently. Bad for aquatic life, as well as diver safety. Since it is a good mooring site for gulets as well, there are always traffic in and out of the bay. Divers must be careful.
Flat Rock : Flat Rock is an unusual rock formation caused by volcanic eruptions. It takes about 50 minutes by boat and is for advanced divers only, since there is little bit of current. The Flat Rock is about 300-400 meters far from the Aksona Point. The Black Island side and the northern part of the island is not good for diving, since it is very shallow and full of algeas and sea grass. In almost every dive you might see, lobsters, moray eels, octopuses, groupers, dentex, wrasse, barracudas and an occasional 3 meter long ray swimming together with divers!
Aksona Bay : It took its name from a famous sponge hunter “Aksona Mehmet” of Bodrum. It takes about 50 minutes by boat and is for advanced and open water divers only. It starts at 3 meters and then goes down to 20’s, then a rock wall until 30-35 meters. Aksona is a dive site where Agean history lies. There are lots of archeological foundings. Continue the dive passing over sea grass and rock formations where hopefully you should find an old Phonecian ships anchor at 13.5 meter level (about 16 minutes into dive). This anchor has been placed on top of a flat rock for easy sighting. On reaching the wall, look out for one almost complete piece of amphora lying on the sandy sea bed (about 30 meters depth). You might see, octopuses, groupers, goldblotch groupers, barracudas, murray eels and if you are lucky, thornback rays!
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