TEKİROVA DIVING CENTER

Tekirova, Kemer - Antalya - Turkey

GPS : 36°29'22.1"N 30°31'27.8"E / 36.489466, 30.524393



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When you discover diving, you will feel extreme freedom, adventure and calm. Nothing compares to the feeling of breathing in and out underwater, in a weightless environment. During boat tour, you will love the view of islands around. When we reach to the diving point, you will be given brief information about diving and boat rules. After some practice in shallow water, you will begin underwater diving. This experience will be limited to at most 9 meters of diving in 30 minutes. After your diving experience, you can relax under the sunlight and enjoy your holiday.

DIVING POINTS

Grand Canyon : This reef that is 100 meters off shore of Üç Adalar begins at 5 meter depth and extending until 23-meter deep and it offers a joyous diving experience. Watcing thousands of small smelt fishes around the reef is a perfect view and experience.
Diving Depth: 5-30 meters
Diving Features: Small coves, big reef, mediterranean moray, Amphora, grouper, leer fish, crawfish and other fishes

Small Canyon : Small Canyon is one of the most beautiful diving points of Üç Adalar region. It is between 2-meter and 19-meter levels underwater. It is one of the most ideal diving regions for our guests who will begin with initial trainings. Small canyon is known by thousands of large and small fishes and it makes our guests love diving.
Diving Depth: 2-19 meters
Diving Features: Small reef, Amphora, turtles, colorful fishes, small cove, regional fishes

Deep Wall : On the seafront side of the largest island of Üç Adalar, deep wall that can reach 43-meter depth is one of the most popular diving points for our guest who want to dive deep. Small coves all around the wall are homes to many different fishes and sea creatures. When you are near the 43-meter-deep wall, you feel like you are hovering in outer space.
Diving Depth: 6-30 meters
Diving Features: Grouper, mediterranean moray, Amphora, deep wall, small coves, crawfish, regional fishes

Small Island : Being the smallest of Üç Adalar, this island sometimes becomes home for leer fish and barracuda fishes due to the fact that streams exist around it. It is possible to see crabs and small sea creatures around the diving point.
Diving Depth: 3-25meters
Diving Features: Partial stream, barracuda fish, leer fish, crab, turtles, small cofe, amphora, historical anchor, regional fishes.

Deep Cave : This is our one of the most beautiful diving points. The entrance is 30-meter deep from sea level and when you enter the cave, sunlight coming through the cracks on the roof offers a magnificent experience. The cave offers a unique experience with its 7-8m long pipe extending upwards and you can see the pipe when you proceed for around 30 meters from the entrance.
Diving Depth: 2-30 meters
Diving Features: Cave, colorful fishes, tunnel, barracuda, crawfish, regional fishes

Havalı Cave : The cave is close to the water surface and its entrance is at 12-meter deep. It is so narrow that two divers cannot swim side by side. The narrow cave tunnel proceeds for 20 meters and it widens then a bottleneck is reached and after 2-3 meters of swimming upwards, you can reach surface. The view inside can show you what millions of years are able to create. If you are lucky enough, you can see endangered Mediterranean seal during diving.
Diving Depth: (inside the cave) 12 meters – 0 meter, (outside the cave) 12 meter – 20 meter
Diving Features: Cave, small shrimps, sea cucumber, grouper, Mediterranean seal, historical anchor, reef, regional fishes.

Pyramide Reef : This is one of the most popular reefs of Üç Adalar, the protected environment of Mediterranean. One side of it has 35-meter depth and the other side has 10-17-meter depth and there is a small canyon, too. It offers a beautiful and comfortable diving experience for divers with its historical amphora and anchors.
Diving Depth: 5-30 meters
Diving Features: Historical anchor and amphora, grouper, Mediterranean moray, colorful fishes, regional fishes.

Aquarium Reef : Located between two islands, vision is crystal clear in aquarium reef due to streams and there are lots of fishes from all colors and sizes. This reef is so ideal for initial trainings and practical diving trainings and it is one of the most liked diving points that we offer.
Diving Depth: 2-25 meters
Diving Features: grouper, colorful fishes, stream, amphora, barracuda fish, regional fishes

Shipwreck (SG-120) : SG-120 was manufactured as assault boat by Germans in 1948 and it had served to Turkish Navy Force Fleet for many years. In 2007, it was sunk near Üç Adalar in order to serve as a natural reef zone. Since that day, it has become so popular.
Diving Depth: 2-30 meters
Diving Features: shipwreck, grouper, ray, regional fishes

Plane wreck (C-47Dakota) : C-47 plane was sunk in 2010 to create a natural underwater reef region between the smaller island and middle-sized island. It was manufactured in 1942 and it had been serving as military cargo plane and operational plane.
Diving Depth: 2-30 meters
Diving Features: Plane wreck, barracuda, turtles, ray, amphora, regional fishes

Tortoise Reef : This reef that confronts us as we are diving to the clear water of Üç Adalar is home to lots of sea creatures as there are streams around it. Especially barracudas, leer fishes, ray and turtles live in this region. As long as they are not disturbed, it is possible to see them in every diving experience. There are also amphora and anchors from ancient times.
Diving Depth:2-20 meters
Diving Features: Tortoise (Caretta Caretta), amphora, historical anchor, barracuda, ray, leer fish, regional fishes.

Hunter’s Stone : This reef that is 400 meters offshore of Üç Adalar looks like a giant mountain that extends between 9-meter and 60-meter depths. Streams exist almost every day and this enhances underwater substantiality. It is possible to watch grouper fishes dancing around the bottom parts of the reef.
Diving depth: 9-30 meters
Diving features: Reef, streams, grouper fishes, leer fishes, regional fishes

Paris II Shipwreck : Paris II shipwreck in Kemer region is one of the most worldwide well-known diving points of the region. The shipwreck is between 18-31 meters depths. French ship Paris II, that looks like it is hovering at the bottom of the sea, was built as a fishing ship in 1913 and during the World War I, it was transformed into a battleship and assigned to Mediterranean coasts. It was sunk by artillery fire from a small Turkish battalion on Koca Burun Hill commanded by Lt. Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker in 1917.
Diving Depth: 2-30 meters
Diving Features: Historical shipwreck, grouper, Mediterranean moray, crawfish, various war equipment, regional fishes

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WEB SITE : Tekirova Diving Centre

MORE INFO & CONTACT
E-Mail : info@tekirovadiving.com
Phone : +90 532 497 4842

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STINGRAY DIVING CENTER

Lara - Antalya - Turkey

GPS : 36°51'25.6"N 30°44'18.2"E / 36.857117, 30.738387



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If you didn’t have a diving experience before, you will not below your eyes under the water. In this tour we’ve already taken all the necessary precautions. At first you’ll get a little bit excited when you’ll enter the water but this mustn’t fear you, our diving instructors will also dive with you. It’s an organization that will change your perspective of life. Anyone can join our daily diving tours without any experience.

Only thing you need to do in order to join our diving tour is to trust a bit in yourself. All the necessary equipment and our professional team will accompany you all day. It will be a nice organization for you to discover that there is another world under the sea and to spend a day intertwined with that world. The lunch, equipment, guidance service, diving instructors and insurance is included in our prices.

Additionally in our diving school, cave dive, shipwreck dive and plane wreck dive tours are arranged 7 days a week for the professional divers. Besides, our diving school arranges a daily diving organization with all-inclusive system in Kemer and Kaş Region at the weekends.

The diving tours realized at the weekends take approximately 7 hours. You are taken from your hotel at 9.30 in the morning and you are brought back to your hotel at 18:00 in the evening. When you first reach the boat, you’ll learn all the necessary information and instructions from our professional team. All the necessary safety precautions are taken carefully. All you need to do is to follow the necessary instructions.

Cave Diving
In general, the caves are the most reliable sources that give information about how the earth used to be many years ago. So we find answers to the questions asked about the evolution of the earth (globe).  Sea caves give information about the geographical location, water levels, coastal features of the seas in the ancient times. The diving in the open seas and the cave diving are completely different from each other. Cave diving is the most technical and dangerous one among the diving types. For this reason, it requires a different and particular training.

Wreck Diving
French (Society) Wreck: The wreck lying 1 km off the Marina of Antalya under the buoy, belongs to French Combat Aircraft named "San Didier" sank during the war in 1942. During the studies performed between 1946 and 1974, a large part of the load inside the ship has been taken out. Inside this ship which has an appearance of hospital support ship, there were armories and vehicles suitable for desert conditions.

Due to the fact that the personnel wasn’t wearing uniform in order to disguise by camouflaging and the passengers in the ship wanted to bring away their personal belongings while the fishermen were helping, the ship was called “society wreck” colloquially. There are different diving activities in Kemer, our tourist town, where the most of the diving schools are present in Turkey. The French military transport ship found right in the entrance of Antalya Port, lies in 20-32 meters of depth, the water that is usually blurred is very interesting for the underwater wreck fans.

The Paris Wreck which lies in 33 meters of depth on the sand in the offshore of Kemer Marina is a wreck that must be visited by all divers. Üç Adalar found in the offshore of Tekirova is a region where various types of diving are available. In the canyon, which is a rich diving spot of the region, large stingrays and every kind of fish can be seen. Üç adalar is also ideal for cave diving. In August and September, schools of tuna fish can be seen as well as the seals.

This water is great for macro and night photographing. The dolphins can be seen in the coastal water any moment.B-24 Amerikan Combat Aircraft Wreck: The wreck lying in 200 m in the offshore, close to the District of Manavgat in Antalya, belongs to the American Combat Aircraft Type B-24 named “Hadley’s Harlem” which departed in order to return to the base in Cyprus after accomplishing its bombing mission over Romania in 1944.

During the removing operations performed in 1995, the plane's cockpit has been brought out of the water, after staying in the Cengel gendarmerie station for a while, it has been transferred to one of the private museums in İstanbul. The operations for taking the rest of the aircraft out of the sea still continue. Special diving permission is required for the aircraft. Gelidonya Antique Wreck: Gelidonya wreck found in the west end of the Antalya Bay, belongs to a cargo ship that hit the rocks while sailing in the cape of Taşlık with its current name.

It’s determined that the ship dates back to the end of 13th century B.C. during the research diving performed for the wreck found in 26-28 meters depth in 1960. Another characteristic of this wreck is that it is the first underwater excavation performed and completed in compliance with the land excavation standards. During the research performed in 1994, it’s predicted from the stone anchors found in Gelidonya wreck that it hails from the Middle East. The collected items from the wreck are exhibited in Bodrum Underwater Archaeology Museum.

Exploration Diving
Stingray Diving Center, the door that opens to the endless depths of blue;

Think about the sunlight shining on you while you are in the deep azure water… If you raise your head and look, you’d see only an intense cloud of light covering you. However there’s only silence and blue all around you… At the same time, utterly endless and ready to be discovered. Corals in different colors and textures, thousands of species of fish and all living things that you can’t see on earth... Underwater is still like a hidden paradise... But you can go and explore again this world!

Stingray Diving School organizes the exploration dives for you in order to take a unique journey in the depths of the blue world.

Night Diving
What makes attractive the night diving for the divers is that the underwater life and living species can’t be seen exactly when dived in the morning.  Because the light source of the night diving is the diving torch, you can see the real colors of the underwater no matter what the depth is. It’s possible to see the bioluminescence, the charm of night diving, which is the light of the platonic organisms seen as the water moves.

There are some factors that the divers must consider during the night diving. First of all, the diving equipment must be chosen and controlled more carefully compared to the day diving.

For the diving to be done in hard conditions, generally the divers choose to dive with the equipment to be used for the first time.  Under normal circumstances, they don’t use the equipment that they used before or they already know. Because the night diving is already difficult, the divers don’t want to struggle with the problems cause by the equipment.

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WEB SITE : Stingray Diving Centre

MORE INFO & CONTACT
E-Mail : info@stingraydiving.com
Phone : +90 242 316 0430 / +90 242 249 3600
Fax : +90 242 316 8104

These scripts and photographs are registered under © Copyright 2017, respected writers and photographers from the internet. All Rights Reserved.