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Aerial view of a long sandy spit and a sheltered blue lagoon below forested mountains, with a town on the shore and open sea beyond — Fethiye & Ölüdeniz

Fethiye & Ölüdeniz · Turkey · Reef

Kamil Island

Amphorae and old stone anchors scattered across the seabed

Area photo: Dan Taylor · CC BY 2.0

Kamil Island is an archaeological reef dive: amphorae and anchors lie all over the seabed, and some old stone anchors lie beyond the boat at the end of the route. The bottom reaches 30 m, and morays and octopuses share the site with the debris.

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Where it is and how deep

Depth profile of Kamil Island: typical dive to 30 m (to 100 ft) 18 m · Open Water30 m · Advanced40 m · Recreational limit30 mtypical dive
Depths on a shared scale to 40 m (130 ft); dashed lines mark common certification limits.

36.6998° N, 28.6700° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.

The dive

From the boat the route heads northeast across posidonia seagrass, which covers everything above 10 m, then turns north and then west. After the large bay it swings south back towards the boat, and swimming on past the boat leads to some old stone anchors.

Marine life and season

  • Octopus & cuttlefish
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Season follows Fethiye & Ölüdeniz: September and October pair warm sea with cooler air; winter brings heavy rain, strong winds and many closed facilities.

Sources

  1. Kamil Island dive site — PADI

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Roman-era amphorae lying on a steep slope

14–27 m · max 60 mintermediate

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Aquarium Bay

Orange sponges, groupers and octopuses in a bay dived by day and night

to 10 mbeginner

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Dalyan Bay

A shallow first-dive bay that also works as a night dive

to 10 mbeginner

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Red Island

Massive groupers and schooling barracuda over sponges and corals

to 25 mintermediate

Cave & cavern

Sariyarlar Bay

A series of tunnels at the foot of a 30 m drop-off

12–30 m · max 40 mintermediate

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The Great Reef

Schools of salema and resident groupers on an open-sea reef

7–40 madvanced

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Armutlu Burnu

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Very old amphorae at 30 m below a crevice-cut headland

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Bau de Cap Falcó

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A giant anchor and its chain links lying at 21 m

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