Kish Island · Iran · Wreck
Dama Wreck
A way in through the captain's cabin window
Area photo: Hamed Saber from Tehran, Iran · CC BY 2.0
The Dama is a Senegalese cargo ship that sank off Kish Island in 2005 and now lies at 33 m in the waters southeast of the island. The hull has become a habitat for marine life, and trained divers can go inside through the captain's cabin.
Also known as Dama Ship, Dama.
Where it is and how deep
No published position for this site — the map shows Kish Island and its other sites; operators know the mooring.
The dive
The freighter rests at 33 m, and a dive around the outside of the hull needs no special diving skill beyond the depth. Divers with wreck training enter through the window of the captain's cabin, then follow a corridor that leads to the kitchen and the dormitory.
The wreck
- Vessel
- Dama
- Type
- Cargo ship
- Sunk
- 2005
- Cause
- Sank near Kish Island; the cause is not recorded
- Lies
- On the seabed at 33 m, southeast of Kish Island
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | Fair | Good | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Prime | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good |
Season follows Kish Island: Clear, sunny spring and summer are best; stormy autumn and late-winter seas stop the diving on rough days.
Know before you go
- Going inside the wreck requires special penetration training; the outside of the hull can be dived without it.
Dive videos
کشتی مغروق داما - جزیره کیش (عمق ۳۳ متر) Dama - Wreck diving site- (Depth 33 m) - Kisk island · Mohammadreza Naderi محمدرضا نادری on YouTube
Questions divers ask
Can divers go inside the Dama Wreck off Kish?+
Only with special wreck training. The way in is the captain's cabin window, and a corridor leads on to the kitchen and the dormitory; the outside of the hull needs no extra training.
Sources
- Scuba Diving - Kish Free Zone Organization Tourism — Kish Free Zone Organization
- Diving in Iran for tourists — Legendary Iran
- Dama ship tour — Kish Diving Center
More dive sites in Kish Island
Coral garden
A shore entry from Simorgh Hotel beach onto the east-coast reefs
The propeller of a 1943 steamship at 8 m
Cave & cavern
A short cave to swim through at the entrance
Reef
Shallow east-coast reef, a boat ride from the Kish dive clubs
Reef
Blacktip and nurse sharks in a gap in the reef
Similar dives elsewhere
The largest wreck in the Maldives, on her port side at 33 m
Glassfish packed into the wheelhouse of a sunken trawler
Upright cargo wreck, deck at 21 m and sand at 28 m
A 30 m wooden dhoni on the sand at 20–33 m, open enough to enter