Ottoman Shipwreck

The wreck lies between 4 and 18 m, so the whole site is within reach of a newly certified diver and the dive is unhurried. You descend onto a vessel that is no longer one piece: the hull is cut in two and the two sections lie apart on the bottom. Most of the ship lies flat on the seabed, and the operator calculates the original length at 70 m, so there is a lot of steel to cover at an easy pace.

The break is the point of interest. Where the hull parts, the metal still shows the signs of the explosion that sank it, and the contrast between the flattened section and the damaged one tells the story of the sinking without any narration. Since it went down the wreck has become a reef: the operator describes it as home to many species, large and small fish sheltering along the plates. With nothing deeper than 18 m, the ascent is simply a matter of finishing the dive over the shallow part of the wreck.