Akrotiri Fish Reserve (Seal Garden, Shark's Cove, Tombs)
Off the Akrotiri peninsula, Cyprus Dive Centres lists a rock-dive area of 9–20 m with the Akrotiri Fish Reserve and the sites Shark Coves and Twin Rocks, with groupers, moray eels, bream, octopus, occasional turtles and monk seals. Crest Dive describes the Fish Reserve (6 m, with a submerged helicopter and fire engine), Seal Garden (12 m, resident monk seal), Shark's Cove (12 m, reef wall and short swim-through tunnels) and Tombs (caves at 13 and 9 m that locals believe are man-made ancient tombs). Diving here is described as needing guided dives with authorisation. The plotted point is only a placeholder near Cape Zevgari.
Facts
- Region: Cyprus – Paphos & Limassol
- Area: Akrotiri & Episkopi Bay
- Depth: 6–20 m
- Level: advanced
- Current: moderate
- Type: reef, cave, wreck
- Coordinates: 34.5605, 32.9335 (approximate)
- Highlights: fish reserve, submerged helicopter and fire engine, Seal Garden, Shark's Cove reef wall and swim-throughs, Tombs caves at 9 and 13 m, grouper, moray eels
- Permit: Reported (diveplannerpro) as a marine protected area with access restrictions and guided dives with authorisation only. The peninsula lies in the British Sovereign Base Area (Akrotiri) and the SBA Administration publishes an Akrotiri Firing Range notice to mariners. No official diving-permit rule was found: ask the dive centre and the SBA Area Office Akrotiri, and check current rules.
- Issuer / contact: Sovereign Base Areas Administration – Area Office Akrotiri (contact page; e-mail addresses hidden by the site's spam protection)
- Unverified: The area is described by several sources, but no position is published and the access rule (authorisation) could not be confirmed from an official source.
- Tips: Reported access restriction: guided dives with authorisation only. The peninsula is British Sovereign Base Area land with a firing range; check with a centre that runs Akrotiri trips (Crest Dive, TD Diving) before planning.