Amphora Caves, Paphos
Top 6 in Top 10 Best Diving Sites In Cyprus
This place takes its name from broken shards of antique amphora, as the name says. There are several caves to explore, including one with an amphora encrusted in the roof, making this a wonderful archaeological site. This is thought to be owing to fluctuations in the seabed over the last two thousand years, according to a group of American archaeologists who researched the site. While exploring the caverns and gullies, the dive leads you to a depth of 5 to 12 meters.
The Amphorae Caves are a fantastic afternoon dive in relatively shallow waters that drop to just 12 meters, making it suitable for divers of all levels, starting with PADI Scuba Diver or equivalent. There are several caves to visit, including one with an amphorae-encrusted ceiling. This site, according to the American archaeologists who researched it, was generated by movements in the seabed during the last two thousand years. This is also one of the best diving sites in Cyprus.
The dive begins in the beautiful Poseidon sea grass meadows, where damsel fish (Chromis chromis) and seabream (Diplodus puntazzo, D sargus, and D. vulgaris) find a nursery and food source.
During this dive, you'll see scorpion fish hidden among the seaweed and invertibrates like blennies and crustations waiting for their next meal. Their heads are ridged, and their backs and fins feature venimous spines. As a result, you must pay close attention to your buoyancy; if you need assistance, consider taking a "Performance Boyancy Speciality Course" on your vacation. Scorpion fish have a lot of tassels, wards, and colored flecks, and they can even alter their color. After exiting the last tunnel, the Amphorae Cave, where the encrusted amphorae can be found, continue through the sea grass meadows until you reach the large sand patch, where an ancient Roman anchor still stands, providing a fantastic sanctuary for octopus. Small shells, cone-shaped heaps of polychaetes worms, cuttlefish, star fish, and concealed fish can all be found on mobile bottoms, sand or sand mixed with mud.
