Side diving tour is a magnificent adventure experience that offers the opportunity to dive twice in the Side underwater museum, which is located in Side and exhibits hundreds of types of wrecks and sculptures.
The Mediterranean coast of Turkey is an ideal destination for diving enthusiasts with its underwater beauties, clear waters and professional diving schools. Side is one of the most popular touristic areas of the Mediterranean. In addition, Side is one of the leading diving destinations with its underwater museum, which is Turkey’s only and one of the largest underwater museums in Europe, and its crystal clear and fascinating waters.
The Side underwater museum is located 1.5 miles away from Side. At a depth of approximately 11-24 meters, there are 117 sculptures on themes such as camel caravan, ancient goddesses, whirling dervish, War of Independence, flowers and children’s garden. It is the second largest underwater museum in the world after the underwater museum in Mexico with 400 sculptures. Since its opening in 2015, approximately 100,000 people have dived. Side underwater museum is especially suitable for certified divers and is popular with them.
Your fascinating journey takes place twice at different depths as part of the Side diving tour. The first dives are performed before lunch and their depths vary between 3 and 5 meters. The second dive is peformed after lunch (depending on your experience) at a depth of approximately 10 to 25 meters. Dives take place in small groups with our professional diving instructors. Each dive lasts approximately 20-30 minutes underwater. During the breaks between dives, there are opportunities for swimming, sunbathing and snorkelling.
During our Side scuba diving tour, you can discover various fish species, especially coral, interesting submerged sculptures, some shipwrecks and various sea creatures underwater where visibility is very good.
Everyone over the age of 12 who can swim or not, experienced or first-time divers can join our Side diving tours. Most of our participants are first-time divers, however, experienced and certified divers can dive deeper by consulting with our expert instructors. Also, those who do not want to dive but want to accompany you can join our tour for a fee less than the diving tour fee. These guests can sunbathe, swim and have lunch on our boat all day long.
Sign up for the Side scuba diving tour now to enrich your holiday in Side with scuba diving one of the most interesting adventure experiences, and have a pleasant time.
SIDE DIVING TOUR ITINERARY:
– Pick-up from hotels and apartments in Side and around
– Arrive at the harbor of Side
– Get on the dive boat and start to sail
– Briefing about diving, the boat routine, and the safety procedures by diving masters
– Divemaster makes the small groups
– The first dive
– Lunch on the boat
– Relaxing, sunbathing, and snorkeling.
– Heading off for afternoon dive in another place and second dives start.
– Boat returns at Side harbor
– Drop-off hotels and apartments in Side and around
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