Certification required
Certified Diver Experience in Alanya
2 boat dives on the reefs, overhangs and swim-throughs beneath Alanya Castle, led by a professional dive guide and planned around your certification.
Bring your certification card and your logbook. The rest of the day is ours to organise: the transfer from your hotel in Alanya or one of the nearby resorts, the boat out of the harbour below the castle, a full set of equipment fitted to you on board, and a professional dive guide who plans and leads both dives. Before the first dive the guide looks at your card, your logbook and how recently you last dived, and plans the profile around that — not around a brochure.
The coast beneath Alanya Castle is rocky reef broken by overhangs, cracked ledges, cave mouths and swim-throughs, with an amphora site near the harbour where ancient jars rest on the seabed. Standard certified dives here run to around 30 m. The deep sites on this coast go down to 60 m, and they are dived only by suitably qualified divers when the dive team agrees. Overhead environments are never part of a standard dive; if cave-flavoured diving is what you came for and your training supports it, talk to the team.
Between the dives you rest on the boat with the castle walls above you; after the second dive a hot lunch is served on board. The day is about 7–8 hours door to door, everything is included, and you pay on the day.
What is included
- Round-trip hotel transfer from Alanya and nearby resorts, in an air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional PADI-certified dive instructor and boat crew
- All standard diving equipment: mask, fins, standard wetsuit, BCD, regulator, air cylinder and weights
- Hot lunch on board and drinking water
- Diving insurance for the day
- Safety briefing before each dive and equipment fitting on the boat
What is not included
- Soft drinks, tea, coffee and alcoholic drinks
- Underwater photo and video service
- Personal expenses and souvenirs
- Additional dives beyond the 2 included
- Gratuities for the instructor and crew
- Thermal inner suit / diving undergarment or extra neoprene layer (optional extra, not included)
What to bring
- Your certification card and logbook
- Swimwear, a towel and sunscreen
- Your own mask or computer if you prefer them — ours are on the boat
Your diving day
Your day, step by step
We deliberately do not print a pickup time. Yours depends on where you are staying and the day's route; we confirm it with you the day before, and the return moves with the sea and the group.
The full diving day-
Morning pickup
Collected from your hotel in Alanya or a nearby resort; your time is confirmed the day before.
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Harbour and boat
Meet the guide, show your card and logbook, talk through your experience.
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Equipment and briefing
Kit fitted and checked; the dive plan, signals, maximum depth and the emergency procedures for the site.
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First dive
The guide leads; you dive with a buddy inside the planned profile.
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Surface interval
Off-gas on deck, log the dive, snorkel if you like, plan the second.
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Second dive
A second profile — often a different feature of the site: an overhang, a swim-through, the ledges.
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Lunch on board
A hot lunch with drinking water in a sheltered bay.
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Back to your hotel
Logbook signed, cruise back, transfer home in the afternoon.
Safety
How we manage the risks
Briefing, checks, supervision, conservative profiles and the rules we do not bend.
Before you dive
Health and diving requirements
Who should not dive, what to tell us, and the 24-hour no-fly rule.
Equipment
What you will be wearing
Mask to cylinder: the complete set, fitted to you on the boat.
Book your dive
Reserve your place on the boat
Five short steps. No card, no prepayment — you pay on the dive day. We confirm your pickup time the day before.
- Pay on the day, in euros. Nothing is charged online.
- Return hotel transfer from Alanya and the nearby resorts included.
- All standard equipment, lunch on board and diving insurance included.
- Free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
- Your pickup time is confirmed personally the day before.
- Dive
- Date
- Divers
- Details
- Confirm
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FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Which certifications do you accept?
Any recognised diving agency — PADI, CMAS, SSI, NAUI, BSAC and the others. Bring the card and your logbook; the dive team looks at both before planning your profile.
How deep will we dive?
Around 30 m on standard certified dives. The deep sites on this coast reach 60 m and are dived only by suitably qualified divers when the dive team agrees. Certification, logged experience, the weather and the sea decide — never a promise on a website.
Can I choose the dive site?
Tell us what you would like and the team will try, but the site is chosen on the day from the sea conditions and the group. A specific site is never guaranteed.
It has been years since my last dive. Can I still book?
Yes — and please say so in the certification field. The guide may keep your first profile conservative or advise a refresher before going deeper. That is the honest answer, and it is how a good day starts.
Do you dive caves and wrecks?
Caves and overhangs are seen from the outside on standard dives, and swim-throughs are part of the terrain here. Cave penetration is only for divers trained for overhead environments, by agreement with the team. This coast's wrecks lie off Kemer and Antalya, not Alanya, so we do not sell wreck dives.
What is included in the 75 €?
Return hotel transfer, the dive guide and crew, all standard equipment, a hot lunch on board with drinking water, diving insurance for the day and the briefing. Drinks, an underwater photo service, gratuities and a thermal inner suit (diving undergarment) or extra neoprene layer are not included; the thermal inner suit is available as an optional extra on request.
Can I bring my own equipment?
Yes. Many certified divers bring their own mask, computer or regulator; ours are on the boat for anything you leave at home.
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