Dives/Underwaterworld | OKYANUS JD Sailing Cruises (Diving-Yoga-Blue Cruise-Free Diving)

OKYANUS JD LIVEABOARD

LIVEABOARD NAME                    : OKYANUS JD (Click to see details) 

TOTAL CABIN                                 : 6 Double (Shared)

TOTAL DIVERS / NON-DIVERS  : 12

TOUR LENGHTH                            : 6 Night / 7 Days

FULL BOARD                                  : Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Dinner (Tea sorts, Instant Coffee sorts, water)

Check-in    : Bozburun (Marmaris) Saturdays, 14:00 hrs

Check-out  : Bozburun (Marmaris) Fridays, 16:00 hrs.  

ARRIVALS / ROUTE : http://www.okyanusblueyachting.com/index.php/en/sailing-gulet-okyanus-jd/arrival-route

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Please see our Tour Dates. There might be vacant dates suitable for your holiday plan. 

Meals : You will never forget the zest of bread served before barbecues. You will always remember the delicious meals prepared by our cook. 

We spend much more attention to hygiene for your health. Our meals are prepared always with fresh ingredients and served. We have an open kitchen which gives you chance to observe our cook, chat and learn about the meals.

Meals Photo Gallery :  http://okyanusblueyachting.com/index.php/tr/?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=245

UNDERWATER AND UNDERWATER CREATURES

Generally speaking who compares the diving sites in Turkey permanently with those famous dive spots in the red sea may close ones eyes to beautiful nature surrounding and specific characteristics of the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

We are diving always close enough to land to see beautiful nature. Your eyes will be caught by the wonderful topography above the surface and under the water. At many places the above formation continues below the surface.  We invite you to discover the wonderful underwater world with cavities, grottos, steep faces and cliffy drop-offs with very good underwater visibility, with us.

During your dives, you will not always surrounded by school of fishes but depending on time and  currents you may come across with the sea robbers like mackerels, barracudas or tunas alone or in big schools. Rays, mediterranean morays, tiger morays, kind of octopus, different types of groupers, lionfish and turtles could often be watched during our dives.

It is observed in 2014 that we have seen more turtles than past years. The amount of turtles increasing is making our dive spots more interesting.  Sea dwellers like lobster, marine lobster, spider crabs and smaller shrimps and hermit crabs can often be admired in their natural environment.

Since octopus lays eggs during our season it is a good chance for photographers and divers to observe the octopus in the nest. Also other representatives of cephalopods (like e.g. cuttlefish) are not rare. For “Macrofriends” and –photographers the variety of house slugs and gorgeous nudibranchs offers an eldorado of photomotifs. Apart from that a lot of colourful fungi are a delight for your eyes.  Real bath sponge can be seen during our dives too.

Water Temp : 

The water temperature at the spots averages in May and June between 18 and 21 °C, in July and August between 22 and 26 °C and in September/October approx. 23 and 27 °C.

For convenient dives we therefore recommend you from May to July and in October a semi-dry suit of 5 to 6.5 mm.

In August and September a wet suit or shorty of 3 to 5 mm is quiet sufficient.

In May and June neoprene gloves ensure well tempered fingers. In the rest of the season from July to October gloves are not necessary. Full fins with robust booties afford secure hold and protection. The simple flippers are good in August and September for snorkelling.

Visibilty : The underwater visibility reachs sometimes more than 50 meters.

Wawes : Diving region is generally calm. There are many coves we stay and overnight in our region. 

WRACKS

Picket Type Coast Guard Boat :

Datça region has a 14 m long, Picket Type Coast Guard Boat since 1 July 2017. She is laying around 18m depth near a reef called Dick's Rock.

Sometimes you will feel like diving in an aquarium in Turkish waters. An aquarium which has witnessed to the history for centuries. Turkish costs have hosted many ships which some of them became victim because of storms or lacking of the seafaring skills. When we remember that the region is then an important center of piracy, it is sure the wonderful bays we overnight were used by the pirates to hide their ships. Whatever the reason was for sunken ships the nature surrounding us have a lot of thrilling stories to tell us. The entire coast is reseeded with ancient ship wrecks, from which today we can only admire the remains of cargo and goods in Bodrum Underwater Museum. The countless amphorae from different eras of the maritime trade leave strong impressions to us. We kindly advise you to visit Bodrum Underwater Museum to see the recovered tiles after excavations made by underwater archaeologists.

We have been organising special Bodrum Wracks Tours with our liveaboard. Pls see the details- http://www.okyanusblueyachting.com/index.php/en/diving/sailing-dive-liveaboard/bodrum-special-wreck-tour  

We kindly remind you that touching or even removing them is strictly forbidden. This is what we better entrust to the experts, who can recover the artifacts securely and will conserve them professionally for posterity.

Daily Schedule is just to give you some idea.  We can take you to land with our dinghy to visit shore or for trecking in the beautiful nature.  We are flexible in our schedule. We offer early morning dives and night dives during our tours.