Turtle Rock
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About this site
Turtle Rock lies in the Pistol Bay area near Paphos in Cyprus, a dive site that local divers count among their favourites. Many swim-throughs make it a place where divers want to spend as long as they can, and a turtle may swim past the rock formation that gives the site its name.
On the way in and out of the Pistol Bay area is a swim-through called Champagne Rock, which feels like diving through a large open fireplace. Divers pass over layers of sedimentary rock that narrow towards the rear into a chimney. The porous roof lets exhaled air trickle through, producing a stream of bubbles.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
GlassfishGlassfishReported here · unconfirmed
European ParrotfishSparisoma cretenseReported here · unconfirmed
Rivulated RabbitfishSiganus rivulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Red Sea GoatfishParupeneus forsskaliReported here · unconfirmed
Tufted Ghost CrabOcypode cursorReported here · unconfirmed
Mediterranean DamselfishChromis chromisReported here · unconfirmed
Dusky SpinefootSiganus luridusReported here · unconfirmed
Flavimaculosus PufferTorquigener flavimaculosusReported here · unconfirmed
Nimble Spray CrabPercnon gibbesiReported here · unconfirmed
GrouperGrouperReported here · unconfirmed
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