“ The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. ” _{(Jacques-Yves Cousteau)}

Sunday, May 31, 2020

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Amphitheatre

Coral Bay

Angel Fish

Diving the Zenobia

The mighty Zenobia Shipwreck

Diving Buddys

Diving in 'The Bay'

Sentido Cypria Bay Hotel

Loggerhead Turtle

Caretta Caretta

Green Sea Turtle

Fish of the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Sea is one of the most biologically diverse seas on the planet, highly considered to be a worldwide ‘hotspot’ for its biodiversity and with many species endemic to this ‘mini ocean’, it is somewhere that every diver should be visiting. Stretching over an area over 2.5 million km², and hosting some of the worlds most famous dive sites, a sea hiding gems from ancient shipwrecks like the Phoenician wreck of Malta, to the more recent ‘Zenobia’ right here in Cyprus - rated as one of the world's top 10 wreck dives. With literally thousands of islands and an endless possibility of dive locations, the Mediterranean is a treat for anyone that gets the chance to dive here, and Cyprus is rated as one of the best of them all.

Below is a list of just some of the Mediterranean marine life that you might get the chance to see while diving here in Paphos, Cyprus ….

	Barracuda Sphyraena - 1.5m – 2m
	Bearded Fireworm Hermodice Carunculata - 10cm
	Black Sea Urchin Arbacia Lixula - 15cm
	Black Tailed Wrasse Symphodus Melanocarcus - 5cm
	Blacktip Shark Carcharhinus limbatus – 1.5m
	Blue Runner Caranx Crysos - 30cm
	Blue Shark Prionace glauca – 1.5m to 3m
	Blue Triggerfish Pseudobalistes Fuscus - 40cm
	Bluefin Tuna Thunnus Thynnus – 1m to 2m
	Bull Shark Carcharhinus leucas – 2m to 2.5m
	Cardinalfish Apogon Imberbis - 10cm
	Common Dentex Dentex Dentex - 1m
	Common Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba – 2.4m to 2.6m
	Common Lobster Homarus Gammarus - 40cm
	Common Stingray Dasyatis Pastinaca - 60cm
	Conger Eel common around shipwrecks –up to 3-4m
	Copper Shark Carcharhinus brachyurus – 2 m to 3.5m
	Cow Bream Sarpa Salpa / Saupe - 50cm
	Cuttlefish Sepia Officinalis - 40cm
	Damselfish Chromis Chromis - 15cm
	Dusky Grouper Epinephelus Marginatus - 1.5m
	Eagle Ray Myliobatis Aquilla - 1.5m
	Flounder Bothus Podas - 40cm
	Flying Fish Cheilopogon Furcatus - 30cm
	Fragile Brittlestar Ophiothrix Fragilis - 6cm
	Gorgonian Corals Paramuricea Clavata
	Great Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna mokarran – 4m to 6m
	Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias – 3m to 8m
	Greater Forkbeard Phycis Phycis - 70cm
	Greater Weeverfish Trachinus Draco - 40cm
	Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas – Up to 1.5m
	Grey Triggerfish Balistes capriscus - 60cm
	Grouper (Common) Anyperidon /Cromileptes - 1m
	Mediterranean Jellyfish Cotylorhiza Tuberculata - 35cm in diamater
	John Dory Zeus Faber - 40cm
	Lady Godiva Nudibranch Godiva Banyulensis - 5cm
	Lesser Spotted Dogfish Scyliorchinus Canicula - 1m
	Lionfish Pterois radiata– 5cm to 45cm
	Lizardfish Synodus Saurus - 30cm
	Loggerhead Turtle Caretta Caretta – 1m to 3m
	Long Armed Brittlestar Ophioderma Longicauda - 15cm
	Long-Snout Sea Horse Hippocampus Ramulosus - 15cm
	Mediterranean Cerith snail Cerithium Vulgatum - 6cm
	Monk Seal Monachus monachus – 2.4m
	Moray Eel Muraena Helena - 1.5m
	Neptune Grass Posidonia Oceanica - 1m
	Oceanic Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus - 4m
	Ocellated Wrasse Symphodus Ocellatus - 10cm
	Ornate Wrasse Thalassoma - 20cm
	Painted Comber Serranus Scriba - 30cm
	Parrotfish Sparisoma Cretense - 50cm
	Peacock Worm Sabella Pavonina - 7cm
	Pearly Razorfish Xyrichthys Novacula - 20cm
	Picarel Spicara Maena - 25cm
	Pink Flatworm Prostheceraeus Giesbrechtii - 2cm
	Pipefish Sygnathus Acus - 40cm
	Queen Scallop Aequipecten Opercularis - 8cm
	Rainbow Wrasse Coris Julis - 15cm
	Red Hermit Crab Dardanus Calidus - 2cm
	Red Scorpionfish Scorpaena Scrofa - 15cm
	Red Triplefin Blenny Helcogramma Steinitzi - 20cm
	Saddled Seabream Oblada melanura - 30cm
	Sand Tiger Shark Carcharias Taurus – 3m average
	Sandbar Shark Carcharhinus plumbeus – 2m to 2.5m
	Sea Bass Dicentrarchus Labrax - 1m
	Sea Hare Aplysia Punctata - 40cm
	Sea Potato Halocinthya Papillosa - 12cm
	Sevengill Shark Notorynchus cepedianus– 1.3m to 1.7m
	Shortfin Mako Shark Isurus oxyrinchus – 3.2m
	Smooth Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna zygaena – 5m
	Smooth Hound Mustelus Mustelus - 1.5m
	Squirrelfish Sargocentron Rubrum - 15cm
	Stargazer Uranoscopus Scaber - 40cm
	Streaked Gurnard Trigloporus Lastoviza - 40cm
	Striped Blenny Parablennius Rouxi - 7cm
	Striped Bream Lithognathus Mormyrus - 50cm
	Striped Grouper Epinephelus Costae - 1m
	Striped Mullet Mullus Surmuletus - 40cm
	Swallowtail Seaperch Anthias Anthias - 10cm
	Thornback Ray Raja Clavata - 90cm
	Tiger Shark Galeocerdo cuvier – 5m
	Triton Trumpet Charonia Tritonis - 40cm
	Trumpet Anemone Aiptasia Mutabilis - 15cm
	Trumpetfish Fistularia Commersonii - 20cm
	Two Banded Bream Diplodus Vulgaris - 40cm
	White Spotted Octopus Octopus Macropus - 1m
	White Tipped Nudibranch Coryphella Pedata - 5cm
	Yellow Cup Coral Leptosammia Pruvoti - 2cm
	Zebra Sea Bream Diplodus Cervinus - 50cm

Diving in Paphos

Dive Sites

Zenobia