Ölüdeniz Blue Cave Scuba Diving Tour with Snorkel Option

Scuba diving in the Blue Cave area of Ölüdeniz

Take your first breath underwater at Blue Cave

Blue Cave is the setting for one instructor-led scuba dive. The session starts with time to review the equipment and hand signals you will use in the water. Your instructor adapts depth and time underwater to your experience and sea conditions. You reach the dive site by boat from Ölüdeniz.

At Blue Cave, the boat gives you a place to take in the scenery before going into the water. The cliffs shade some parts of the surface while sunlight reaches others. Seen from deck, the outlines of the shore and the shifting colours of the water are the main view. Seen from the surface or below it, smaller details start to come into focus.

One scuba dive and a snorkelling option for companions

With a diver ticket, you take part in one scuba dive with an instructor. The preparation gives you a chance to become familiar with the equipment and review the signals you will use in the water. After entering from the boat, the view through your mask replaces the wider coastal scene with the immediate surroundings under the surface.

With a non-diver ticket, you can snorkel during the stop when conditions allow. Floating near the surface lets you watch what is happening just below while staying in the area indicated by the crew. You can also stay aboard and watch the coast from the deck. Both tickets let you share the same trip even if you choose different activities.

The boat spends approximately two hours in the Blue Cave area. The stop gives the group time to prepare, go into the water and return to the boat. Between these parts of the visit, you can look back at the coastline and take in the difference between the light on the water and the shade beside the rocks.

When you come back aboard after diving, compare what you saw below the surface with what your companion noticed while snorkelling. At the end of the stop, the boat takes you back to Ölüdeniz. Morning and afternoon starts let you fit the dive into your day.

After returning to the boat, divers and companions can compare what they noticed from below and from the surface. The shared stop gives everyone time together even when they choose different ways to spend it.

For a two-dive alternative, see the Fethiye scuba diving programme.