MAV Achaios

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What you'll see (18)

Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratusseen 4× near here

Tufted Ghost CrabOcypode cursorseen 2× near here

Mediterranean Banded KillifishAphanius fasciatusseen 2× near here

Eastern MosquitofishGambusia holbrookiseen 2× near here

White Sea BreamDiplodus sargusseen 2× near here

Violet Sea SnailJanthina janthinaseen 2× near here

Mediterranean Cone SnailConus ventricosusseen 2× near here

Turtle BarnacleChelonibia testudinariaseen 2× near here

Noah's Ark shellArca noaeseen 2× near here

Banded Dye-murexHexaplex trunculusseen 2× near here

Hairy ArkBarbatia barbataseen 2× near here

Common OctopusOctopus vulgarisseen 1× near here

PompanoTrachinotus ovatusseen 1× near here

Purple Dye MurexBolinus brandarisseen 1× near here

Nimble Spray CrabPercnon gibbesiseen 1× near here

Brown WrasseLabrus merulaseen 1× near here

Rivulated RabbitfishSiganus rivulatusseen 1× near here

Striped Red MulletMullus surmuletusseen 1× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

8,181km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. 5 dive sites within 25km.

When people dive it

Busiest Feb, May, Jun, Jul, Aug · almost nobody dives it Jan.

From 871 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

71% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~15h 36m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightLarnaca, Cyprus (LCA)~13h 21mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~27 minRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~1h 18mAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boatMAV Achaios~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 MAV Achaios on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Larnaca, Cyprus

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Country: Cyprus
Marks: 34°36.301'N 32°55.767'E
Position: 34.6050, 32.9295

Where it is

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Nearby

Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.