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Cave island
Zipári, Aegean Islands, Greece
Water bodyAegean Sea
Water temp17–25°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Oct
About this site
Cave island is a cave and reef dive site near Zipári, South Aegean, Greece, in the Aegean Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, lionfish, octopus, moray eels. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 17 to 25 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Blue Spiny StarfishCoscinasterias tenuispina
Marbled SpinefootSiganus rivulatus
RedcoatSargocentron rubrum
Devil FirefishPterois miles
Silverstripe BlaasopLagocephalus sceleratus
Black Sea UrchinArbacia lixula
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
Nearby sites
- 1Trigger reef1.4 km
- 2Potteries1.5 km
- 3Big Reef23 km
- 4Büyük Resif23 km
- 5Small Reef23 km
- 6Sg-115 Turkish Navy Shipwreck23 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org