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Le Grande Bleu
The Big Blue · Íos, Greece
EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodySea of Crete
Water temp16–25°C
Estimated from climate dataMay–Oct
About this site
Le Grande Bleu is a reef dive site near Íos, South Aegean, Greece, in the Sea of Crete. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Best for divers with some experience. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes lionfish, octopus, moray eels, groupers. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 16 to 25 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Dusky SpinefootSiganus luridus
Ornate WrasseThalassoma pavo
ParrotfishSparisoma cretense
Bigfin Reef SquidSepioteuthis lessoniana
Common Two-banded SeabreamDiplodus vulgaris
White SeabreamDiplodus sargus
Scarlet CoralBalanophyllia (Balanophyllia) europaea
DamselfishChromis chromis
Nearby sites
- 1Mylopotas shore Reef11 km
- 2Ios Shipwreck12 km
- 3Arado plane20 km
- 4Fighter plane wrack world war II20 km
- 5Santorini Caldera22 km
- 6Point of interest? rock?23 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Dive Vibe Community (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org