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Northern Cyprus
Diving is much less developed in the Turkish northern part of Cyprus than the Greek southern part. There are fewer divers and dive centres, so you can get even further away from it all.
With large stretches of undeveloped beaches, northern Cyprus is the last big refuge of turtle nesting in the Mediterranean. From May to July, green and loggerhead turtles crawl up the beaches, dig nests and bury eggs. A month or two later, the young turtles hatch and flap their way down the sand and out to sea.
Diving is similar to the southern part of Cyprus, generally shallow with sections of wall, reef and small caves. A broken steel wreck is unidentified.
Salamis, the ancient capital of Cyprus, was destroyed by earthquakes in Roman times, with the ground subsiding leaving areas of ruins in the shallow sea. Broken columns and stone blocks are eroded and hard to identify. They lie so shallow that they are easier to snorkel over than to dive.