Advice on Diving in Cyprus

... is considerably safer to travelers than most of the hyped-up news media would have the average tourist believe. There are many caves, walls, and reefs that line the jagged coast of Cyprus. The eastern shore has many established dive sites, as does Larnaca and Protaras, north of Larnaca Bay. Scuba divers can explore the famous wreck of the Zenobia in Larnaca Bay and, with any luck, come across ancient stone anchors and amphoras (a container used to measure bulk or liquids in Roman times), dating back as far as 400 BC. Also, if you are lucky, you will drift over an ancient artifact that huma...