点评:Seeing how clear sea water in Cyprus is, I decided that is time for kid to try diving. In Pyla, luckily for us we contacted Undersea World Scuba Diving center staff. Diving instructors were friendly and honest about that we will see and encounter. And after giving us an extra discount we said yes.
Next morning we had shuttle to Ayia Napa and then short but detailed instructions and after that we were driven to Protaras Green Bay. We were only three people - me, kid and instructor - big contrast to other diving places in other parts of the world. As I had previous diving experience then I was surprised how professional instruction was for beginning divers and at no moment kid was afraid even then doing under water with no air mask exercise.
In my opinion Green Bay is an amazing place for a first dive as there are no waves and entrance into sea is gradual. Diving in Green Bay was very relaxing and interesting for first divers as shortly you will dive through a lot of fishes. Diving deeper between large rocks you will see some sea urchins and some colorful fishes. At the deepest point (10m) there is a sculpture park with statues - looking up it did not feel so deep at all. Total diving time was around 50 minutes and while diving we did not see any turtles (luckily for us we went to another beach the next day and had the opportunity to swim with turtle for more than three hours).
Comparing to other diving place around world, Cyprus has excellent visibility and water is very warm, but Cyprus diving community suffers from overfishing in Mediterranean Sea.
翻译:看到塞浦路斯的海水如此清澈,我决定是时候让孩子们尝试潜水了。在皮拉,我们很幸运地联系到了海底世界潜水中心的工作人员。潜水教练们很友好,而且坦诚地告诉我们我们将会看到和遇到什么。在给了我们额外的折扣后,我们答应了。
第二天早上,我们乘坐班车前往阿依纳帕,然后接受了简短但详细的指导,之后我们被送到了普罗塔拉斯绿湾。我们只有三个人——我、孩子和教练——与世界其他地方的潜水场所形成了鲜明对比。由于我之前有过潜水经验,所以我很惊讶初学者的指导是如此专业,孩子们一点也不害怕,即使在水下没有佩戴空气面罩练习。
在我看来,绿湾是第一次潜水的绝佳地点,因为这里没有海浪,入海很平稳。对于初次潜水的人来说,在绿湾潜水非常放松和有趣,因为很快你就会潜入许多鱼群中。潜入大石头之间的深处,你会看到一些海胆和一些色彩斑斓的鱼。最深处(10 米)有一个雕塑公园,里面有雕像——往上看,感觉一点也不深。总潜水时间约为 50 分钟,潜水时我们没有看到任何海龟(幸运的是,我们第二天去了另一个海滩,有机会和海龟一起游泳超过三个小时)。
与世界其他潜水地点相比,塞浦路斯的能见度极佳,水温很高,但塞浦路斯潜水社区遭受地中海过度捕捞的困扰。