Scuba diving in Athens is a unique adventure filled with breath-taking underwater topography, thriving Mediterranean marine life, and ancient artifacts. Scuba diving is not the first thing most travelers think of when visiting Athens. Attracting nearly one million tourists every year, visitors flock to this city to marvel at its ancient ruins; however, most miss the amazing history also found hidden in the waters surrounding Athens.

As one of the oldest and busiest cities in the world, Athens has a rich maritime history and now boasts fantastic shipwrecks. Besides excellent wreck diving, Athens offers beautiful underwater topography with caverns, arches, pinnacles, and deep drop-offs to explore. 

Most Athens dive centers are based along the beaches close to the city and offer exciting dive trips for beginners and experts alike.

With a pleasant climate year-round, there is almost no "bad" time to go scuba diving in Athens. The water and air temperatures are coolest during the winter months and hit their peak temperatures in July and August. If you are looking for the warmest weather, Athens diving is best between June and September; however, these are also the most crowded months of the year. 

If you can get away in the spring or fall, the months of May and October are still very pleasant, and the city will be much quieter than visiting in the summer. Athens dive centers are open year-round to accommodate divers any time of the year.
 

Athens dive centers offer various diving options in the clear Mediterranean waters surrounding this great city, including excellent wreck diving. Come explore the famous shipwrecks of the Avantis III and Pylaros and even sunken cars right offshore. 

Athens diving covers a wide range of topographical features, including stunning aches, deep water pinnacles, and thrilling underwater caverns. 

You can find Athens' most popular dive sites around the Attica peninsula and surrounding Makronisos Island. With such underwater diversity, all diving levels can find something exciting along Athens' coast.

You can see a wide variety of Mediterranean marine life while scuba diving in Athens. The reefs within these temperate waters are home to schools of anthia, sea bream, scorpionfish, grouper, lobsters, squid, cuttlefish, and octopus. Larger fish species include tuna, barracuda, and stingrays, sometimes spotted along the sandy bottom. 

During the summer months, Athens divers have a chance to see migrating basking sharks and sea turtles. More rare sightings include the endangered Mediterranean monk seal, bottlenose dolphins, and sperm whales. 

Divers who love to look for exciting macro life can keep their eyes peeled in the seagrass for seahorses, and the rocky reefs are home to brilliantly colored nudibranchs.
 

Attica Peninsula - Home to Greece's capital, Greece's Attica Peninsula is full of great dive sites featuring historic wrecks, interesting rock formations, and easy beach dives.

Vouliagmeni Lake - This historic lake is a very popular shore dive with water temperatures over 23C all year round. A fun dive for cavern and tec divers.

Avantis III Wreck - This wreck dive is accessible for recreational and tec divers as it can get very deep. It is a fun dive and full of life with moray eels, grouper, tritons, and more!

Pylaros Wreck - This ship sank in 1978 and is now a fun wreck dive in crystal clear water. It sits between 35 and 52 meters on a sandy bottom.

Kyra Leni Wreck - This famous Greek wreck dive is known for being beautifully encrusted with colorful sponges and is thriving with marine life. The wreck is excellent for all diving levels, with the bow sitting at 12 meters and the deepest part of the wreck at 29 meters.