With more than 10 dive centers in the city, Sozopol has become the scuba diving capital of Bulgaria. There is a reason for the concentration of so many dive centers in Sozopol and the reason is that most of the popular dive sites in the Bulgarian coastline are located near Sozopol. Take a look at padi.com for the list of PADI dive centers located in Sozopol.
Below are some of the popular dive sites.
Shipwreck Pioner
Old fishing boat, Pioner was sunken on purpose as a divers attraction and in order to create artificial reef. Max depth 18 meters. The wreck is located about 10 to 15 minutes boat ride from the port of Sozopol.
Goat Cave and St. Ivan Island
An actual cavern, so even scuba divers with Open Water Diver Certificate can dive there. Max depth is 15 meters, boat travel from port of Sozopol is about 15-20 minutes.
Seahorse alley and lagoon
Beautiful dive site especially for beginners divers or for divers who would just like to try scuba diving. Entrance is done from shore from the corner of Harmani beach or from the Lagoon nearby. Normally entering the water from the sandy beach is more comfortable, especially for divers without any experience as there is no walking on rocks with the equipment on the back. Max depth is 7 meters. The dive site is named Seahorse alley as you can spot plenty of seahorses from April to about mid June.
Coral Garden
Coral Garden, also known as Ivan’s Maldives is a dive site with plenty of marine life as the area has natural protection from the local fishermen. Due to the bottom composition (life reef), you can’t throw fishing nets in the area. You could, however the fishing net will actually hang up on the reef and stay there. Coral Garden is located about 25 minutes boat ride from the port of Sozopol, max depth 18 meters.
Underwater Stone Forest
Entry is from the beach, max depth is 17 meters. Very popular dive site, divers holding certificate Open Water Diver and above can dive at the Underwater Stone Forest. The bottom of the trees that divers observe during the dive are actually the remains of the old trees who have turn into stone. No need to have imagination in order to see the bottom of the trees.
Cape Kolokita
Beautiful dives site, max depth 18 meters, entry is from boat and the boat ride from the port of Sozopol is about 25 minutes.
Paradise Bay
Paradise bay is well known bay by the locals. Many years ago Paradise bay provided shelter for ship even in recent days the bay is used by smaller as shelter.
Max depth is about 13 meters.
St. Stefan’s Bay
Well protected bay from the north winds and waves. Entry is from shore, max depth at the dive site is 15 meters, it does get a bit deeper, however you need to do a bit of swimming.
The Unknown Steam Shipwreck
Shipwreck is located near the shores of Chernomorec, about 20 minutes boat ride from the port of Sozopol. Max depth is about 7 meters, dive is done from shore. As it is shallow dive site there is no diving experience needed and even divers who never dived before could do their first dive at this dive site.
Underwater Chapel and Mermaid
Dive site is located about 30 minutes drive south from Sozopol.
Max depth is 15 meters, chapel is located at about 6 meters depth and the mermaid is located at about 12 meters depth. Water entry is from shore.
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