Turkish Riviera (Antalya, Kaş, Fethiye)

Suluin Mağarası (İncirli Gök, Finike)

Closed to divers

Closed to tourism and to amateur and tourist divers. Only professional or scientific dives with an official permit (Finike municipality; Antalya cultural inventory, Oct 2025).

Source: Finike Belediyesi – Suluin Mağarası ↗Source: Antalya Kültür Envanteri – Finike Suluin Mağarası ↗

Max depth122 m
CertificationFull cave
SpecialExperienced divers

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The dive

A flooded cave in limestone with an entrance 80 m wide. At the surface the water is fresh; deeper it turns salty and acidic, and you smell hydrogen sulphide.

Acidic, salty water with hydrogen sulphide at depth, 13–14 °C, and collapses in the cave. In 1995 a scooter imploded at ~90 m.

Source: Finike Belediyesi – Suluin Mağarası ↗Source: Antalya Kültür Envanteri – Finike Suluin Mağarası ↗Source: InDEPTH – Under the Taurus Mountains: the Karstdive discovery (1995, republished 2019) ↗

1 earlier accident or incident has been reported at this cave. Read what happened ↓

Profile and sections

A flooded cave in limestone with an entrance 80 m wide. At the surface the water is fresh; deeper it turns salty and acidic, and you smell hydrogen sulphide. Stalactites under water show the cave was once dry; the salt points to a connection with the sea.

On 27 August 1995 the Karstdive 95 team dived here to 122 m. In 2000 a study by Akdeniz University found pottery and bone fragments in the cave.

Practical: the cave is also called Gök or İncirli Gök cave; don't confuse it with Kırkgöz-Suluin near Antalya.

Depth and profile: Plan for more than 122 m: in 1995 a US team reached 122 m without finding the bottom (InDEPTH gives 117 m at Gök Cave, the inventory a depth of 64 m). More than 230 m of penetration; entrance 80 m wide.
Configuration: Deep expedition dive on trimix in cold, salty water (estimate).
Gas: Trimix from 40 m

Who can dive where

CaveAt least Full cave
Whole caveConfigurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR
Whole caveConfiguration unknown — research beforehand · doesn't decide who may dive
Whole caveGoes down to 122 m (trimix or deco may be needed) · doesn't decide who may dive
Whole caveExperienced divers only · doesn't decide who may dive

Experienced diversPermission needed

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How to get there

~1 km from Finike, beside the road to Demre (Karşıyaka, Gökliman), ~18 m above the road: a ~30 m climb up the slope and then down over scree to the water.

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Accidents and incidents

What happened at this cave before, with the sources. No names are given; read it as a lesson for your own planning.

Per the municipality a German diving couple died here in 1995; their bodies were found at 60 m.
Source: Finike Belediyesi – Suluin Mağarası ↗

Access and rules change: check what applies locally right before your trip. Source: GDELT Project and the news feeds of diving magazines. Search for more news ↗ Searched automatically, last on 5 Nov 2026.

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