Turkish Riviera (Antalya, Kaş, Fethiye)
Kırkgöz-Suluin (Döşemealtı)
- Max depth80 m
- CertificationFull cave
- Water temperature≈ 15–28 °C, varies with the seasonestimated, no reports yet
- SpecialExperienced divers
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The dive
Crystal-clear water flows from a small cave into the lake of Kırkgöz. Inside lies 'The Stadium', the largest water-filled room the 1995 team had ever seen, and under water there are karst formations and historical remains.
Profile and sections
Crystal-clear water flows from a small cave into the lake of Kırkgöz. Inside lies 'The Stadium', the largest water-filled room the 1995 team had ever seen, and under water there are karst formations and historical remains. An endemic little fish lives in the cave, the Antalya Pseudophoxinus.
A Yugoslav team had earlier reached 40 m. In 1995 Karstdive 95 surveyed more than 800 m of passages; Kırkgöz II narrows to an impassable crevice. In 2022 a team from Akdeniz University under Prof. Mehmet Gökoğlu dived four of its five dive points. The water flows on to the Düden and so to the sea.
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- Depth and profile
- Over 800 m of passages surveyed (1995); a ~200 m passage drops past 60 m to a restriction, a later dive went deeper than 80 m. 'The Stadium' is a water-filled room over 100 by 100 m and more than 50 m high. In 2022 a team reached ~50 m and saw the cave continue.
- Configuration
- Expedition dive on trimix with decompression (estimate).
- Gas
- Trimix from 40 m
Who can dive where
- At least Full cave
- Configurations: Backmount / twinset / Sidemount / CCR
- Configuration unknown — research beforehand
- Goes down to 80 m (trimix or deco may be needed)
- Experienced divers only
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How to get there
Spring with a lake at Kırkgöz (Döşemealtı), north-west of Antalya. Protected archaeological site: only with permission from the Antalya governorship (Antalya Valiliği). In 1995 and 2022 it was dived only for research.
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