Cold Water - Ksamil
Cold Water, just off Ksamil, is an easy entry point for newer divers. The site bottoms out at 13 metres, providing a good spot to get comfortable with your buoyancy. You'll find a mix of rocky seafloor and sand patches, often with small groups of bream and wrasse flitting between the rocks. It’s a decent option for a relaxed dive or a refresher.
- Location
- Ksamil, Albania, Mediterranean & Europe
- Coordinates
- 40.411900, 19.480900
- Maximum Depth
- 13m
- Difficulty
- Beginner
Marine Protected Area: Karaburun-Sazan Marine National Park
Nearby Dive Sites in Ksamil
- A 110 - 21m (wreck)
- A 211 - 27m (wreck)
- A 211 A 210 - 27m (wreck)
- ALBANO - 15m (wreck)
- ALBANO (POSSIBLY) - 14m (wreck)
- ANTONIETTA COSTA - 9m (wreck)
- BREGENZ (POSSIBLY) - 8m (wreck)
- CITTA DI SAVONA - 23m (wreck)
- Drymades Beach - MIG-21 wreck - 15m (wreck)
- FOFO - 53m (wreck)
- HELICON - 30m (wreck)
- KAPTAN SAIT OZEGE - 7m (wreck)
- Korfu Diving
- LICA - 9m (wreck)
- LOKRUM - 3m (wreck)
Nearest Dive Centres to Cold Water
- ACHILLEON DIVING CENTER - SSI, PADI
- AMFORA - Scuba Schools International (SSI)
- APOLLO DIVING RESORT
- Captain Hook
- CORFU DIVING FUN CLUB
- Dive Easy
Marine Life in Ksamil
Home to 37 recorded species including 21 reef fish, 4 seagrass & algae, 4 sharks & rays, 3 whales & dolphins, 1 other, 1 crabs & lobsters.
Notable Species
- Cowfish (Tursiops truncatus) - Whales & Dolphins
- loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
- Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) - Crabs & Lobsters
- Mediterranean tapeweed (Posidonia oceanica) - Seagrass & Algae
- Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - Whales & Dolphins
- Marbled Spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus) - Reef Fish
- Blue-white Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) - Whales & Dolphins
- Species code: Hs (Halophila stipulacea) - Seagrass & Algae
- Silver-cheeked Toadfish (Lagocephalus sceleratus) - Reef Fish
- pilchard (Sardina pilchardus) - Reef Fish
- White Seabream (Diplodus sargus) - Reef Fish
- Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) - Reef Fish
- Snapper (Sparus aurata) - Reef Fish
- Blacktail Bream (Diplodus vulgaris) - Reef Fish
- eelgrass (Zostera marina) - Seagrass & Algae
- Springer (Mugil cephalus) - Reef Fish
- Wrasse (Coris julis) - Reef Fish
- Ornate Wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) - Reef Fish
- Sea Scorpion (Scorpaena porcus) - Reef Fish
- Broadnosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) - Reef Fish