peter bassill · operator
$ cat diving/sites/alaties

Alaties.

A shore site with cliffs above and below the water, offering three dives. The easy route leaves from the beach to a Posidonia meadow (15 m), and a second follows an underwater cliff (40 m). The third starts with a 6 m jump from a cliff, follows a rock face to a disarmed Second World War naval mine and a three-chamber grotto, and ends with a five-minute walk back along a pebbly path (20 m).

Where · Alaties, on the Kefalonia coast, dived from the shore. The centre does not say where it is or how far it is from Fiskardo. Type · shore Depth · to 40 m Logged · 33 dives, 16 Nov 2004 – 29 Jun 2005
$ man alaties
01 / The dive

What's down there.

POINTS OF INTEREST
  • Shore entry from the beach
  • Posidonia seagrass meadow
  • Underwater cliff to 40 m
  • Disarmed Second World War naval mine
  • Grotto with three chambers
  • 6 m cliff-jump entry on the advanced route
MARINE LIFE
  • Posidonia oceanica (Neptune grass)
DEPTH & CONDITIONS

Three routes: an easy beach dive to a seagrass meadow (15 m); a dive along an underwater cliff (40 m); and an advanced route with a cliff-jump entry (20 m).

Shore access. The beach route (15 m) suits beginners and Open Water training; the cliff route (40 m) covers the PADI Deep range; the advanced route needs good physical condition because of the cliff-jump entry and the walk out.

$ git log --reverse alaties
02 / History

How it got there.

A disarmed Second World War naval mine lies on the advanced route (centre).

$ grep alaties diving/log | wc -l
03 / Logged here

33 dives.

From the log — the dates follow the pattern I dived, so read them as representative rather than exact.

2005 24

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