Zenobia

Verified2026-09-30 checkedWreck

A 172 m ferry on her side in clear warm water, with the lorries still chained to her deck.

Depth: 16–42 m52–138 ft
Difficulty: Advanced
Entry: Boat
Typical current: Light
Coordinates: 34°53.964′N 33°38.352′E
Activities: Scuba · Technical

The Zenobia capsized off Larnaca on her maiden voyage in 1980, carrying 104 articulated lorries, and they are still there — chained to the deck, hanging over the side, some of them on the seabed underneath. She lies on her port side from 16 m at the rail to 42 m at the seabed, which means a diver can see the wreck on a single tank and a technical diver can spend years on her. The water is 16–27 °C, the visibility is usually 20 m or better, and she is a fifteen-minute boat ride from a town. There is no better first big wreck anywhere.

Fifteen minutes by boat from Larnaca marina. Shops run two dives a day on her most of the year.

Best season

ExcellentMay–Sep
GoodOct
FairNov–Apr

Before you get in

Going inside a wreck is an overhead environment: silt can take the visibility in seconds, and there is entanglement. Swimming the outside of it is a different dive.
Deeper than recreational limits. It carries a decompression obligation and gas planning, and is not a dive to plan without that training.

Taken from this site’s recorded depth, type and current, and nothing else. An empty list is not a safe site — the sea on the day, the local geography and the boat traffic are not in it. The briefing on the spot comes first.

Conditions

Water temperature: 25.8°C78°F
Wave height: 0.1 m0 ft
Air temperature: 23.6°C74°F
Wind speed: 4.1 km/h2.5 mph

Updated 2026-10-07 16:15 UTC · Source: Open-Meteo

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

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Sea state and tide

On a date

Tide · 10/7

High08:42-0.32 m
Low15:00-0.64 m
High21:00-0.35 m

Forecast heights against mean sea level. Real tides in a bay, a harbour or over a flat can differ — check an official tide table before you get in.

Pick a day to see its tide

Only wave height and wind are scored, because those are what close a boat ramp or a shore entry. Water temperature is reported and never scored: 12°C is an ordinary dive in a drysuit and punishing in a 3 mm, and a number that cannot see your suit has no business marking it down. Stars do not decide whether you get in — you and your guide do, on the day.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)

Marine life you may see

Dusky grouperEpinephelus marginatusCommon
European barracudaSphyraena viridensisCommon
Mediterranean morayMuraena helenaCommon
Common cuttlefishSepia officinalisSeasonal
Moon jellyfishAurelia auritaMay–AugSeasonal
Bearded firewormHermodice carunculataCommon

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