Rhodes
Greece · Mediterranean
Rhodes offers year-round diving with peak visibility from June through October, when warm 26 C waters reveal ancient amphora fields, dense sponge gardens, and moray-laced reef walls stretching to 40 m. The island's protected eastern bays shelter wrecks while the west coast delivers dramatic drop-offs swept by mild Aegean currents.
How this reef is doing
ⓘ How we measure thisReef state
Live science signals for this reef are still being gathered.
Coral cover
Fish life
Heat
Fishing
Open to fishing, and the water is busy.
Sources · Global Fishing Watch and reef gravity
What you will see
21 species across the dive sites here
Hooded Crow
Seen 27 days ago
at Kallithea Springs Reef
Pelasgian Rock Lizard
Seen 28 days ago
at Kallithea Springs Reef
Least concern
Chocolate-Band Snail
Seen 1 month ago
at Yades Bay Wrecks
Mediterranean parrotfish
Seen 1 month ago
at Kallithea Springs Reef
Least concern
Blue-Spotted Cornetfish
Seen 1 month ago
at Lindos Bay Wall
Least concern
Indian Lionfish
Seen 8 months ago
at Lindos Bay Wall
Least concern
Mediterranean moray
Seen 9 months ago
at Yades Bay Wrecks
Least concern
Common octopus
Seen 10 months ago
at Yades Bay Wrecks
Least concern
Loggerhead sea turtle
Seen 11 months ago
at Prasonisi Sponge Gardens
Vulnerable
Flabellina nudibranch
Seen Apr 2025
at Lindos Bay Wall
Orange encrusting sponge
Seen Sep 2024
at Yades Bay Wrecks
Common two-banded sea bream
Seen Sep 2024
at Lindos Bay Wall
Least concern
Two-banded sea bream
Seen Sep 2024
at Yades Bay Wrecks
Least concern
Barrel sponge
Seen year round
at Prasonisi Sponge Gardens
European barracuda
Seen year round
at Prasonisi Sponge Gardens
Least concern
Greater amberjack
Seen year round
at Prasonisi Sponge Gardens
Least concern
Peacock wrasse
Seen year round
at Kallithea Springs Reef
Least concern
Scorpionfish
Seen year round
at Kallithea Springs Reef
Least concern
Violet sea fan
Seen year round
at Lindos Bay Wall
Yellow cup coral
Seen year round
at Lindos Bay Wall
Xerocrassa cretica
Rare sighting
at Prasonisi Sponge Gardens
Least concern
Dive sites
Yades Bay Wrecks
mediterranean moray · two-banded sea bream · common octopus · orange encrusting sponge
Kallithea Springs Reef
mediterranean parrotfish · mediterranean moray · peacock wrasse · scorpionfish
Prasonisi Sponge Gardens
loggerhead sea turtle · barrel sponge · greater amberjack · european barracuda
Lindos Bay Wall
yellow cup coral · flabellina nudibranch · violet sea fan · common two-banded sea bream