Diving Zenobia Wreck with Easy Divers
Zenobia wreck in cyprus, a Swedish roll-on-roll-off ferry fully loaded with 108 trailers and trucks. Dive the Zenobia Shipwreck Cyprus.
Let Easy Divers take you on a guided dive around the wreck either with traditional scuba equipment, sidemount equipment or with Technical Diving Equipment.
The Zenobia was registered to carry up to 140 passengers. She sunk on her maiden voyage to Cyprus in 7 June 1980 off Larnaca fishing harbour. Zenovia is now lying on her side at 42 meters.She has two decks, and two stern doors (1 port, 1 starboard), powered by two 7 cylinder, single acting, oil-fired two strokes engines. They delivered 18,760 bhp.
The Story About The Zenobia Wreck Cyprus
The Zenobia Ship Wreck is the most popular diving site in Cyprus; The Zenobia Ferry is just outside of Larnaca seafront and was registered to carry up to 140 passengers. Zenobia Shipwreck sunk on her maiden voyage in the Mediterranean Sea while in Cyprus in 7 June 1980, opposite Larnaca’s old fishing harbour.
It was not the maiden voyage of Zenobia Ship, but her first to the Med. Her history and the intrigue over her sinking deserve an article on their own but to give you an idea the rumours range from computer error and insurance scams to Middle Eastern security forces.
Zenobia Wreck Diving, which has now become a protected artificial reef in cyprus, many species of fish making the zenobia wreck their homes. Fish spotted on the zenobia wreck are Dusky and Striped Groupers, Sea Bass, Amberjacks, Barracuda, Parrotfish, a wide variety of Bream and Wrasse. The marine life in and around the wreck is unique, and the zenobia dive site is currently rated amongst the top ten wreck dive sites of the world.
Diving Zenobia wreck is an absolute must, for all serious certified divers, visiting Cyprus. Our instructors are specialist in diving zenobia wreck. Each Instructor has at least 15 years diving experience for diving zenobia wreck. If you’re planning on specialised diving of zenobia wreck penetration deep exploration, not many diving centres can claim this status. Proper planning with lights,lines and extra gases, need to considered. Dive Safe and enjoy your diving!
Easy Divers will offer the Padi Wreck Diver Speciality Course, which is four dives on the wreck for during the zenobia wreck in Cyprus. We are the Zenobia Wreck Specialist.
The most popular theory though surrounding the sinking of the Zenobia Wreck was computerized ballasting system, as this reportedly developed a fault while on route to Larnaca. A specialised ferry maintenance team was sent aboard the Zenobia to correct the problem and successfully managed to correct the list to 5%. However, at 5pm on the same evening of the 6th June 1980 the Captain mistakenly dismissed them, dispatching them back to land.
This was later to prove to be a fatal mistake as the following day at 2am the Zenobia wreck sank, taking her cargo to her final resting place Zenobia Wreck Cyprus…
If you would like to dive this fantastic wreck, send us an email and we will send you our Wreck Dive Zenobia Cyprus Schedule.