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Ayia Napa, the nearest town, 17 km away. Photo: Максим Улитин, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Cricket wreck

Dive site · Cyprus

Experienced divers only

Is it worth the trip?

90Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

2 days tie for best

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Tue 3 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
26°C

Wed 4 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.5 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
17kn
Air
24°C

Thu 5 · 91 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
1 kn
Gusts
5kn
Air
23°C

Fri 6 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.2 mflat
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
10kn
Air
21°C

Sat 7 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
3 kn
Gusts
12kn
Air
22°C

Sun 8 · 90 out of 100

Sea
0.3 m
Wind
4 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
21°C

Mon 9 · 89 out of 100

Sea
0.4 m
Wind
5 kn
Gusts
15kn
Air
19°C

Tap a day for sea, wind and water. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Tue 391, good
  2. Wed 489, good
  3. Thu 591, good
  4. Fri 690, good
  5. Sat 790, good
  6. Sun 890, good
  7. Mon 989, good
  8. Tue 1089, good
  9. Wed 1190, good
  10. Thu 1291, good

The site in five facts

  • Down to 33 mits deepest
  • From a boathow you get in
  • Experienced / deepexperienced divers only
  • Water 23 °C5 mm wetsuit
  • Faces Sswell from there reaches it

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know currents, the visibility on the day or your certification.

Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. Scored for experienced divers.

Sea and wind forecast and score for each day at Cricket wreck
DayScoreSeaWindGustsAir
Tue 3Nov91, good0.2 mflat1 kn5kn26°C
Wed 4Nov89, good0.5 m3 kn17kn24°C
Thu 5Nov91, good0.3 m1 kn5kn23°C
Fri 6Nov90, good0.2 mflat3 kn10kn21°C
Sat 7Nov90, good0.4 m3 kn12kn22°C
Sun 8Nov90, good0.3 m4 kn15kn21°C
Mon 9Nov89, good0.4 m5 kn15kn19°C
Tue 10Nov89, good0.3 m6 kn17kn19°C
Wed 11Nov90, good0.3 m5 kn16kn19°C
Thu 12Nov91, good0.1 mflat1 kn10kn22°C

Sea is the waves near the site, in metres; wind and gusts in knots. "Boats in": gusts that keep dive boats in. More

Tide

  • Tue 3 NovHigh 05:45 +0.1 mLow 12:23 −0.1 mHigh 18:59 +0.1 m
  • Wed 4 NovLow 00:44 −0.0 mHigh 06:49 +0.1 mLow 13:05 −0.1 mHigh 19:30 +0.1 m
  • Thu 5 NovLow 01:28 −0.1 mHigh 07:34 +0.1 mLow 13:38 −0.1 mHigh 19:59 +0.2 m

Local clock times; heights about mean sea level. On open coasts the times are usually within a quarter of an hour; in bays, estuaries and on the Gulf of Mexico they can be an hour or more out. Slack water, the safest time to dive where there is current, is about half an hour either side of each high and low. Tide: EOT20 global ocean tide model, Hart-Davis et al. 2021, DGFI-TUM (doi:10.17882/79489), CC BY 4.0. Times and heights computed by us. A model, not a tide table: check a local table before you go.

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the site and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Cricket wreck

A wreck dive. It goes down to 33 m. You get in from a boat. It suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it. The coast faces S: swell from the S reaches it, and wind from the N blows out to sea. No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 11 km away. The sea is about 17°C in February, its coldest month (7 mm wetsuit and hood), and 28°C in August, its warmest (3 mm wetsuit). The town to stay in is Ayia Napa.

  • What it is Wreck.
  • How deep Down to 33 m.
  • Getting in From a boat.
  • Who it suits Suits experienced divers only, as a dive guide states it.
  • Dive centres No dive centre within 10 km, the nearest 11 km away.

Water about 23°C: 5 mm wetsuit. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

Visibility over 30 m. Typical for the time of year, estimated from ten years of NASA satellite water clarity, not a forecast. Clearest in Sep and Oct (over 30 m).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,120–US$2,170 each

about US$1,120–US$2,170 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LCA, estimated from distance and season, changing at MUC, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$631–US$1,310
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$47–US$74
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$208–US$349
Food7 days eating outabout US$235–US$443
Totalabout US$1,120–US$2,170

Guided dives are not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Ayia Napa

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Closest

Ayia Napa

about 30 min by car · 137 places to stay

about US$81/nightcountry average

See 137 places to stay in Ayia Napa · Booking.com

About Ayia Napa its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$81 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 2 November 2026.

Getting there: about 20h 35m

About 20h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LCA, changing at Munich Airport (MUC), then 40 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.

In the water

Dive centres nearby

The nearest named dive centres and shops within 25 km, in a straight line; training agencies where the map states them. Listings, not a recommendation. Dive centres: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Credits

What you might see

Too few records at this site itself, so these are the animals divers and surveys have recorded at other sites within 25 km in the last 15 years. A record says someone saw it there, not that you will.

  • Bluespotted cornetfish Fistularia commersonii

    Seen in 22 records, mostly Apr to Jun.

  • Marbled spinefoot Siganus rivulatus

    Seen in 21 records, mostly Apr to Jun.

  • Ornate wrasse Thalassoma pavo

    Seen in 21 records, mostly Apr to Jun.

  • Chromis chromisDamselfishes

    Seen in 13 records, mostly Apr to Jun.

  • Red Sea goatfish Parupeneus forsskali

    Seen in 13 records, mostly Jun.

  • Dusky spinefoot Siganus luridus

    Seen in 13 records, mostly Jun.

  • European parrotfish Sparisoma cretense

    Seen in 13 records, mostly Jun to Jul.

  • Mediterranean rainbow wrasse Coris julis

    Seen in 11 records, mostly Apr to Jun.

  • Oblada melanurusSea bream

    Seen in 9 records.

  • Long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum

    Seen in 8 records.

  • Snakelocks anemone Anemonia viridis

    Seen in 4 records.

  • Gobius incognitusGoby

    Seen in 4 records.

Records: OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System, IOC-UNESCO) and GBIF.org (1 November 2026, doi:10.15468/dl.jeesns), from the datasets named here, CC0 and CC BY records only. Names: WoRMS and GBIF; common names from the Catalogue of Life, the GBIF Backbone and Wikidata. Largest datasets here: Programme CROMIS: carnet de plongée en ligne de la FFESSM-Observations d'espèces subaquatiques collectées par les utilisateurs de CROMIS; ClimateFish: A database to track the abundance of selected coastal fish species as candidate indicators of climate change; iNaturalist Research-grade Observations; Programme BioObs: observations naturalistes en milieux aquatiques-Observations de BioObs.; NABU|naturgucker. Credits

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