Divers are prohibited from any act or omission that results in surgery, and therefore contact, damage or damage to the wrecks.
Visitable for Recreational diving is now 11labeled as monuments, shipwrecksafter the completion of their documentation by the Ephorate of Marine Antiquities.
In shipwrecks, diving is allowed, only externally and around them and diving with penetration inside them is explicitly prohibited.
The penetration inside the wreck may be authorized solely for research purposesfollowing a relevant decision of the Services of the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
These are the following shipwrecks:
1) Overseas British (HMHS Britannic), Kea
2) Overseas S / S Burdigala. Kea
3) Wheeled steamer PATRIS, Kea
4) Artemis Pita cargo steamer, Milos
5) Freight steamer SIFNOS, Milos
6) MINNEWASKA steamer, Marathi, Crete
7) Shipwreck MYTILINI, Kypsa Bay, Kassandra, Halkidiki
8) Shipwreck in Kalamitsi, Halkidiki
9) Cement ship, SS CRETELAND, Ag. George of Evia
10) PIONEER I cement ship, Lichades, Evia
11) VOLOS steamer Lefteris reef, between Pelion and Skiathos
According to her terms Joint Ministerial Decision of the Ministers of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos, Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni and Shipping and Island Policy Giannis Plakiotakis, last March, which determine the conditions for recreational divingthose interested must notify the Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities of the Ministry of Culture and Sports and, in particular, at the e-mail address: [email protected] the required information, at least one day before the dive.
It is noted that in divers any act or omission which results in the intervention, and therefore contact, damage or deterioration of the wrecks, is prohibited, as well as the collection, collection or even simple movement of any movable things that are on them or on the bottom or bottom around them. It is also forbidden to conduct research in order to reveal movable objects both in the area of ​​the shipwreck and in its wider area and which may be related to it.
The performance of more shipwrecks is already being prepared, as soon as their documentation is completed by the Ephorate of Marine Antiquities.
