Below the boat is a maginificent limestone reef, covered with sponges and soft corals, and teeming with life. The reef extends all the way to a large rock which can be seen breaking the surface around 100m out to sea.
Entering the crystal clear water, you descend 5m onto the reef. For those lucky enough, this is where the Giant Loggerhead Turtles, for which Zakynthos is famous, are most commonly encountered by divers. Other marine life commonly seen here includes octopus, moray eels, cuttlefish, flying fish, grouper, bream, wrasse and parrotfish.
You swim across the reef, weaving in and out of the intricate maze formed by huge towering rocks, and probably wondering how on earth the dive guide knows where he is going!
As you approach the protruding rock, look towards the surface for schooling tuna and amberjack which often feed on the small fishing shoaling around it. Following down the left side of the rock, the reef turns to a sandy bottom and drops to 18m. Soon you will see a large crack in the rock itself, through which you will swim to the other side. As you do so, look for large grouper and some very large octopus which live around the rock.
Swimming over and around the rock, you make your way back across the reef towards the bay where the boat is anchored.