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Scuba diving at Peristera Ancient Wreck in Alonissos
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Peristera Ancient Wreck

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AlonissosBoat
About This Site
Peristera Ancient Wreck is the crown jewel of Alonissos diving and Greece's first underwater archaeological museum, opened to recreational divers in August 2020. The site is a Classical-era merchant ship that sank around 425 BC carrying an estimated 3,000–4,000 wine amphorae, now spread across a vast amphora field roughly 25 m long on the seabed. Resting against the western rocky shore of the uninhabited islet of Peristera at 22–28 m, the mounded cargo of tightly packed clay jars has been called 'the Parthenon of shipwrecks' and was featured by National Geographic. Diving is strictly controlled: an Advanced certification is required and divers must be accompanied by a licensed local guide, with a state fee paid to the Ministry of Culture.

Difficulty

Advanced

Max Depth

27m

Type

Boat

Typical Visibility

20m

Conditions Summary

Best time today

6AM - 12PM

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Best day in forecast

Today

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2026-07-11

Community-reported visibility

n/a

Warnings for today

None

The wreck lies at the foot of Peristera islet's rocky western shore, deep inside the narrow channel that separates the islet from the much larger Alonnisos landmass to its west. Peristera's bulk fully blocks the eastern sectors while Alonnisos shadows the west, so the only open windows are the channel's northern mouth (N–NNW) and its southern mouth (S–SSW); the Adelfoi Islets a few kilometres to the SSE cut down that quarter as well. The dominant Aegean Meltemi (N–NW summer wind) funnels down the channel from the northern opening but is heavily attenuated, and the limited-fetch wind-waves arriving through the two channel mouths are the only meaningful exposure on this otherwise well-sheltered, microtidal deep site.

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