Recenlty, a great number of wrecks have became touristic attractions. Nevertheless, recreational diving in many cases is not allowed when a wreck lies on the bottom of a port, military practice areas and nearby army force’s settlements, environmentally protected designated or declared underwater archaeological sites.
Despite those restrictions, there is the option of visiting many wrecks washed up or within close distance to the shore, without the need of scuba diving.
The digital maps of coastal wrecks in Greece resulted on the chance of reaching a coastal wreck during a hiking tour of Zoe Dimou at Skyros island. With an exploratory mood and keen interest on cartography, she took over in the context of her thesis (as a graduate student at the Department of Surveying Engineering and Geoinformatics, School of Engineering, University of West Attica) the “Mapping and Development of Spatial Data Base for the Accessible from Land Wrecks”, under the supervision and guidance of Dimos Pantazis, Kimon Papadimitriou and Michael Gianniou.
A result of this work is the list of positions and characteristics for the following 40 wreck, which are now included in the Map of Indicative Wreck Sites:
num | Ship Name | Ship Type | Area |
1 | Unknown | [transfer of refugees] | Tripiti, Gavdos |
2 | Unknown | Unknown | Gavdos |
3 | Unknown | Unknown | St. Pavlos, Gavdos |
4 | Unknown | [transfer of refugees] | St. Antonios, Crete |
5 | Gemar 1 | cargo ship | Karpathos |
6 | Dimitrios P. | cargo ship | Gramvousa, Crete |
7 | Unknown | Unknown | Antikithira |
8 | Unknown | Unknown | Diakofti, Kithira |
9 | Nordland | cargo ship | Prassonisi, Kithira |
10 | Kaptan Ismail Hakki | cargo ship | Bay of St. Marina, Cavo Malia |
11 | Pantcho | barge | Analipsi, Astipalea |
12 | Unknown | Unknown | Schiza bay |
13 | Unknown | tanker | Sarakiniko, Milos |
14 | Dimitrios | cargo ship | Valtaki, Githio |
15 | Olympia | cargo ship | Kaloritissa, Amorgos |
16 | Unknown | transporter F131 | Marmari, Kos |
17 | Ramona | cargo ship | Divari, Gialova |
18 | Anouar | Unknown | Vourlia, Proti island |
19 | Orion | destroyer | Kedros, Donousa |
20 | Unknown | Unknown | Katakolo, Peloponnese |
21 | Unknown | Unknown | Port of New Epidavros |
22 | Panagiotis | cargo ship | St. Giorgis, Zakynthos |
23 | Elina | cargo ship | Vori, Andros |
24 | Unknown | Unknown | Isthmia |
25 | Melody | passenger ship | Atalanti island |
26 | Unknown | cargo ship | Potami, Evia |
27 | Mediterranean Sky | cruising ship | Elefsina |
28 | Poseidon | cargo ship | Nidri, Lefkada |
29 | Themistocles | Unknown | Drepano, Lefkada |
30 | Eleni II | Unknown | Drepano, Lefkada |
31 | Unknown | [transfer of refugees] | Agalipa, Skyros |
32 | Urania K. | cargo ship | St. Thomas, Preveza |
33 | Kali Tichi | cargo ship | St. Kiriaki, Trikeri |
34 | Alonnisos | cargo ship | Peristera, Alonnisos |
35 | Unknown | [transfer of refugees] | St. Gordios, Kerkyra |
36 | Unknown | Unknown | port of Kerkira |
37 | Roksolana | Unknown | Fako, Limnos |
38 | Liana M. | dredger | Epanomi, Thessaloniki |
39 | Unknown | Unknown | port of Keramoti |
40 | Unknown | Unknown | Aspri Ammos, Kavala |
Zoi Dimou born on 20/04/1994 at Athens. She have studied Surveying Engineering and Geoinformatics at TEI of Athend and got the first CMAS star in 2021. She has also followed studies of handmade jewelry.