Scuba diving locations in Tunisia:

• Tabarka has superb diving with Les Tunnels covering 500 square metres and around 20 tunnels that can be swum through.
• Hergla has colourful underwater fauna.
• Mahdia is home to interesting underwater archaeological sites.
• Cap Bon on the northern coast opens up to deep waters where visibility is excellent and the sites are varied and rich in sea life such as groupers, murenes, gorgonians, coral, mullets and octopuses.
• Hammamet has a number of wrecks, many from the Second World War and some still carrying cargo, such as jeeps and motorcycles.

When to scuba dive in Tunisia:

The water is warm in summer, around 25C between July and September, and drops down to 15C from January to March.

Local standards for gear:

The best scuba diving spots in Tunisia:

• The wreck of the Algaz is a technical dive at around 65m.
• The Takrouna, at Hammamet, is the wreck of a Second World War German destroyer still holding much of its annuminition, guns and cargo.

The best spots to snorkel in Tunisia:

Fun scuba facts:

Country data:

Administrative details

• Currency: Tunisian dinar (TND)
• Population: is about 10,400,000 (2011)
• Time Zone: CET (GMT+1)
• Main languages spoken: Arabic, French ## Diveable overseas territories:

Tunisian diving federations:

FEDERATION DES ACTIVITES SUBAQUATIQUES DE TUNISIE (FAST) is a member of Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)

Local diving laws and regulations (and PADI-equivalent certifications):

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