If you’re into finding and photographing critters and macro, the house reef will be your new favourite place.
Our magic house reef
Although we have lots of wrecks and other great dive sites in the surrounding area, the house reef is one of the most popular dives because of the nudibranchs and other critters.
Thanks to favourable topography, water currents, plentiful nutrients and several depth levels, our magic house-reef offers many different habitats and an astonishing array of marine life. If you’re into finding and photographing critters, the house reef will be your new favourite place.
Our house reef at Gulen Dive Resort has the highest documented nudibranch species count anywhere in the Atlantic Ocean.
New Nudibranches to sience
Among our contributions to science are the discovery of the species Gulenia orjani, Gulenia monicae and Fjordia chriskaugei, all of which were published in November 2017 along with a major revision of the family Flabellinidae.
In total, we have found a staggering 73 species of different species of Nudibranchs, så you are welcome to explore our kind of muck diving!
Read more about our magic house reef that is the host for our Nudibranch Safari every year
Attending the Nudibranch safari gives you a whole new perspective on how to find and take pictures of these sea slugs that we love so much. This event is going on one time of the year, rear more here:
Nudibranch Safari
Download the book of GULEN as PDF
The book will give you tons of information about our magic house reef and our resort and what you can find and more, share it with your dive buddy's as well. We hope it will give you inspiration for a trip to Gulen. Gulen Book PDF
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Critters & Muck diving
We offer the best macro diving in Europe. Through collaboration with several renowned scientists and specialists, we documented an incredible diversity on our house reef. Bring your friends or come alone. We promise you a magnificent diving experience where every dive will offer discoveries, enjoy
Photo & Video
Are you a photographer, or do you like to shoot? You have unique opportunities. We have an average viz water at around 15-18m, where the winter months of December, January and February offer up to 35m. Detailed explanations before dives will give you the correct information to choose the right lens, etc.
Availability
You can dive throughout the year with slight variations in viz. Favourable periods have excellent visibility up to 30 meters + in the winter months. Water temperature is highest in August, up to 22 Celsius, and lowest in March, 6 Celsius.
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This is what we offer:
- Accommodation in shared twin rooms at Gulen Dive Resort
- Diving
- Tanks, weights and air for all dives
- Detailed briefing
- Social gathering with other enthusiasts
- After diving into our 200BAR
The package does NOT include:
- Nitrox
- Flights/transfer/travel costs or dive equipment
- Food (self-catering)
The package can be extended with:
- Transfer: To and from the airport
- Food: Dinner served every day
- Gas: Nitrox, Trimix and deco gas cost
- Equipment: Deco bottles and renting equipment
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Supplementary information on the topic