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◈Peyia (Sea Caves) · Cyprus
8.5
wave 0.3 m
visibility~7m

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Dive today — wave, wind and visibility.

Sources: MeteoAlarm · Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2 — high confidence · data 22:49

Sources & confidence

Sources
MeteoAlarm · Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2
Method
spearo sea-state engine: consensus of up to 6 models + satellite clarity (ZSD) + buoy-bias checks
Freshness
Re-read every hour, per coast

Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →

The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.

How we score the water

Our own model

Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.

01
Swell & wave memory
Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
02
Wind & gusts
Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
03
Tide phase
Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
04
Water temperature
Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
05
Currents & outflow
Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
06
Rain runoff & air clarity
Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
07
Coast shape & exposure
How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

Safety gates

  • Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
  • An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
  • Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
  • Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
  • Night hours — where night spearfishing is banned by law the window is forced red; where it is legal (Australia outside NSW, New Zealand, South Africa) it is capped at yellow, never green.

It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.

A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.

Entry pointsNo-take zones

Where to get in, where to hunt

Entry points with coordinates
Seabed relief — promising ground

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Surface

Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.

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Peyia (Sea Caves) — solo, off the rocks
BEST WINDOW
best weather window · solo, stay careful, run the checklist · calm conditions: swell, wind and visibility all normal
wave 0.3 mwind 7 km/hvisibility ~7 mwindow 06:00–21:00
today, best window 06:00–09:00
fish · Visibility 7 m · Water 23.7°C
confidence high · verdict for the selected day
Whole week — tap a day. is driving swell right now.
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Solo risk: carry a float · tell someone your plan and exit time · doubt = don't go. A model-based planner; the call is made on site.
Selected day

Windows, hours
and the day's trends.

The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.

Sunday · today2026-10-25
07:04–18:03 · full moon
▼ 04:00▲ 10:00▼ 16:00▲ 22:00 · 0.3 m
Hours (06→20)
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Day's trends
Tide-0.23 m
Wave0.32 m
Wind6 km/h
Water24 °C
fish activity: moonset 06:05 · moderate · moon underfoot 11:40 · high · moonrise 17:21 · moderate · moon overhead 00:00 · high
Conditions window06:00–09:00
best weather window · solo, stay careful, run the checklist fish
Hs 0.34 m · calmperiod 6 swind 7→14surge 0.5viz 7 m
0.34 mcalm · up to ~0.68 · 268° at an angle
6 sswell moderate
7→14gusts 14 km/h
0.5weak surge
0.08m/s
7 mrecent swell
23.7°C5 mm + hood
▲10:00tide rising
Atmosphere28 kmlandmarks visible
moderatemoonset
  • calm conditions: swell, wind and visibility all normal
  • dawn/dusk
confidence hightwilight
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you can see ~7 m ahead fish

transparency ~25 m · satellite, 2 days agosatellite estimate · may differ right at the shore

〜 tide is minor here

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The water column

Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.

What it is

A marine instrument,
go / no-go for solo hunting.

spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.

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The seabed

Relief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.

On the rock

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.

Entry points

Where to get in
off the rocks.

Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.

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Peyia N (White River)Peyia (Sea Caves)
borderline
⚠️ This point is inside the restricted zone “ΘΠΠ Λάρας (MPA Laras) (ΚΔΠ 234/2018)”: fishing there is regulated (season, gear, permit), not banned outright. Read the zone's rules before you go.
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
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Rock reef, 3–15 m, sea bream/octopus.

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Sea Caves (Peyia)Peyia (Sea Caves)
borderline
⛔ Banned here
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
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Cavern coast, 5–25 m, grouper/dentex/amberjack.

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SOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.

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Surfacing

Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.

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Reference

What's in season,
what the law says.

In season now
  • white grouper
    Epinephelus aeneus · 15–45 m · ⚠️ release
    Grouper (sfyrida/rofos): min 40–45 cm (DFMR). Vulnerable — release the big ones. Amateur limit 5 kg + 1 fish/day.
  • dusky grouper
    Epinephelus marginatus · 8–35 m · ⚠️ release
    Grouper (sfyrida/rofos): min 40–45 cm (DFMR). Vulnerable — release the big ones. Amateur limit 5 kg + 1 fish/day.
  • white seabream
    Diplodus sargus · 0–12 m
  • gilthead seabream
    Sparus aurata · 2–20 m
  • common dentex
    Dentex dentex · 12–40 m
  • lionfish
    Pterois miles · 5–40 m · invasive
    Eastern-Med invasive (lionfish/pufferfish). Pufferfish ☠️ DO NOT eat (TTX toxin). Lionfish — venomous spines, handle carefully.
  • pufferfish
    Lagocephalus spp. · 2–40 m · invasive
    Eastern-Med invasive (lionfish/pufferfish). Pufferfish ☠️ DO NOT eat (TTX toxin). Lionfish — venomous spines, handle carefully.
Law
  • ✓Fishing recreationally without a licence is an OFFENCE, not a formality: NO ONE may fish recreationally at sea, or in lakes, rivers and reservoirs, without first obtaining the licence the Regulations under this Law require (ΚΕΦ. 135, art. 3Β(1)); breaching it carries up to 2 years' imprisonment or up to €10,000, or both (art. 3Β(2)). The speargun is its own licence class: €35, valid to the end of the calendar year of issue; apply through the DFMR platform (gov.cy → «Apply and pay for a recreational fishing license») and pay by JCC via the SMS link. The fee itself is set by the Regulations made under art. 6(2)(η).
  • •The speargun is set by the ACT, not by practice: 5 kg in total plus one specimen of any weight, per fishing trip and per 24 hours (ΚΔΠ 416/2019, reg. 17Β(1)(ε)(ii)). The same regulation prohibits commercial exploitation of the recreational catch (reg. 17Β(1)(α)). Gear and closed areas come from the Regulations too. The minimum grouper size and the marker-buoy duty, by contrast, were NOT found in the text we read — those are DFMR practice and guidance, so confirm them before you dive.
  • ✓☠️ Speargun + any breathing apparatus is a CRIMINAL offence, not a fine: up to 2 years' imprisonment and/or up to €50,000 (ΚΕΦ. 135, art. 5(δ) — the same article as dynamite and poisons). The 2019 regulation replaced the old rules outright and removed the former «with the Director's written permission» carve-out — it is GONE (ΚΔΠ 416/2019, reg. 17). The speargun is now prohibited: from sunset to sunrise; while diving with any auxiliary apparatus; IN COMBINATION WITH LIGHT SOURCES; in bathers' areas; and in areas the Director designates by decision published in the Gazette (reg. 17(2)) — that is the instrument behind the DFMR no-take map. Separately prohibited: possessing or carrying an apparatus and a speargun TOGETHER on ANY vessel, and carrying a speargun on a vessel from sunset to sunrise (reg. 17(3)). Age: reg. 17(1)(α) allows the speargun to «persons older than fifteen (15) years», while reg. 17(1)(β) separately regulates the «15 to 17» band — the licence issues only in a guardian's presence and the minor must be accompanied on trips by an adult spearfishing licence holder. The two sub-paragraphs do not read the same way; that wording is the act's own and we do not resolve it for it — check with DFMR if you are 15.
  • ✓In the two British Sovereign Base Areas — Akrotiri (Cape Gata, Lady's Mile) and Dhekelia (Cape Pyla, Ayios Nikolaos) — a SEPARATE legal regime applies — not the Republic's rules plus something, but its own instrument: the SBA Fisheries Regulations 2012. A spear gun licence is required (reg. 44(1)); the WHOLE OF MAY is closed (reg. 44(2)); sunset to sunrise is closed (reg. 44(3)); with the gun you may use no other fishing gear, no aqualung and no means of lighting (reg. 44(4)), and you may not have a speargun and an aqualung on the same vessel (reg. 44(5)). Stay within 50 m of a float or vessel flying a red flag with a white diagonal stripe, visible from 300 m (reg. 44(6)–(7)). Selling the catch is prohibited (reg. 7).
Safety protocol
  • Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
  • Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
  • Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
  • Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
  • Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
  • Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
  • UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
  • Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

FAQ — spearfishing in Peyia (Sea Caves)

Where can I spearfish in Peyia (Sea Caves)?

Peyia (Sea Caves) has rock entry points such as Sea Caves (Peyia) and Peyia N (White River). The sea-caves coast N of Coral Bay — caverns, arches, sheer rock. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.

When is the best season in Peyia (Sea Caves)?

Near year-round, best April to November. The Paphos coast is warm and clear; the west is more exposed to winter swell.

How cold is the water in Peyia (Sea Caves)?

Warm, clear, tideless. The Lara–Toxeftra turtle reserve on the west coast is a strict no-take zone.

Is Peyia (Sea Caves) good for a beginner?

Easy rocky entries — but the Lara–Toxeftra reserve is closed and the west coast picks up winter swell. Carry the DFMR licence.

Do I need a licence in Peyia (Sea Caves)?

Yes — in Peyia (Sea Caves), as everywhere on the mainland, you need a recreational fishing licence (DGRM); breath-hold only (no scuba), with a marker buoy and no night diving. See the guide for the details.

Full guide: spearfishing in Cyprus →
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  • ✓The Base Areas also have their own closures and limits (SBA Fisheries Regulations 2012): the Akrotiri fish reserve is closed outright — no taking fish and no placing gear (reg. 11); fishing is banned in designated sea-bathing areas (reg. 12); no spearfishing within 100 m of a fish farm (reg. 14); the speargun is 5 kg per 24 hours (reg. 25). That is STRICTER than the DFMR guidance above, and it is what the Base Areas police enforce.
    • ⛔ Fan mussel (Pinna nobilis) — strictly protected, taking/disturbing prohibited (mass die-off from a pathogen).
    • ⛔ Date mussel (Lithophaga lithophaga) — harvesting strictly banned (destroys the reef).
    • ⛔ Seahorses (Hippocampus), loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) and monk seal (Monachus monachus) — protected, taking/disturbing prohibited.

    Rules change and the on-water conditions are not consolidated in one act. Before heading out, get the dedicated «Ψαροντούφεκο» licence and confirm the current limits/sizes with the Department of Fisheries (DFMR) — licence.dfmr.moa.gov.cy.

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