MUSAN Museum of Underwater Sculpture Ayia Napa — Attraction in Ayia Napa

I spotted this "Attraction"? before we flew to Cyprus and thought it looked like an iteresting addtion to our trip. My daughter 10 is a keen swimmer and has been learning to scuba dive. So having spent sevral days snorkelling from the beaches on the island we paid Musan a visit. We saw for ourselves the sunken artifacts you can see on this page. Though its not all that obvious how best to do so. We approached from the beach where there is a large concreate Musan Sign and slipway, from there we snorkeled out to a floating platform a good 200m swim? From there we could see a second floating platform and between the two are the sculptures. We were able to free dive down the circa 10m to get a closer view, though honestly being closer didn't elevate the experiance a great deal. It was just a nice thing to go and see together and provoked my daughter to muse was it a depiction of the cypriot islands history of war or somthing else? So thought provoking too. Having visited I feel the better approach would be to enter the water around the water break at the western side of the beach and swim out to the first platform from there, it would be a shorter swim and highlights the sortcoming of the attaction to not have a better "map" or "guide" as far as I could find online or at the beach. It was free and still gets 5 stars for...

I want to start by addressing some of the other reviews:

MUSAN is a Museum of Underwater Sculptures (In Ayia Napa, hence the name). There are 98 sculptures sitting at a depth of 8-10 meters off shore. This is primarily a conservation project to build an artificial habitat for sea life in the area. It is not a place everyone should or needs to visit. Yes it's open to everyone. Yes it's free. No, no one is going to give you free scuba or snorkeling equipment. You either need to be a certified diver (with your own kit or going with a dive centre) or a competent snorkeler/freediver with your own gear. Come prepared.

There's a great little visitor centre with friendly people where they'll explain all this and much much more.

With all that being said.. if you're qualified then it's a fantastic dive! We went with Easy Divers in Protaras. It's a nice easy fun dive with clear, calm waters and really cool to see all the sculptures. The site is 3 years old now and already seeing lots of life. We were lucky enough to see a stingray, squid and lots of other curious fish.

I fully recommend it to anyone in the area! Will be great to come back in another few years and see how...

Right. Let me start with the negatives that is not exactly bad.

The beach to head out to the statues is rocky and slippery so maybe bring beach shoes.

The resting spots are almost impossible to go up,still possible but you will hurt your thighs and shoulders for sure. Why there isn't a staircase like in a pool? You have to grab the single rope and try your best.

Positives now !

Once you pass the rocky part the water is BLUE. the best blue you ever seen,best than any beach in Cyprus. Crystal clear and pleasant. The statues and the trees underwater are stunning but deep ! Forget getting closer, i was able to do 5 meters down but they must be 15 meters. I believe about 300m to reach there by swimming but easy,the sea doesn't fight you. The sun beds and umbrellas are the best in whole island,they have very thick sponge and the umbrellas made from wooden bamboo like, very cheap at 7.50 for 2 sunbeds and 1 umbrella. Very safe,free parking exactly in front but they are limited,less than a typical beach ...