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Snorkeling the Sea Caves of Akrotiri: What Lives Below

Dr. Elena Roussou
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Marine biologist Dr. Elena Roussou has been studying the waters off Akrotiri for eleven years. She knows where the octopus sleep under rocks in summer, which cave system the grouper patrol at dawn. 'Most people swim above all of this and never know it exists,' she says.
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"The best snorkeling on Akrotiri is off the rocks between Stavros and Seitan Limania."

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