scuba dive in Greece and Turkey next May 2013 - SCUBA

Posted October 28th, 2012 - 7:57 am by

from Leudelange, Luxembourg (Permalink)

Hi,

I am an open water diver who had just begun and I am in Greece from February to August.

Carine

Posted October 28th, 2012 - 7:00 pm from Montevideo, Uruguay

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Posted October 28th, 2012 - 8:03 pm by

from Leudelange, Luxembourg (Permalink)

Hi,
Actually, I have no idea where the best spots are. But I'm going to work voluntarily in Glyfada at a sea turtle rescue centre.
I can check out a few spots and ask the locals when I'm there ;)

Cheers,
Carine

Posted October 29th, 2012 - 8:20 am by

from Pinellas Park, United States (Permalink)

Near Athens Summer 2010. Snorkel. Sorry to report NOT ONE fish was spotted !!!

Santorini Summer 2012. SCUBA. Sorry to report saw about a dozen fish and one fern on the WWII shipwreck. NOTHING ELSE !!! Very sad - all fished out.

Michael
pilot_sailor@yahoo.com

Posted October 31st, 2012 - 9:55 am by

from Ios, Greece (Permalink)

Hello there
you should come over to IOS island/Mylopotas beach.
check out: www.newdive.gr
Dm intern.available
timos

Posted October 31st, 2012 - 6:06 pm from Montevideo, Uruguay

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Posted October 31st, 2012 - 6:36 pm by

from Tartu, Estonia (Permalink)

Hey!

I spent the summer of 2011 working on Crete in a diving school and it's true... there are not many fish around. The highlight of my time there was when I saw a sea turtle. Once. But otherwise there are octopuses near the shore and grupas in deeper water and some interesting wrecks to explore. Let me know if you need any additional info!

Hanna-Mari

Posted November 1st, 2012 - 12:31 am from Montevideo, Uruguay

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Posted November 1st, 2012 - 9:23 am by

from Tartu, Estonia (Permalink)

Hey!

I was working at Diver's Club Crete. Their equipment is good, air is clean and they generally take good care of their divers with the exception of sometimes making them wait for their dives for too long. If there are any particular dive sites you would like to visit (for instance Messerschmitt plane wreck) or Blue Cave, you need to be persistent in demanding that this is what you want and you'll not be happy making all of your dives on the same sites nearer to the shore. There is the factor of weather as well, of course, since the more exciting sites are usually also more open to the winds, but this is just something to bear in mind that they like to take the "easier" way out sometimes.
As far as Ios, I haven't done any diving there, but I visited the diving center at Mylopotas beach and they seemed like very nice people and the dive center looked good as well. If you have any other questions I might be able to answer, ask away! :)

Hanna-Mari

Posted November 1st, 2012 - 11:27 pm from Montevideo, Uruguay

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Posted November 2nd, 2012 - 3:27 am by

from Royal Oak, United States (Permalink)

I was diving in Santorini in August and what Hanna said is true. THey took the easy way out and let us do a short dive on the 2nd dive. 1st dive they called it the volcano and it was very disappointing. I did go south of Athens with some locals that took me out with them and that was good dive but it took some time to get there. It was off an island and they had a boat. That was much better site.

Good luck in your travels and diving,

Pam

Posted November 9th, 2012 - 7:43 pm by

from Tekirdag, Turkey (Permalink)

merhaba,

Türkiye için sana yardım edebilirim..tüm dalış noktalarını biliyorum

Posted November 13th, 2012 - 11:28 am from Montevideo, Uruguay

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Posted November 14th, 2012 - 12:11 pm by

from London, England (Permalink)

If you get a chance go to cyprus which is near turkey and dive the Zenobia in southern cyprus it is in the top 10 wrecks in the world. Just remeber that u can only enter southern cyprus thru the Greek side and not the Turkish side .

Posted November 15th, 2012 - 12:42 am from Montevideo, Uruguay

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