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I had four dives in Santorini this year (August 2010). I used a diving center called Volcano Divers, they were friendly, well organised and not expensive (50 euros for double boat dive). As far as I know there are four or five more diving centers there, but I have no information about them. I am...

Well, generally speaking the best time to visit Greece is middle of June– middle of July The prices are still not that high, the weather is good, not a lot of tourists around. If your prime concern is diving and not swimming, sunbathing or having a busy nightlife, late May and September is...

I am sorry for intruding the thread but I hope Petros wont mind. Scuba diving in Greece is in principle forbidden. It is allowed to a maximoum depth of 40 m to specific "released' areas, from sunrise to sunset. You can find a map of these areas at http://www.chez.com/fani/ Fishing and...

Well, I joined the board a week ago and I was pleasantly suprised to see that about ten people responded to my Introduction mail. If I had no respond I probably would have never visited the board again. I do not know if most of the "hello" posts are copy - paste, but still they give you a...

OK..this is going to be interesting... Greece or Turkey? Ekarais, friendly greetings from your neighbouring country. Menino, I have a suggestion for you. A foootball match between the national teams of Greece and Turkey is taking place today. Go to the country who wins! Whatever the result...

Hah.. , at last. I know this one! As far as Greece is concerned, you can try to get certified in Chalkidiki, which is close to Thessaloniki and not very far away from the borders. There are a lot of Thessaloniki - based diving schools there. I can strongly recommend Sea World - well, that is my...

I went to Sharm on August and I had just taken my first star CMAS licence - my log book had just one dive at the moment. After two check dives to local waters I was taken to Ras Mohamet. It was amazing! I even saw a grey reef shark at my first dive there. The dive was not a difficult one, the...

21 Is Old??? I Will Sit Down And Wait To Die

Well, being a novice diver myself I probably should not start giving advice to other people, but, still, I can tell you this: I started diving a month ago and the last month was the best period of my life. There is a whole new aspect of the planet down there and it would be a pity to miss it...

Well, you should have promoted the idea before the Olympics in Athens. Building an underwater stadium would be a brand new challenge for the Greek government. I would also love to see Gianna Aggelopoulou Daskalaki (the President of Athens 2004 for the lucky ones that do not see her everyday at...

Some years ago, a circus arrived at the port of Pereas in Greece. The people of the circus were unloading the cages from the ship to the harbour. A cage with a tiger was already at the harbour, and a tourist approached it, saw the tiger and said something like "oh, it looks like a kitten". She...

Well, the water is pretty cold at some islands, but is very warm at Chalkidiki, Skiathos, Skopelos, Allonissos, etc.. I do not know much about diving sites though, since I have dived only at Chalkidiki and most on my dives were training dives, so I was more anxious to survive my instructors'...

Thanks for the reply. So, this "Ascent Effect" is normal? Will I be able to work again or will I spend every week day surfing the internet about diving? In any case, today is Friday, so tomorrow I will be under the water again. Life is not that bad after all!

Hello everybody. I have started diving a month ago and I have already dived at Greece (well, I am Greek), at Cyprous and at the Red Sea. Now the holidays are over, I am at the office and I can not think anything alse except diving! Well, being a novece diver, I want you to introduce me to my...