Diving in Greece - merged threads

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Looking at other threads you would think the water is sterile.

No wrecks annoyed me given thats the main reason i dive.

As for sterile, it was a bit, i was in Zakynthos not the Aegean but although visibility was superb (30m+) there wasnt that much in the way of fish life, especially larger fish. Apparently thats typical of the med.

 

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Just out of curiousity, who did you dive with in Zakynthos? And who did you fly with???
Strange questions I know - but firstly - my first dive was in Zakynthos & I wondered if the dive centre was still running & secondly, I'm an air hostess & I fly to Zakynthos so I wondered if you flew with us!

 

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Flew with Britannia the last 2 years but flying with i think its airtours when i go this september.

Dived with "Eurodivers" ( http://www.eurodivers.nu/ ) over there based in Lagana but talked to a few others there in Lagana and a few just a bit further in Keri.

It seems only that part of the island has a real dive business and most of the sites are near Keri.

My first ever "try dive" and follow up "re-dive" was in Zakynthos in Agios Nikolaos/St Nicholoas. These are still there but ONLY offer try dives, no real dive trips.

 

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Airtours is now MyTravel Airways, which is who I work for!!! You never know - it could be me serving your tea & coffee!!

I did my try-dive & OW at St Niks !!! I know the instructor I had moved on so I wondered if they were still going!!! Theres not a lot to dive round there so I'm not surprised they've limited it to try dives. Esp. as they charge around £30 per person & take 10 out at a time! They made a fortune!

Anyway - hope to see you on your flight to Zakynthos!

 

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Small world

The St Nics outfit dont own a boat and are trapped really to the small outcrop of rocks near the beach which i guess is perfect for OW and try dives but wont satisfy the rest.
The day i was there they had 80 try divers to work through. Real dive wise as i said is scenic enough, some nice arches, reef and so on (i never got to do Keri caves) but its all pretty "samey" after a while. The ban on all wreck diving still hasnt been overturned.

Ive spent the last 2 years im Zakynthos and this is the 3rd year (end of August, first 10 days september) there. Lovely place, crap airport. (one runway, parking for 4 jets only, 1 luggage claim belt etc).

Dont suppose you know what if any allowance i get for dive gear ? If i dont get any i'll be forced to wear the gear all the way there

 

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hey mrgreen,

Thanks scuba-kid ive been,diving is very limmited,would not recommend more than a couple of divesnot much more to see caves were nice,fish were small typical of the med!dived with waterhoppers.

 

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I'm also heading to Greece in June and am interested in checking out their dive scene....where would be the best place to go for a 3-4 day trip?

Hi Christine !!
I would suggest the island of Crete . I met some great people in Palaiohora in Southwestern Crete in the region of Chania . The dive center is called AQUACRETA . Visit their site : www.aquacreta.gr They have nice divesites and the quality of equipment and services is excellent .
Have fun
Mike

 

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Have any of you Been to Kalymnos if so have you done any diving there?

 

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elliniko diadyktiako scuba diving club.

 

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