Diving on Crete
A breath taking underwater world, the clearest and cleanest waters of Europe, the most idyllic isolated bays and beaches, hundreds of small deserted islands, ship wrecks, archeological objects, in short: Crete is your diving paradise. We offer you the chance to discover all this beauty through different day trips on Crete.
The equipment
As a diving fanatic you might wish to bring your own diving gear. We do however have all the equipment available for you. All our material is regularly checked, totally safe and of course included in all our diving and snorkeling excursions.
Diving on Crete
In cooperation with a fully licensed PADI diving school we offer a wide range of diving excursions for the beginner and the advanced diver. The introduction day will get you acquainted with diving in a pleasant and stress free setting. A day in which you will fall in love with the magnificent underwater world of Crete. For the advanced diver we have several courses lined up that lead to PADI certification, or we can take you on one of our special trips diving to ship wrecks and even a WW2 crashed airplane.
PADI Open water diving course:
This course will take 4-5 days. For this course you have to be at least 12 years old. First you have to take a theory exam and afterwards you will do a few dives with a practical exam. If you have passed both exams you will be an official PADI diver and you will be allowed to dive till 18 meters.
PADI Advanced open water dive:
After you have your open water certificate you are allowed to get your open water certificate. This course takes 2-3 days. Afterwards you can go even further with underwater photography, cave diving, etc. With this certification you are allowed to dive till a depth of 30 meters.
Are you interested? Please contact us by e-mail and we will send you all relevant information.
Have a look at the Diving Photobook.
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