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Blue Island Divers
On the main pedestrian thoroughfare of town, with a gear and clothes shop attached, Blue Island Divers is friendly and helpful, and has a wide range of dive options. The owners have a great knowledge of the Antiparos scene. Accommodation and car rental can also be arranged. A four-day PADI open-water course, a 'discover scuba diving' day session and advanced courses are available. Trips can be tailored to suit individual wishes.
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Universal Diver
Universal Diver is a PADI dive centre offering all levels of scuba diving.
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Blue Adventures Diving
This outfit offers a PADI certification course and daily diving trips around Hania, including beginner dives. There are also snorkelling trips and cruise options if you just want to go along for the ride.
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Sorrento Diving Center
Sorrento Diving Center organises dives and a series of courses. Budget on around €95 for a half-day course, €45 for a single dive.
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Diver Sport Centre
Most people hop aboard a boat for serious swimming, snorkelling and sunbathing. A trip to Crveni Otok or Sveti Katarina is easily arranged. Diver Sport Center is the largest operation in Rovinj, offering boat dives from €20 to €35 depending on distance, and equipment rental for €20. The main dive attraction here is the wreck of the Baron Gautsch, an Austrian passenger-steamer sunk in 1914 by an Austrian mine causing 177 fatalities. The wreck lies in 40m of water and offers plenty of marine life.
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Amphibia
Contact Amphibia to hire scuba gear for diving in the islands around Panarea. Crossing the narrow channel from the islet of Bottaro (actually nothing more than a protruding rock) to Lisca Bianca, you will notice there is a small white beach on Lisca Bianca's southern side. Proceed left past the beach and continue around the sharp point of the island. Here, at a depth of perhaps 40m or 50m, you will find the wreck of an old English ship that sank in the 19th century.
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Snorkel & Dive Center
The Snorkel & Dive Center is an excellent source of current information and also sells good-quality snorkelling and diving equipment, as well as organising dives. The company also runs PADI, NAUI and CMAS courses. A PADI Open Water course costs around €350 per person (including all equipment, tuition and books). It normally takes four days, though three days is possible at a push.
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Dive Charters
Around the Rock there is also some surprisingly good (and reasonably priced) diving. The rock has its own unique sea life and underwater landscape, with many wrecks. There are at least three dive companies. Dive Charters runs a variety of dives from £30 to £50, plus £10 for equipment, including an exciting night dive.
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Katuma Scuola Sub
Katuma Scuola Sub is a recommended dive outfit, offering a range of itineraries, including a deep-sea archaeological tour that explores wrecks and amphora in their original sites. The cost of dives range from around €38 for a single dive to around €340 for a full open-water course.
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Tortuga
Tortuga is a recommended dive outfit, offering a range of itineraries, including a deep-sea archaeological tour that explores wrecks and amphora in their original sites. The cost of dives range from around €38 for a single dive to around €340 for a full open-water course..
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Sub-net
Sub-net organises shore and boat-guided dives, gives PADI open-water courses and rents equipment. Don't expect Red Sea style corals in these parts, though; the most unusual underwater sight hereabouts is the wreck of a WWII seaplane in Portorož Bay.
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Waterhoppers Diving Centre
Waterhoppers Diving Centre offers a range of diving courses, including a 'One Day Try Dive', for around €40 to around €50. You can get information at Mandraki Harbour. Kalithea Thermi is the only site around Rhodes where diving is permitted.
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Aqua Creta Diving & Adventures
.Aqua Creta Diving & Adventures runs a range of diving courses from beginner dives to seven- to 10-day master courses. They also run one-day beach-hopping and snorkelling excursions to remote beaches along the southern coast and as far as Gavdos.
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Scuba Diving Trident School
Scuba Diving Trident School offers a range of diving courses, including a 'One Day Try Dive', for around €40 to around €50. You can get information at Mandraki Harbour. Kalithea Thermi is the only site around Rhodes where diving is permitted.
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Ck Diver
CK Diver offers scuba-diving courses for all levels throughout the year, in groups or on an individual basis. Prices start at 100zł for a taster session, going up to 1600zł for advanced tuition.
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One Ocean Dive Center
One Ocean Dive Center is a professional centre that runs dives to wrecks, which include a downed plane and even a minesweeper. It’s to be found just across the water east of the town centre.
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Dive Center Hvar
In front of the Hotel Amfora, Dive Center Hvar is a large operation that offers a certification course, dives and all sorts of water sports (banana boating, snorkelling, water-skiing), as well as hotel packages.
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Kalypso Rocks' Palace Diving Centre
There are a several diving operators in town. One of the first was Kalypso Rocks' Palace Diving Centre, which has an impressive dive base nearby offering a range of scuba diving and snorkelling activities.
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Scuba Diving Otranto
The clear waters and rocky coast around Otranto are good for diving, and Scuba Diving Otranto offers day or night dives as well as introductory courses and diving courses.
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Diving Center La Gorgonia
Given the crystal-clear waters, snorkelling and scuba diving are also incredibly popular. For details on courses or hiring equipment, contact Diving Center La Gorgonia.
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Aegean Diving College
At Golden Beach (Hrysi Akti), Aegean Diving College offers a range of dives of archaeological and ecological interest led by scientists and experienced professional divers.
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Notos Mare Diving Centre
Notos Mare Diving Centre offers a range of experiences for beginners and experienced divers, as well as snorkelling and boat excursions along the south coast.
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Nautil Diving
April to October (weekends only March, November and December), portside dive company Nautil Diving organise courses, expeditions and equipment rental.
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Palm Beach Plongée
Hire diving and snorkelling gear at Palm Beach Plongée. Dives start from around €37 including gear; snorkelling is priced from €23.
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