Activity Snapshot
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Sensation Level: Adventurous
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Spoken languages: English, Greek
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Fitness level: Everybody welcome
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Duration: from 3 hrs to 4-7 days
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Cancellation policy:flexible 1) Cancellation 4 days or more prior to the agreed activity starting date
→ You are automatically refunded for the full activity price
2) Cancellation between 48 and 96 hours prior to the agreed activity starting date
→ You are entitled to a 50% refund
3) 48 hours or later are what we call last-minute cancellations
→ No refund will be made -
Meeting point:Santorini Dive Center, Caldera beach in Akrotiri
Activity description
Santorini Dive Center offers tank dives for certified divers in the best spots of Santorini. Located at Caldera beach, the centre offers easy and quick access to all the dive sites around the Caldera and the Volcanoes. The big volcanic explosion has created some magnificent underwater scenery with lots of walls and drop-offs to be discovered during your dives.
The divers can board from the small pier on the 9m spacious fibreglass dive boat able to carry 20 people in order to start their dive trip. At the dive sites around the New and Old Volcano, you can see all the lava formations and find marine life such as lobsters, moray eels, clams and spirographs hiding amongst the lava rocks. There is also a small passenger ship that sunk in the bay at the new volcano, offering great dives for the experienced shipwreck divers.
At the dive sites around the edge of the caldera and below the cliffs, there are many colourful sponges, nudibranchs, groupers, snappers, barracuda and many schools of fish.
In front of the dive station, there is a protected reef full of marine life where the divers, students or Discover Scuba divers of different levels can have a unique dive.
All the dives are guided by qualified instructors. Some diving spots are weather dependant but there are daily dives on the New or Old Volcano and one from the cliffs around the Caldera.
There are dives every single day, so you can choose whichever date suits you best. Upon return, the divers can either relax on the beautiful small beach or enjoy the Greek cuisine and the breathtaking views to the Caldera cliffs and the Volcano at the traditional “Remezzo” tavern next to the diving centre.
