All dive sites are accessible by boat. The trips begin at 9:30 am and 13:30 pm and last for 5 to 35 minutes, depending upon which site we are visiting. The specific dive site is determined by weather conditions and divers experience.
Upon arrival at the dive site, our experienced and friendly dive leaders will brief you about the dive site and the safety rules.
During the dive, each instructor leads up to 5 divers. Most divers have multi-level experience in order to see and enjoy as much as possible. All dives end with a safety stop and no dives are deeper than 30 meters. The average dive time is 45 minutes and no divers are permitted to dive without the guidance of one of our dive masters or instructors.
DIVE SITES
1. PARK
In front of the diving base of Crostaceo is our first dive site. Generally, it’s a very easy dive spot. Easy to approach, shallow, flat and friendly starts with a step with stones till 4 m depth and after we find a flat level of sandy bottom with groups of seaweed. Except of the small fish they are everywhere we will not meet any other bigger ones.
This dive site is ideal for Discover Scuba Diving, courses and refreshing dives for experienced divers.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 0 minutes
Max. Depth: 5 m
Average Depth: 4 m
Total bottom time: 20-50 minutes
Difficulty Level: 1 (Very easy)
2. PAPPAS
This dive site locates in front of Pappas Hotel at the right side of the beach.
The access with the boat is easy and the dive starts from 6-7 m depth. The site has big morphological interest, because of the light sharply reef, who starts from 10-12 m and ends to 25 m. Here we find many holes and at the end of the rocky bottom there is a big cave with entrance in 25 m. and continues till 10m depth inside. The diver who will decide to penetrate has to be very experienced and very careful because of the muddy environment.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 2 minutes
Max. Depth: 25 m
Average Depth: 18 m
Total bottom time: 35 minutes
Difficulty Level: 3 (Medium)
3. ATLAS
In front of the building of Atlas apartments, at the right side of the beach, a very nice reef starts. The dive starts very shallow at 2m depth with, a rocky bottom full of seaweed and continues with a wall that starts at 10m and ends at 25m depth. Sponges with bright yellow, red and blue colors make the site very attractive for fresh (new) certified divers.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 4 minutes
Max. Depth: 28 m
Average Depth: 3-25 m
Total bottom time: 30-50 minutes
Difficulty Level: 2 (Easy)
4. POSEIDON No 1
When they built the swimming pool of Poseidon Resort, they created a reef that slowly became an underwater paradise. The dive starts from the small beach or from the dock and at 4-5 m we start to see big groups of guilt head sea breams and white breams. Arriving at 18 m depth, the maximum depth of this site, we can find the nests of small and medium size groupers and sometimes a dentex hunting smaller fish.
Ideal dive spot for new certified divers and students.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 5 minutes
Max. Depth: 20 m
Average Depth: 5-18 m
Total bottom time: 20-60 minutes
Difficulty Level: 2 (Easy)
5. POSEIDON No 2
A very nice and beautiful but difficult dive. Almost 100 meters from the coast of Hotel Poseidon Resort, after a big sandy plateau, a huge reef starts. The place is full of rocky small hills, ideal environment for the nests of groupers skios, dentexes. If we are lucky we can see the “guardian” of the reef: a big (18-20 kilos) white grouper. The red soft corals are everywhere.
The dive starts from the dock, with use of a compass, to find the beginning of the reef, or from the boat, with the a descent, straight to 30-35 meters depth.
It’s a difficult dive because of the bad visibility and the fact that we need a decompression.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 5 minutes
Max. Depth: 48 m
Average Depth: 30-45 m
Total bottom time: 30 minutes
Difficulty Level: 5 (Very difficult)
6. GRILL
At the right side of the swimming pool of the Hotel Poseidon Resort and straight in front of the Grill Restaurant, there is another very nice dive site. There is a reef that starts from 20 m and ends at 35 m depth. At this spot, we can see forests of soft corals and dantexes, two banded sea breams and big octopuses.
The dive starts from the beach or from the boat (6-7m depth) and we follow direction to the open sea till we find the shallow part of the reef.
An easy interesting dive with many things to discover. Many nests of white groupers make an electric torch (light underwater hand lamp) very useful.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 0-6 minutes
Max. Depth: 35 m
Average Depth: 22-30 m
Total bottom time: 40 minutes
Difficulty Level: 3 (Medium)
7. ORPHANAGE
50 m of the coast, in front of the summer buildings of the orphanage, there is another dive site. Underwater, it’s the end of the Dive spot “GRILL”.
Starting from 7m depth and following direction to the open sea, we find at 18m depth an underwater rocky hill. If we turn on the left and follow the coastline, we will see rocks with very unique shape, covered by soft corals with bright colors, sponges and other underwater plants.
White groupers, two banded sea breams and sea breams are everywhere and if we search inside a hole, may be we will see a lobster!
A very nice dive site, with unexpectable surprises.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 7 minutes
Max. Depth: 35 m
Average Depth: 16-30 m
Total bottom time: 40 minutes
Difficulty Level: 2 (Easy)
8. CHAPEL
In front of a traditional Orthodox small church, we start the dive from 8 m depth, following a semi circled course, we find a quite sharp stage that starts from 20m and ends at 30m depth. Nests of just a few but big groupers and plenty of red soft corals make this spot very interesting. In summer time, we can see here amberjacks and sea turtles.
For the divers who have interest in archaeology, here we can see small pieces of ancient amphora.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 8 minutes
Max. Depth: 35 m
Average Depth: 19-30 m
Total bottom time: 45 minutes
Difficulty Level: 3 (Medium)
9. SCALE
One of the best dive sites in the area of Loutraki! In the middle of a sandy bottom, there is a reef full of aquatic life. The dive starts fro 4-5 m depth, close to the coast and in the depth of 18 m, big groups of two banded sea breams pass in front of us. In the depth of 20-22 m, we can see 3-4 groupers almost sitting at the bottom waiting for us. At 25 m depth, an underwater wall starts with many holes and cracks full of fish.
Characteristic visual object of the spot is huge red soft coral.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 10 minutes
Max. Depth: 32 m
Average Depth: 18-28 m
Total bottom time: 45 minutes
Difficulty Level: 2 (Easy)
10. RED BOAT
11. FISHING COTTAGE
12. VILLA
In front of the villa of two famous Greek fashion designers and before the entrance of the Vouliagmeni Lake, there is an easy dive site. Easy, because the divers can choose according their dive level, in which depth they will dive.
Starting from 3-4m depth, a light sharp sandy bottom makes beautiful the environment. Huge stones with unique shape are everywhere till 19m. Going deeper we find holes and cracks full of groupers.
A really nice dive with surprises if we dive deeper.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 15 minutes
Max. Depth: 48 m
Average Depth: 10-35 m
Total bottom time: 35-50 minutes
Difficulty Level: 3 (Medium)
13. VOULIAGMENI LAKE (BLUE LAKE)
At the right side of the entrance of the famous lake of Vouliagmeni in Loutraki, this dive spot starts from 10m depth following direction to the open sea, we find on the left a very sharp reef.
The spot is not so interesting for the aquatic life. The historical background is important! At least 15 anchors of all kind, proves that the place was a physical harbor for big or small boats in ancient period.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 15 minutes
Max. Depth: 45 m
Average Depth: 16-32 m
Total bottom time: 35 minutes
Difficulty Level: 3 (Medium)
14. PLEVRA No 1
After the entrance of the lake, a very unique underwater wall starts, making 2 dive sites. Following direction to the ancient harbor of Heraion, we find huge stones. The divers must be very observing to see lobsters, groupers, skios and sea breams.
An easy dive site, ideal for one way dive.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 15 minutes
Max. Depth: 40 m
Average Depth: 10-30 m
Total bottom time: 35-55 minutes
Difficulty Level: 3 (Medium)
15. PLEVRA No 2
On the way to ancient harbor of Heraion, following the coastline, we find a tiny small gulf. We start the dive from 10m depth and we find sharp stages, one after the other, that they end very deep at 60m. The stages covered by old fishing lines and nets, factor that with the very bad visibility and the thermo clines, make this dive spot difficult and frightful. In the depth of 40m, yellow and green gorgonians are everywhere!
If the divers are enough observing, from the beginning till the end of this dive they see broken ancient amphora and pieces of ancient ceramics.
According the depth the divers will stay this dive can be medium (shallow: 10-18m) or difficult (deep: 25-35m) dive.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 18 minutes
Max. Depth: 110 m
Average Depth: 16-32 m
Total bottom time: 35 minutes
Difficulty Level: 3 (Medium)
16. HERAION
Just before the entrance of the ancient harbor of Heraion, the dive starts with the same environment we follow in Plevra No 2. The depth seems here very big, because of the very sharp reef. Old fishing lines and nets cover everything, even the nests a few groupers, but we can see sometimes on the side of the open sea, in the deep blue horizon, the figure of a huge amberjack or a tuna-fish.
Characteristic object of this dive spot a huge yellow gorgonian at 25m depth.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 18 minutes
Max. Depth: 60 m
Average Depth: 10-35 m
Total bottom time: 30 minutes
Difficulty Level: 3 (Medium)
17. KAVOS
This dive site is for very very experienced divers! We start normally and we find the first stage at 12m depth. The step goes sharply deeper at 25m depth. Here we have a second stage full of fish: groupers, gilt-head sea breams and dentexes. Going deeper, there is a small stage at 55m depth till the depth touches the bottom at 120m!!!
For those they dive deep, at the depth of 45-50m, there is a unique, all kind of size and color, gorgonian forest.
The divers have to be very careful, not only because of the unique morphology of the site, but also for the unique underwater conditions (strong currents and many thermo clines), important factor for the necessary decompression.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 20 minutes
Max. Depth: 110 m
Average Depth: 10-55 m
Total bottom time: 45-25 minutes
Difficulty Level: 4 (Difficult)
18. LIMENARCHIS No 1 (Shallow dive)
Following the coastline after we pass Melagavi cape, we meet a rock out of the sea, with white column on it. It’s the top of a huge reef that exists, 100m far away from the coast. Starting the dive from very shallow (3m depth) and continuing till maximum 18m, the morphology of the bottom it’s very interesting. A plateau of 70m2 is on the side of the coast with all kind of underwater plants making many reflections with the sun light. The visibility is 25-30m so we can see everything so clear that sometimes we think that we dive in fresh water. All kind of small fish with the small sandy bottom areas we meet from time to time, give us the illusion of diving in a paradise.
At the deep side of the site we find a plateau with huge stones and when we pass between them we feel that we are in a “giant rocky garden”.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 25 minutes
Max. Depth: 18 m
Average Depth: 6-18 m
Total bottom time: 40-60 minutes
Difficulty Level: 1 (Very easy)
19. LIMENARCHIS No 2 (Deep dive)
Around this reef, there is a big plateau, from 2-15m depth. Going around 20-30m at the open sea this plateau ends and a big wall starts. This wall has starts from 15m ends at 37m and has length 60m. An ideal place for multilevel dives because of the morphology and the all kind interests this wall has. The walls makes different stage at 27m,35m and 60m depth. Except the aquatic life here in 20m depth we find the first cave. Looking through the entrance, we can see the amazing so bright colors, because of the sun that comes from the top.
Corals, sponges, groupers, white groupers and deeper, at 40m depth, lobsters are the stars of this banquet of colors!
On the right side of this, the wall makes a cavity. There we find the entrance of the second cave. The hall of the cave is quite big so 4 divers can penetrate. The exit of this cave is at the plateau, where we start the dive.
2 hours is not enough time for a diver to enjoy this amazing dive.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 25 minutes
Max. Depth: 90 m
Average Depth: 15-35 m
Total bottom time: 30-45 minutes
Difficulty Level: 3 (Medium)
20. DEEP BLUE (CANYON)
After a 30 minutes trip and when the boat approach the first small gulf after Limenarchis dive site, on the coast, we see a dive site with crystal clear water and bottom with white sand.
The dive starts from 4m depth and deeper we find a canyon with white sand at the bottom and two walls at the sides that they end at 50 m. The absolute clear visibility and the morphology of the walls giving the opportunity to the divers to enjoy the aquatic life with the groupers and the colors of the corals and sponges.
Sometimes we have light currents here, so the divers have to be experienced with the necessary for this dive decompression.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 28 minutes
Max. Depth: 94 m
Average Depth: 10-35 m
Total bottom time: 30-45 minutes
Difficulty Level: 4 (Dificult)
21. MUSHROOM
On the coast, in front of the anchorage of the boat, there is a rock with the shape of a mushroom.
The dive starts from 4m depth, in a rocky bottom full of cracks and holes. Going deeper at 18m depth we find another stage, with groups of gilt-head sea breams.
An easy dive with nice aquatic life.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 30 minutes
Max. Depth: 20 m
Average Depth: 3-18 m
Total bottom time: 40-60 minutes
Difficulty Level: 2 (Easy)
22. STERNA No 1 (Deep dive)
An amazing place, still wild and pure, for divers and non divers, ideal also for snorkeling and relaxing.
Starting the dive from only 3-4m depth, in crystal clear water, with great visibility, we see sandy bottom with small stones and groups of seaweed. Going deeper, at 20m depth we find huge stones and between them big groupers waiting for us to see them.
At 30-40m depth, all these stones are covered by corals and plants so thick like a carpet. At the end of the dive, at 20m depth the divers have to pass through a canyon with very interesting geological morphology.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 35 minutes
Max. Depth: 90 m
Average Depth: 5-35 m
Total bottom time: 40-60 minutes
Difficulty Level: 2 (Easy)
23. STERNA No 2 (Shallow dive)
At the same dive site, another dive can be done with max. depth 15m. Ideal for children because of the depth is very interesting for the adults because of the 2 small easy caves. These caves exist at only 3m depth and make the place exotic.
Ideal dive site for children and adults or families who want to explore and relax in shallow depth.
Distance from CROSTACEO: 35 minutes
Max. Depth: 12 m
Average Depth: 3-10 m
Total bottom time: 45-65 minutes
Difficulty Level: 1 (Very easy) |
