Diver's Club Crete
Παραλία Αγίας Πελαγίας, Τ.Θ. 84, Ag. Pelagia 715 00, Grèce, Agia Pelagia, Crete, GRC
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Diver's Club Crete, located in Agia Pelagia, Greece, is a dive center with extensive experience since 1995 in scuba diving training and fun diving. It operates a main diving center in Agia Pelagia and a branch office/retail dive shop in Ammoudara, offering a comprehensive range of SSI courses, including Enriched Air Nitrox and courses for beginners. Facilities include lockers, a bar, accommodation, equipment rental, a dive shop, air fills (air, nitrox), and airport transfers.
The modern dive center in Agia Pelagia is situated directly on the beach, focusing on providing the best scuba diving services for certified and non-certified divers for over 30 years. They offer beach and boat dives at numerous sites across North Crete, including daily excursions to 'Dia Island.' Dives are conducted using their specially designed boats, and dive locations are ideal for both experienced and novice divers, as well as being suitable for night dives.
The center utilizes brand new equipment from reputable brands such as Aqualung and Cressi, featuring Faber steel tanks in various sizes with DIN and/or INT valves. The quality of compressed air is guaranteed by two new Coltri Sub and Paramina compressors. The multilingual staff, speaking English, French, German, Russian, and Greek, ensures the highest education methods and safe, enjoyable dives, assisting clients before, during, and after their dives or activities.
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8 cursosCurso Nitrox
The Nitrox Diver specialty at Diver's Club Crete requires no dives — it's a theory-based certification course. The center fills Nitrox on site, so completing the course here means you can immediately start using enriched air on the regular boat dives along the north coast. Owner Dimitris Drakos holds both IANTD and TDI Advanced Nitrox Instructor ratings, which is a relatively uncommon combination for a recreational dive center. That background means the instruction goes beyond the standard recreational Nitrox introduction if a student wants to understand the technical side more deeply. Prerequisite is Open Water Diver certification or higher. The course is primarily classroom-based, covering gas planning, oxygen exposure limits, and equipment considerations for Nitrox use.
Try Scuba Diving
The Try Scuba Diving program at Diver's Club Crete runs directly off the beach in Agia Pelagia, in the sheltered bay right in front of the center. The whole thing takes about 90 minutes. Thirty minutes of theory with an SSI Instructor, then confined water practice in shallow water, followed by a dive to a maximum of 5 meters for around 30 minutes. The bay at Agia Pelagia is calm and well-protected, which makes it a good setting for a first underwater experience — no current, good visibility, sandy bottom. You're under supervision from an SSI Instructor throughout, and the program is structured so there's no pressure to go deeper than you're comfortable with. This is not a certification course, but it gives a genuine taste of breathing underwater and moving around with scuba gear. For anyone who's been curious but hasn't taken the step yet, the setup here — warm water from June onwards, clear conditions, gear included in the price — makes it a low-barrier entry point. DAN Diving Insurance is included in the €65 price, as is all rental equipment. No prior experience required.
Basic Diver
The Basic Diver program at Diver's Club Crete runs twice daily — at 09:30 and 12:45 — and takes three hours from start to finish. Thirty minutes of instruction on basic principles and equipment, then confined water practice in the pool or in shallow water in front of the center, followed by an open water dive to a maximum of 10 meters for about 45 minutes. For those who want more than one dive in the day, the Basic Diver plus Boat adds a second dive from one of the center's three boats to a reef site, max depth 12 meters. The most common sites for this second dive are Daedalos, Mononaftis, or Lygaria — all along the north coast of Crete and reachable within the morning or afternoon window. The Basic Diver counts as a head-start toward the Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver certification if you decide to continue. It's a practical program for people on holiday who want a real dive experience rather than just a pool session. Price is €85 for Basic Diver (gear and DAN Insurance included), or €160 for Basic Diver plus Boat.
Scuba Diver
The SSI Scuba Diver course at Diver's Club Crete is a two-day program that gets you into the open water along the north coast of Crete without requiring the full Open Water Diver commitment. Four theory sessions of about 40 minutes each, four confined water sessions in the pool or in front of the center's beach, and two open water dives. The Scuba Diver certification allows you to dive under direct supervision of a Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, or Instructor to a maximum depth of 12 meters. In practice, that means you can join the center's guided boat dives to shallower sites like Mononaftis or Lygaria — you're in the water with experienced guides rather than diving independently. This certification is a sub-program of the Open Water Diver. To convert it later, you only need two more theory lessons, two pool sessions, and two sea dives at any SSI center worldwide. It's a useful option for vacationers with limited days who want a recognized certification to take home. Training takes place in the warm, clear waters of Agia Pelagia, with the center's Aqualung and Cressi equipment provided.
Open Water Diver
The SSI Open Water Diver course runs over three days at Diver's Club Crete, in Agia Pelagia. Six theory sessions of about 40 minutes each, six confined water sessions (usually consolidated into two pool dives), and four open water dives — at least one or two of which are from the boat, out to actual reef sites along the north coast. All training days run from 09:30 to 15:30–16:00. The price includes full equipment rental, transport to dive sites by boat, and the certification card. The boats — Petros-Iro, Nereida, and Iro — take trainees out to the same sites used for fun dives, so Open Water students get a genuine introduction to Cretan reef diving rather than staying confined to the beach the whole course. A Junior Open Water Diver version is available for ages 10 to 14. Water temperatures during the main training season (May through September) range from 20°C to 27°C, and visibility regularly exceeds 15 meters, which means good conditions for the underwater skills sessions. The certification is recognized worldwide and allows independent buddy diving to 18 meters. Diver's Club Crete has been running this course since 1995 under SSI, with equipment maintained to current standards using Aqualung and Cressi gear.
Advanced Open Water Diver
The SSI Advanced Open Water Diver course at Diver's Club Crete runs two to three days and involves five specialty dives. Two are mandatory: Navigation and Deep. The remaining three are chosen from Night Dive, Search & Recovery, Boat Dive, Underwater Photography, Underwater Naturalist, Peak Performance Buoyancy, and Fish ID. The north coast of Crete gives this course real variety. The Deep dive can go to sites like El Greco Reef or Stavros Cape, where the bottom drops off well beyond recreational limits — guided to 30 or 40 meters in visibility that often exceeds 25–35 meters. The Night Dive option runs along the center's house reef or other selected sites, using the same locations that form the regular night dive program. Each dive lasts approximately three hours including briefing and gear preparation. After certification, maximum depth increases to 30 meters. Minimum age is 15 for the standard certification, 12 for the Junior Advanced Open Water Diver version. Prerequisite is Open Water Diver, CMAS Level 1, BSAC Novice, or equivalent. The course is run under SSI by instructors including the owner, Dimitris Drakos, who holds 3-Star CMAS and IANTD Advanced Nitrox credentials in addition to his SSI rating.
Stress & Rescue Diver
The SSI Stress & Rescue Diver course at Diver's Club Crete runs three to four days and covers a wide range of emergency scenarios: self-rescue, diver stress, first aid, emergency management, swimming and non-swimming assists, panicked diver response, underwater problems, missing diver procedures, surfacing an unconscious diver, in-water artificial respiration, and first aid for pressure-related accidents. The course is run in Agia Pelagia, using the center's boats and local dive sites for the practical scenarios. It's a demanding schedule but the center describes it as good fun throughout — the training scenarios are realistic without being intimidating. Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water Diver certification or equivalent, minimum age 15, and completion of the React Right (First Aid/CPR) course or an equivalent sanctioned program within the past 24 months. The React Right course is also offered at the center if needed as a prerequisite. Owner Dimitris Drakos holds PADI MSDT credentials among others, which includes rescue-level training experience across multiple agency frameworks.
React Right – First Aid
The SSI React Right course is a First Aid and CPR program available at Diver's Club Crete, and it's the required prerequisite for the Stress & Rescue Diver course. It's also open to non-divers — anyone who wants emergency response training. Content covers BLS (Basic Life Support) CPR and rescue breathing at layperson level, optional AED (automated external defibrillator) use, shock prevention and care, spinal injury management, use of barriers to reduce disease transmission risk, and basic first aid kit use. The course is run in a classroom-format environment at the center. No diving component — it's a medical emergency response course that happens to be offered by an SSI dive center with an instructor qualified to deliver it. Completion is valid for 24 months toward the Stress & Rescue Diver prerequisite.
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Yes — transfers are free from a long list of areas including Heraklion, Hersonissos, Malia, Gouves, Ammoudara, and many others between Fodele and Malia. Pickup starts at 08:00 and drop-off is around 15:30. Divers staying in Sissi pay an extra €15 per person.
Owner Dimitris Drakos holds PADI MSDT, SSI Instructor, 3-Star CMAS Instructor, IANTD Advanced Nitrox Instructor, and TDI Advanced Nitrox Instructor ratings. The center accepts certifications from SSI, PADI, NAUI, CMAS, IANTD, YMCA, and other internationally recognized agencies.
Two boat dives daily. Morning departure at 10:30 (meeting time 09:30), returning by 12:00–12:30. Afternoon departure at 13:15–13:30 (meeting time 12:30), returning by 15:00–15:30.
Try Scuba Kids accepts children from 8 to 10 years old in shallow confined water up to 2 meters. The Junior Open Water Diver course is available for ages 10–14. The Advanced Open Water Diver requires a minimum age of 15, and the Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification minimum is 12.
€65, including diving gear rental and DAN Diving Insurance. The program runs about 1.5 hours: 30 minutes of theory, confined water practice, and a dive to a maximum of 5 meters for approximately 30 minutes.
Yes. Nitrox fills are available, and the center offers a Nitrox Diver specialty course that requires no dives — classroom-based certification. The owner also holds IANTD and TDI Advanced Nitrox Instructor ratings for technical-level training.
Rental gear is Aqualung and Cressi. Cylinders are FABER steel in 6, 10, 12, and 15-liter sizes with both DIN and INT valves. Air quality is maintained by two COLTRI SUB and PARAMINA compressors.
Yes. The center offers a 3-hour refresher course from the beach for certified divers who haven't dived in the past 12 months or feel less confident. After the refresher, you join the afternoon boat dive.
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Παραλία Αγίας Πελαγίας, Τ.Θ. 84, Ag. Pelagia 715 00, Grèce, Agia Pelagia, Crete, GRC