anyone dived in corfu/kos/zante or kefalonia?

anyone dived in corfu/kos/zante or kefalonia?

Is any of the above recommended?

In article <hA2xc.264$Gp2.2335765@news-text.cableinet.net>, gaz212
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> anyone dived in corfu/kos/zante or kefalonia?
>
> Is any of the above recommended?
>
>
>
yes

Diving in Kos (and probably the rest of Greece) is heavily regulated by the
Government.
When I went, my hotel had its own PADI dive centre but they were forced to use
a "local" dive skipper and boat to comply with the law. This boat itself was
restricted to diving a 1km stretch of coastline.
In short, OK for a couple of dips with standard Med diving but don't plan to do
hoards....

HTH
Garry.

> In short, OK for a couple of dips with standard Med diving but don't plan
to do
> hoards....

That was the plan - not a diving holiday - but just 1 or 2 dives whilst we
are there.

"Gaz" <gaz212@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> anyone dived in corfu/kos/zante or kefalonia?
>
> Is any of the above recommended?
>
>

I did a few dives while I was in Corfu, nice topography, not a lot of fish
but loads of other stuff, tube worms, nudibranchs etc. The little stuff.

Went with Calypso in Agios Gordis on the west coast, very nice people, very
pretty village with very very good food!

CAS
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"Gaz" <gaz212@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> anyone dived in corfu/kos/zante or kefalonia?
>
> Is any of the above recommended?

Dived Zante a couple of years ago - great drop offs and arches, caves, but
sod all fish! Water not as warm as you'd think either and I was in a full
wet suit. Most diving off the main (kids 18-25) beach, cant remember name of
it now. Used a Dutch outfit, very laid back and let us do our own thing -
but that's the Dutch for you.

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:13:06 +0100, "CAS"
>
>Went with Calypso in Agios Gordis on the west coast, very nice people, very
>pretty village with very very good food!
>
went for a try-dive with them in 2002, went back last year and did the
OW. Fantastic group of people! Professional, safety-concious, thorough
but making it so much fun too! going back this october. variety of
dive-sites available including a wreck, one end of which lies in 60m
so something for everyone. Manos do it. put 'padi corfu' into google
and you'll get their web-site (calypso's, not manos)

Just got back from Kefalonia. I was there at the back end of May 2004.
Dived with Aquatic World in Agia Efimia. There's not a great deal to
see there, a few Octupus, Moray eels, very shy fish, odd bit of greek
pottery on the bottom.

Sea temp was 17C at depth. Used my own dry suit.

Travelling around the Island, a British outfit in Fiscardo at the
north end of the island may have had more things to do, like diving
caves etc.

There is an undergroung lake at Melisani cave, that you might be able
to dive. Very clear water with excellent viz, up to 30mtr depth,
although I don't think there's anything of interest in it!

The Island itself is a bit scarce in antiquities, as there was an
earthquake in 1953 that flattened the island!

Hope that helps

ColinM

"F9" <spiritus@thefreeinternet.co.uk> wrote in message news:<40c58cd7$0$541$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>...
> "Gaz" <gaz212@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:hA2xc.264$Gp2.2335765@news-text.cableinet.net...
> > anyone dived in corfu/kos/zante or kefalonia?
> >
> > Is any of the above recommended?
>
> Dived Zante a couple of years ago - great drop offs and arches, caves, but
> sod all fish! Water not as warm as you'd think either and I was in a full
> wet suit. Most diving off the main (kids 18-25) beach, cant remember name of
> it now. Used a Dutch outfit, very laid back and let us do our own thing -
> but that's the Dutch for you.

"Derek Turner" <somewhat@odds.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 09:13:06 +0100, "CAS"
> >
> >Went with Calypso in Agios Gordis on the west coast, very nice people,
very
> >pretty village with very very good food!
> >
> went for a try-dive with them in 2002, went back last year and did the
> OW. Fantastic group of people! Professional, safety-concious, thorough
> but making it so much fun too! going back this october. variety of
> dive-sites available including a wreck, one end of which lies in 60m
> so something for everyone. Manos do it. put 'padi corfu' into google
> and you'll get their web-site (calypso's, not manos)
>

It was October 2002 when we were there - can you remember who led your
try-dive?

CAS
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"Gaz" <gaz212@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> anyone dived in corfu/kos/zante or kefalonia?
>
> Is any of the above recommended?

Dived zakynthos last year (and im back there this year).

All in all its a little bit sterile.

Firstly wreck diving is not allowed under their antiquities laws and neither
is night diving.

The place i dived with limited everyone to 30m and no deco but that maybe a
dive centre policy as opposed to greek law. There is no nitrox on the
island that im aware of.

The dives were ok, visibility usually 30m+ and water temp on surface about
28c dropping to 25c or so below a thermocline at roughly 16m.

Diving were the usual reef, some walls, a popular arch dive and there are
some caves which i didnt get to see. Most of the diving is off the south
west coast near Keri and the cliffs there. As a result most dive operations
are based in Keri,Lagana and Kalamaki.

Not masses of fish life there, especially lacking is some of the bigger
stuff.

Depending on what you're looking for you might be pleased with it or you may
get bored after a few dives as it looks pretty much the same.

Hope this helps a bit.