anyone dived in rhodes

"Pete" <Pete323@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone dived in Rhodes? If so how did you find it.
>
> Looking to book a week away (not diving, but would be nice to fit in a
> dive whilst I am there). As always, Greece hasnt yet come up to speed with
> diving (it is banned by the government in many islands) but Rhodes is one
> of the few, which allows limited diving.


I dived there a very long time ago (1990) so any
information will be very dated. If I remember you
had to dive with a guide and only in officially sanctioned
sites. The diving was ok but it was catering for the lowest
qualification. The diving is similar to Cypress if you have
ever been there. At the time we dived there the price
was comparable to elsewhere in the Med so price
should not be too big a factor.

taz.

I dived there back in 1999, so may be a little outdated. At that time there
were three dive operations, all based in Rhodes Harbour. Each dive boat
carried 60+ 'divers', and the only dive site is Kalathea Bay - about the
size of Kimmeridge. They need air traffic control or rather dive traffic
control!

I used two of the operations on different days, and found 'Dive Med' to be
the better (an't rmember the first one, mediocrity strikes!

In fairness, there was talk at the time of openiong up further sites round
the coast, so maybe the situation has changed.

Other than that, I loved the Island, and found it a great family holiday
spot. Beaches are superb, food and wine (then) was very reasonable.

Regs

Ian Barefoot
"Pete" <Pete323@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:LYFme.162196$Cq2.110628@fe2.news.blueyonder.c o.uk...
> Anyone dived in Rhodes? If so how did you find it.
>
> Looking to book a week away (not diving, but would be nice to fit in a
> dive whilst I am there). As always, Greece hasnt yet come up to speed with
> diving (it is banned by the government in many islands) but Rhodes is one
> of the few, which allows limited diving.
>
>
>