Diving spots and diving packages in Rhodes (for certified divers)

Over the past years, the sea life around the island has seen some great changes for the better. There is always something to see, a large variety of micro life, schools of bream, cuttlefish, squid, octopus, grouper, etc and if lucky you will spot sea horses, amberjacks, tuna, stingrays, turtles, and even monk seals. The warm and crystal clear waters have brought some immigrants from the red sea, soldierfish, rabbitfish, and even some sightings of lionfish. Our intention is to reveal the excitement and adventures of the sea and to provide you with high-quality dives.

You can choose one of the following locations for your next dive:

• Kalithea
• Ladiko
• Lindos
• Marine Park
• Pefkos
• Plimiri

Or choose multi-day packages and combine different locations at advantageous prices!

All dives include tanks & weights, and you can rent equipment at an additional cost.

Kalithea

Kalithea means beautiful view in Greek and this stunning bay certainly lives up to its name. Our custom-made dive/snorkel platform, where our boat moors, lies just outside the main bay. We run diving and snorkeling trips to Kalithea every day except Sunday from June to mid-September. Days are reduced in May and from mid-September to the end of October. Our dive/snorkel boat, the 'Katerina', sails from Mandraki harbor, Rhodes Town, at 9.15 am and returns around 4.30 pm. Clients are asked to register on board at 8.45 am. Transfers are available for an additional fee on set days for hotels in the north of the island. Please be aware that there is no direct access to the beach of Kalithea.

• Depth: 10-15m
• Main Features: Swim throughs, Mushroom Cavern, Blow Hole Cave
• Marine Life: bream, damselfish, rockfish, flounders, pipefish, octopus
• Chance of: Mediterranean barracuda, monk seals, turtles, nudibranch
• Visibility: 10 - 20 m
• Temperature: 19°C to 30°C
• Current: None - Very Weak
• Type: Boat/Platform
• Diver Qualification: JSD

Lindos

Lindos is situated on the southeast coast, about 54km from Rhodes Town. It was one of Rhodes's ancient and most important cities as it offers a fantastic protected bay and a tall cliff where the acropolis was built. Lindos offers some of the most spectacular diving in Greece. As it is one of the deepest parts of the sea around the island it has a lot to offer, we visit various sites around Lindos (6+ dive sites) which include impressive walls that keep dropping to 70m+, caves with large connecting domes, and drift diving under the ancient city that still stands above. The depths and currents bring larger Mediterranean sea life, tuna, large dusky grouper, and even seals have been spotted here. In the dark caves, you can see a large amount of micro life, spotted shrimp is one of the main occupants as well as nudibranchs.

All the dives are reached by our 8m rib. Once you have dived Lindos, it will rank in one of your top ten dives easily. We dive Lindos every Tuesday and Friday (max depth 30m) during the summer season, meeting at our Pefkos base at 8.30 am and noon for the morning and afternoon sessions. Transfers are available for an additional fee. Due to the depth and level of difficulty divers are required to first dive one of our shallower sites.

• Depth: 10-30m
• Main Features:  wall, caves, thermal spring
• Marine Life: bream, pipefish, neon green anemones, spotted shrimp, jacks
• Chance of: tuna, monk seals, slipper lobster
• Visibility: 10 - 20 m
• Temperature: 19°C to 30°C
• Current: None - strong
• Type: Boat
• Diver Qualification: AOWD for 30m dives, experience OWD for 18m dives

Marine Park

The Marine Park is a new and developing dive site for our Diving School. Including a small wreck, purposely sunk, and as a protected area from fishermen, the Marine Park is starting to attract a large variety and quantity of Mediterranean sea life. You will be able to see the yellowfin tuna that patrol the area together with a myriad of other species. We dive to the Marine Park every Monday during the summer season, from the beginning of May until the end of October. Transfers are included in the price. Due to the level of difficulty divers are first required to dive at one of our shallower sites.

• Depth: 15 to 28m
• Main Features: Loads of marine life!
• Marine Life: yellowfin tuna, bream, Mediterranean barracuda, sea bass, pipefish, grouper, etc.
• Chance of: stingrays, dolphin
• Visibility: 12+ m
• Temperature: 19°C to 30°C
• Current: None to weak
• Type: Boat
• Diver Qualification: experienced Advanced Open Water+

Pefkos

Pefkos is a small village and holiday resort just after Lindos and about 56km from Rhodes Town. Pefkos is also where our second Waterhoppers dive base is. Equipped with a shower area, WC, and a briefing area under the shade of the beautiful pine trees, where Pefkos got its name from. This is where we start our Pefkos dives. Fokia bay is walking distance from the dive base, this small rocky bay has two very pretty, shallow dives, with many overhangs hiding a plethora of Mediterranean sea life. In the early season, stingrays use the bay as a mating area. We dive Pefkos every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, meeting at the dive base at 9 am. A transfer is available for hotels in the Lindos area for an additional fee.

• Depth: 5 to 14m
• Main Features: swim-throughs
• Marine Life: damselfish, pipefish, stingrays, rockfish, grouper
• Chance of: turtles
• Visibility: 20+ m
• Temperature: 19°C to 30°C
• Current: None
• Type: Shore
• Diver Qualification: JSD

Plimiri 

Plimiri is approximately 85km from Rhodes Town at Cape Vigla, near the port of Rhodes. It is a quiet, sandy bay with a small fisherman's harbor and a lovely taverna. Plimiri is where you can find Giannoula K a 110m cargo shipwreck. Built-in the Netherlands, Giannoula K went through several owners before sinking in 1981 after some bad weather in Plimiri bay. Lying at a maximum depth of 22m and still mostly intact this is a fabulous wreck dive. We dive the Giannoula K every Thursday in May and October and every Thursday and Sunday from June to the end of September; meeting in the car park by the bay at 10 am. Transfers are available from Rhodes Town for an additional fee. Due to the depth and level of difficulty divers are required to first dive one of our shallower sites.

• Depth: 12 to 22m
• Main Features: wreck
• Marine Life: Mediterranean triggerfish, jacks, moray eels, bream, octopus
• Chance of: tuna
• Visibility: 10 - 15 m
• Temperature: 19°C to 30°C
• Current: None - strong
• Type: Boat
• Diver Qualification: AWOD