Dive Review of Chaniá Diving Center in
Mediterranean/Chaniá, Greece

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Chaniá Diving Center: "Caverns, caves, and wrecks, oh my!", Sep, 2022, by Daniel Panzica, C0, US ( Sr. Reviewer 7 reports with 7 Helpful votes). Report 12105 has 3 Helpful votes.
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Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
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Comments	I have been a member of Undercurrent for nearly 20 years and have never read a review on diving near Chania Greece. The diving is really good for advanced divers. Scuba diving with Chania Diving Center is a top notch dive shop with high quality rental gear, multiple dive boats, and are setup to service snorkelers, new students, experienced, and technical divers. I was there in September when the water was a balmy 26C/79 F. The vis was surprisingly good. We dove amazing caves that rival the great Cathedrals of Europe for splendor. The Elephant cave has a petrified Mastodon skeleton. Kathedral cave contains a recently discovered pile of artifacts and pottery from the Minoans. The Thera eruption and resulting earthquakes and tsunami created an opening from the sea to the aquifer making the well water undrinkable. The artifacts were things that fell into the well over time 35 centuries ago! The second dive included the WW1 wreck Minnewaska where there we saw groupers, lots of smaller fish, and the dreaded lion fish. Crete may not be a major scuba diving destination but if you are visiting Greece bring you mask and c-card and enjoy surprisingly good diving.
Websites	Chaniá Diving Center
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Sipadan, Palau, Truk Lagoo, Palau, Philippines, Layang Layang, Maldives, Similans, Kho Tao/Samui, Kona, Cabo, Catalina, Niagara River, Dominican Republic, Lake Erie
Closest Airport	Chania	Getting There	Easy connections available from hubs throughout Europe.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	77-80°F / 25-27°C	Wetsuit Thickness	2
Water Visibility	70-100 Ft/ 21-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Stay with dive leader.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals	N/A	Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Not so great for fish. However the caves were spectacular and wrecks are always interesting.

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Dive Review of Chaniá Diving Center in Mediterranean/Chaniá, Greece

Chaniá Diving Center: "Caverns, caves, and wrecks, oh my!", Sep, 2022,

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Dive Review of Chaniá Diving Center in
Mediterranean/Chaniá, Greece