Dive Review of Trident Scuba Diving Club of Rhodes in
Mediterranean/Rhodes, Greece

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Trident Scuba Diving Club of Rhodes: "Disappointing diving in Greece", May, 2018, by Heather Rooney, CO, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 10500.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	My husband and I went to Rhodes for a wedding and thought we would try one day of diving in the Mediterranean. We had heard there wasn't much sea life there, but hoped that clear water and perhaps interesting terrain would be worth it. We were very disappointed - there was virtually NO life at all. No fish, no corals. There was a swim through on the 2nd dive, however, we couldn't enjoy it because the group was full of students and/or very new divers who made it ahead of us and kicked up the sand. There just wasn't anything to see. This operator was also disappointing. One positive is that they sent a driver to pick us up at our hotel, which was a nice surprise. However, we then had to wait at the pier while they picked up other divers! After hanging around the pier for an hour, we finally took off in the boat. Apparently it was their first run of the whole year because we were informed that yes, the boat had a head, but no, we couldn't use it because they hadn't set it up. What???? We were far and away the most experienced divers in the group and some people were actually students, and only one DM/instructor went down with us. There was not much seating on the boat, we finally stretched out on the bow. They did have good rental gear which appeared almost new. In the end, we chalked it up to practice before our next, bigger trip.
Websites	Trident Scuba Diving Club of Rhodes
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	51-100 dives
Where else diving	Cozumel, Roatan, Bahamas, Florida, Hawaii
Closest Airport	RHO	Getting There	Many airlines fly to Athens or directly to Rhodes
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	-°F / -°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	-100 Ft/ -30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?
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	N/A	Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

Subscriber's Comments

By Kent O. Bonde in FL, US at Sep 17, 2018 11:35 EST

Unfortunately Heather's experience in the Med is not unique as most coastal marine life has long been absent from coastal and near coastal waters for a very, very long time, thanks in large part to the fact that the Med is not much more than a lake, bordered by some of the most industrialized nations in the world, coupled with decades of overfishing.

By John Bantin in Twickenham, GB at Sep 17, 2018 11:42 EST

The Western Mediterranean is very different from the Aegean, Adriatic and Eastern Med.

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Dive Review of Trident Scuba Diving Club of Rhodes in Mediterranean/Rhodes, Greece

Trident Scuba Diving Club of Rhodes: "Disappointing diving in Greece", May, 2018,

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Dive Review of Trident Scuba Diving Club of Rhodes in
Mediterranean/Rhodes, Greece