Welcome to Ierapetra Diving Centre

PADI 5 star diving centre in South East Crete

Try diving for the first time

No previous experience required

Explore the South Cretan Sea

WWII Wreck, Cavern, Cave and local reefs with the Boat. Beach and Night diving

Multilingual instructors

English, Français, Ελληνικά, Deutsch, Pусский

Get your PADI Here

PADI courses and programs up to Assistant Instructor

    Welcome to Ierapetra Diving Centre

    PADI 5 star diving centre in South East Crete

    Try diving for the first time

    No previous experience required

    Explore the South Cretan Sea

    WWII Wreck, Cavern, Cave and local reefs with the Boat. Beach and Night diving

    Multilingual instructors

    English, Français, Ελληνικά, Deutsch, Pусский

    Get your PADI Here

    PADI courses and programs up to Assistant Instructor

      COURSES AND PROGRAMS

      Diving Courses and Programs for the first time
      BUBBLEMAKER

      The PADI Bubblemaker program is for children age 8 and above. No pre-training required. 

      Discover Scuba Diving

      You will learn the basics you need to dive under the direct supervision of a PADI professional. (10yrs+) 

      Discover Scuba Diving plus Dive

      Combine the Discover Scuba Diving experience with a second dive for more fun. Please ask for more information. 

      Certification Courses and Programs
      SCUBA Diver Course

      Short on time and long on the urge to become a certified diver? The PADI SCUBA diver certification might just be for you. (10yrs+) 

      Open Water Diver Course

      If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get Certified now. (10yrs+) 

      Courses and Programs for Certified divers
      SCUBA Refresher – ReActivate

      Has it been a while since you’ve been scuba diving? Do you feel like your scuba skills and knowledge are a bit rusty? The Scuba Review is just the refresher you need. 

      Adventures in Diving Course

      The PADI Adventure Diver course helps you get more out of diving by introducing you to new types of scuba diving adventures. (10yrs+) 

      Advanced Open Water Diver Course

      Exploration, Excitement, Experiences. That’s what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about.  (12yrs+) 

      Rescue Diver Course

      Both “Challenging” and “rewarding” is what describes best PADI Rescue Diver course. (12yrs+) 

      DiveMaster Course

      Do you have a deep and abiding passion for diving? Or, do you merely love it with all of your heart?  If so, you should consider doing what you love for a living: become a PADI Divemaster. (18yrs+) 

      Assistant Instructor Course

      If you like people, have a passion for scuba diving and want an extraordinary life – become a PADI Assistant Instructor. Teaching scuba diving allows you to share your love of the aquatic world with others while doing what you enjoy – being in, around and under water. (18yrs+) 

      Specialty Courses and Programs
      Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Course

      What is neutral buoyancy? Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float. Learn how to do it now. It’s also fun and useful. (10yrs+) 

      Deep Diver Specialty Course

      After your first few scuba dives, you soon want to explore a bit deeper. There’s something exciting and mysterious about the depth that attracts dives. Been there – Seen That. (15yrs+) 

      Enriched Air Diver Specialty Course

      Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives. (12yrs+) 

      Night Diver Specialty Course

      The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring. Although you’ve been scuba diving at a site many times before, at night you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light. (12yrs+) 

      Wreck Diver Specialty Course

      Whether purpose-sunk as an artificial reef for scuba divers, or lost as the result of an accident, wrecks are fascinating windows to the past. Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life.  (15yrs+) 

      Digital Underwater Photographer

      Underwater photography is one of the most popular diving specialties, and with so many underwater cameras to choose from, it has become easier and more fun than ever to capture images of your underwater scuba adventures. (10yrs+) 

      Search and Recovery Diver Specialty Course

      It happens: People accidentally drop things from docks, off boats or even while scuba diving. There are effective ways to search for objects underwater that increase your chances of success. And there are good and better methods to bring up small, large or just awkward items. (12yrs+) 

      Emergency First Response Courses and Programs
      Primary and Secondary Care

      Emergency First Response® primary and secondary care training teaches you what to do in the critical moments between when a life-threatening emergency occurs and when emergency medical services arrive.

      Learn how to perform CPR, provide first aid that eases pain, assess a variety of injuries and illnesses and practice bandaging and splinting.

      Care for Children

      Care for Children Module for Primary and Secondary Care 

      AED

      Automatic External Defibrillator Module for Primary and Secondary Care 

      DIVING SITES

      MV Rawnsley

      Analipsi Beach

      Katharades Beach

      Peristeras Reef

      Kakki Skala Beach

      Koutsounari Beach

      WE ARE ALL OVER SOUTH EAST CRETE

      Ierapetra Main Office

      This is the Main Office of Ierapetra Diving Centre. Here we do Operations management, Accounting, Meetings and Courses. You will find brand new Diving Equipment, Camping gear and fishing gear. Seasonally you can find a full range of hunting equipment. We merchandise all the known brands like SEAC, MARES, CRESSI, SUUNTO, SCUBAPRO, AQUALUNG, TECHNISUB and APNEA. Fully equipped classroom on the first floor, WC and Shower are part of the premises. We are authorised dealer for Suunto, SEAC Spa, Mares and Cressi

      Diving Services

      You can book all the diving activities we offer. WWII Wreck Dive, Cavern Dive, Reef dives with the boat are planned weekly. Beach and Night diving. Information for our pool demonstrations. PADI programs and courses. Ask for schedule

      Ostria Resort and Spa

      This is our Diving base inside Ostria Resort & Spa hotel.
      We do Free pool demonstrations for the guests of the hotel every week.
      You can buy all the known brands of diving equipment like SEAC, MARES, SUUNTO, SCUBAPRO, AQUALUNG, TECHNISUB and APNEA. Masks, Snorkels, Fins and Suits available for rent.
      Beach Bar, WC and Shower are part of the premises.


      Diving Services

      You can book all the diving activities we offer.
      WWII Wreck Dive, Cavern Dive, Reef dives with the boat are planned weekly. Beach and Night diving. Information for our pool demonstrations. PADI programs and courses.
      Ask for schedule

      Kakkos Bay Hotel

      This is our Diving base at the premises of Kakkos Bay hotel.
      We do Free pool demonstrations for the guests of the hotel every week.
      You can buy all the known brands of diving equipment like SEAC, MARES, SUUNTO, SCUBAPRO, AQUALUNG, TECHNISUB and APNEA. Masks, Snorkels, Fins and Suits available for rent.


      Diving Services

      You can book all the diving activities we offer.
      WWII Wreck Dive, Cavern Dive, Reef dives with the boat are planned weekly. Beach and Night diving. Information for our pool demonstrations. PADI programs and courses.
      Ask for schedule

      Atlantica Mikri Poli Crete

      Our Diving base at Makri Gialos is at the premises of Mikri Poli hotel.
      We do Free pool demonstrations for the guests of the hotel every week.
      You can buy all the known brands of diving equipment like SEAC, MARES, SUUNTO, SCUBAPRO, AQUALUNG, TECHNISUB and APNEA. Masks, Snorkels, Fins and Suits available for rent.
      WC and Shower on the spot


      Diving Services

      You can book all the diving activities we offer.
      WWII Wreck Dive, Cavern Dive, Reef dives with the boat are planned weekly. Beach and Night diving. Information for our pool demonstrations. PADI programs and courses.
      Ask for schedule

      MEET OUR INSTRUCTORS

      Lefteris has been diving for the last 30 years as a recreational diver so he decided to start his own diving school so he can transmit this passion and knowledge to new divers.

      Lefteris Papamichail

      OWNER
      PADI IDC STAFF INSTRUCTOR
      EFR INSTRUCTOR

      Dimitris studied and has been certified as a lawyer. His moto is “safety first” and he makes that number one in priorities.

      Dimitrios Korovesis

      2** CMAS/Ε.Ο.U.D.Α INSTRUCTOR
      ADV.NITROX INSTRUCTOR
      EFR/OXYGEN PROVIDER INSTRUCTOR