Your Guide to Diving Mediterranean
including France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Croatia

Mediterranean Seasonal Dive Planner

The season for calmer water is May through to September when air temperatures can get very hot (100°F/37°C) yet the water below the thermocline can stay at 57°F (14°C) so Mediterranean divers will be seen wearing thicker wetsuits (or even drysuits) than you would expect.

Diving Mediterranean Reader Reports and Feature Articles

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Latest Reader Reports from Mediterranean from the serious divers who read Undercurrent All Reader Reports from Mediterranean	All 10,000+ Reports
Subaia Report in Mediterranean/Baia, Naples, Italy "Captivating historical diving opportunity!!" filed Oct 11, 2024 by Joe Simmons (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 2 reports)
This is very much NOT your typical recreational dive destination. I am a former professional archaeologist and historian; I am also a l... ... Read more
Divewise/Holiday Inn Express St Julian’s Report in Mediterranean/Malta "Interesting diving, strenuous entry/exit process" filed Jul 4, 2023 by Gareth Richards (Experience: 251-500 dives, 10 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
The diving itself was interesting, however Malta diving is conducted in a way I am not used to. I preface this by saying 99% of my 400+... ... Read more
Chaniá Diving Center Report in Mediterranean/Chaniá, Greece "Caverns, caves, and wrecks, oh my!" filed Oct 17, 2022 by Daniel Panzica (Experience: 251-500 dives, 7 reports, Sr. Reviewer )
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 reall... ... Read more
Atlantis Diving Report in Mediterranean/Malta - Gozo "First time diving in Med" filed Oct 13, 2021 by Garry Wade Klein (Experience: Over 1000 dives, 3 reports, Reviewer )
This was my first dive trip to the Mediterranean and before going I knew that it was not going to be like my other tropical diving trip... ... Read more
Nero Sport Griechenland Report in Mediterranean/Zakynthos Island "Very surprising and awesome dives! Many amazing caves" filed Sep 26, 2019 by Elisabeth Cosnard (Experience: 101-250 dives, 2 reports)
Sorry for my not very good English language but I will try to express my feelings simply! I’m Advanced withe 150 dives today and began ... ... Read more

Editor's Book Picks for Scuba Diving Mediterranean
including France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Cyprus, Croatia

The books below are my favorites about diving in this part of the world All books are available at a significant discount from Amazon.com; just follow the links. -- BD

Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide
by Gerald R. Allen, Roger Steene.

I was trying to pack light for a change. Surely the Solomon Sea would have good identification books aboard. Not so; the only book on the boat belonged to a fellow passenger. It was one that I had not seen before, the Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide, by two of the best fish guys around, Gerry Allen and Roger Steene. The problem was this fellow passenger kept it in a plastic baggie most of the trip and I had to beg to see it. Great book, good traveling size, and it covers everything from fish, shells, marine plants, mammals, corals, and invertebrates to sea birds and more. Now I've got my own, and it won't do you any good to beg me to borrow it. This is one of two books that I will not travel to the Pacific without. Good for travel to the Red Sea, East Africa, Seychelles, Mauritius, Maldives, Andaman Sea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Hawaii, it has 1,800 color illustrations in a 6x8 1/2 paperback format with 378 pages. $39.95.

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