Dive Review of Dive In Cyprus/Private Accomodations in
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Dive In Cyprus/Private Accomodations, Sep, 2004, by Regan Knapp & John Scudder, MI, USA . Report 1386.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	We chose to go diving in Cyprus because John's parents live there; it's not really a destination you'd travel out of your way to for the diving. That said, we had a pretty good experience. We chose Dive In because they answered our questions via email promptly and they seemed to have good safety measures (boats include first aid kits including oxygen, and boat crew and dive guides all trained in CPR, and the Limassol main branch of Dive In has its own recompression chamber!). They also say they have ratios of no more than 4:1 (or 6:1 if they are very experienced) of customer to dive guide, which served to offset the large size of their boats -- they have boats which hold 12, 16 or 42 people . The dive guides are all divemasters or instructors. We went in early September -- pretty much the end of the season -- so we were only sharing the 12 person boat with another couple who was doing the discover diving course, and had their own divemaster. John's folks and brother joined us as snorkellers. The dive sites we went to (Shark's Cove and Akrotiri Fish Reserve) were both quite shallow and not that interesting, but it was fun to look up and see the snorkellers following us. Both dive guides, Dan and Christian, as well as boat driver Mahzin (sp?) were nice and conducted themselves professionally. There was water on board the boat, but no snacks. This would be a great place to learn to dive, or for very new divers because of the shallow sites, close supervision, and Dive In's emphasis on safety. Two things I didn't like were that we had to tote our equipment from the Four Seasons Hotel (one of several Dive In locations all over Southern Cyprus) to the pier, and that we had to climb out of the water with all our gear on -- no passing up anything other than fins. A more interesting-sounding dive site than the ones off Limassol, is the wreck of the Zenobia, a cargo ferry which sunk with all its cargo on board. It's off Larnaca, and Dive In runs all day dive trips there, including meals and transport from Limassol to Larnaca. Or, presumably, you could dive this site through their Larnaca branch. We didn't have time to go on this dive, but were told that a large boat takes divers from all different dive operators, and divers stick with their own dive guides. We will probably dive with them again the next time we're in Cyprus in the summer. Their web site is [dive-in.com.cy link]
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	0-25 dives
Where else diving	Thailand, Australia, Cozumel, Key Largo
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, dry	Seas	calm, noCurrents
Water Temp	23-28°C / 73-82°F	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	40-50 Ft/ 12-15 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	All dives guided by a divemaster or instructor.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
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]

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Dive Review of Dive In Cyprus/Private Accomodations in Mediterranean/Limassol, Cyprus

Dive In Cyprus/Private Accomodations, Sep, 2004,

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Dive Review of Dive In Cyprus/Private Accomodations in
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